Name that logo! Unconventional endorsements of tennis players

Every player knows that they really can”t survive for long without having an endorser who likes their swagger, personality or mantra as a tennis player and are willing to consider them for a client. But whether it”s their agent or just by accident themselves, they may have to go the unconventional route of finding a brand willing to provide endorsement whether they are not even as well known as they are.

Logos and endorsements can be the rage and many tennis enthusiasts have been whispering about the endorsement of Donald Young. It was heard that he was dropped from Nike, so what is a guy to do. Donald”s apparel is endorsed by “BoastUSA”. It was started in 1973, by a lvy League squash and tennis player. The logo on the cap and polo are decorated with the Boast leaf; a leaf that resembles a marijuana leaf. The company owned by John Dowling, bought from the guys is basically not a marijuana leaf but a Japanese Maple Leaf. The brand was bought by John in 2010 and is currently working on getting into racquet clubs and more sporting good shops as the popular Paragon Sporting Goods in Manhattan in New York City. BoastUSA has headquarters in Brooklyn, New York and has endorsed many college sports teams as Cornell, Boston and Gettysburg Colleges to name a few. BoastUSA is also an endorser of a few hip hop personalities, but the leaf as a logo isn”t marijuana which is causing skepticism by many interested possible buyers. …

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