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With fifteen varsity teams, the Oregon Ducks are best known for their football team and Track and Field program, which has helped to make Eugene be known as "Track Town, USA". University of Oregon distance runner Steve Prefontaine became the first major track athlete to wear Nike shoes and converted many of his peers to the Nike brand. The Ducks would also make an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament that season along with the 2006-2007 season. Following the dissolved relationship between the university and the WRC, Phil Knight reinstated the donation and increased the amount to over $50 million dollars. oregon-duck-jacket Head coach Howard Hobson was hired in 1936 and took the basketball team nicknamed "The Tall Firs" to win the first NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 1939. Oregon Ducks football University of Oregon 1917 football team The football program began in 1893 and played its first game on February 22, 1894, defeating Albany College 46-0. The students disagreed, saying the FLA has conflicting interests, but President Dave Frohnmayer along with several others agreed with Knight in that the WRC provides unbalanced representation. While in the Pacific Coast Conference, the Ducks won five conference co-championships in 1919, 1933, 1948, and 1957. oregon-duck-jacket It was not until 1927 that the Ducks played their first game at Mac Court, defeating Willamette University 38-10.

The football team moved to its new home, Hayward Field in 1919 where it shared the facility with the track and field team until Autzen Stadium was completed in 1967. The Ducks would add only one more shared Pacific Coast Conference title to their two until winning the Pacific 10 Conference title in the 2001-2002 season under head coach Ernie Kent. Nike, since 1998, had actively improved worker conditions abroad and strongly endorsed the Fair Labor Association, an association with similar aspirations of the WRC. oregon-duck-jacket Oregon Ducks men's basketball The Ducks men’s basketball team played its first season in 1902-1903 under head coach Charles Burden. Knight returned to Oregon and with Bowerman, also a University of Oregon alumnus, later founded Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964 which officially became Nike in 1978. Phil Knight has personally donated significant amounts to the University for both academic and athletic aspirations, including significant amounts toward the Knight Library, the Knight Law Center, numerous endowed chairs, support for the track & field program, the Autzen Stadium expansion, and a $100 million donation to create the Oregon Athletics Legacy Fund. Oregon's main rivalries are with the Oregon State Beavers (the Civil War) and the Washington Huskies. oregon-duck-jacket .B.

Controversy surrounding Nike's labor practices precipitated protests in 2000 led by a group of students calling themselves the Human Rights Alliance. University President Dave Frohnmayer signed a one year contract with the WRC, causing Phil Knight to withdraw a previous $30 million commitment toward the Autzen Stadium expansion project and no further donations toward the University. oregon-duck-jacket The Oregon Ducks refers to the sports teams of the University of Oregon, located in Eugene, Oregon. The Oregon University System on February 16, 2001 enacted a mandate that all institutions within the OUS choose business partners from a politically neutral standpoint, barring all universities in Oregon from membership in the WRC and the FLA. Protests included a 10 day tent city occupation of the lawns in front of Johnson Hall, the main administration building, demanding the university join the Worker Rights Consortium. Following in his predecessor’s footsteps, Bellotti announced in March 2009 that his offensive coordinator Chip Kelly would assume the role as head coach while he becomes the athletic director for the University. oregon-duck-jacket Oregon Ducks Relationship with Nike Nike co-founder Phil Knight ran in the University of Oregon Track & Field program under the other Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman. Knight graduated from the University of Oregon in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and went on to earn an M.[32] Since then, activity on the subject died down and Frohnmayer believed that the leaders of the protest lost their foothold since they did not represent the majority of students on campus.

The Ducks have participated in one BCS Bowl game since the inception of the BCS in 1998, defeating the Colorado Buffaloes in the 2002. oregon-duck-jacket

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