Here's a short story:

London (CNN) -- I remember well the shock when in 2000 Alex Rodriquez signed a 10 year, a quarter of a billion dollar deal ($252 million) to play baseball with the Texas Rangers. 

It was beyond reality, and it didn't work out for the Rangers. He was later traded to the Yankees who happily increased the deal. Good for Rodriguez. 

But at least he was being paid to work. 

Rory McIlroy has now become Nike's poster boy -- certainly there will be a lot of strings attached; but he's not being paid by Nike to swing a club. He'll get millions more to do that. 

Read more: Nike unveils Rory McIlroy: Tiger's heir apparent 

Good for McIlroy. It's a better deal from Nike than Woods got. 

His baseball cap now switches from Titleist to the Nike tick. TV ads have already been shot. 

Now, I wonder which stable of Nike's sports stallions will he join? 

Will he join Roger Federer and Michael Jordan at causing little or no offenses on or off the field of play? 

Will he join Lance Armstrong and one day cause a massive scandal putting his Nike contract in jeopardy? 

Or will he join the middle rank of bad boy athletes who's off the field scandals don't cost them their Nike deal; think Kobe Bryant or of course, Tiger Woods. 

What's the difference? Lance Armstrong is accused of cheating his fans and his beloved sport and cashed in on that cheating. But remember, Nike actually stood by Armstrong for months in 2012, when all others headed for the exit.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Who signed a contract?
Guess: Alex Rodriquez

Question: For how much?
Guess: $252 million

Question: For which team?
Guess: Texas Rangers

Question: How long was it for?
Guess: 10 year

Question: Did he stay 10 years with them?
Guess: N0

Question: Why not?
Guess: It was beyond reality

Question: Where did he end up playing?
Guess: Yankees

Question: Did he make good money with them?
Guess: Yes

Question: Who is Rory McIlroy?
Guess: Nike's poster boy

Question: How much did he make?
Guess: millions

Question: How doe he relate to Tiger Woods?
Guess: better

Question: Who else worked for Nike?
Guess: Roger Federer and Michael Jordan

Question: Was there anyone else that did?
Guess: Lance Armstrong

Question: What kind of problems did he cause?
Guess: massive scandal

Question: Did anyone else cause problems for them?
Guess: Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods

Question: Did they lose their contracts?
Guess: No

Question: What else did Lance Armstrong do?
Guess: cheating his fans and sport

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: How did Nike react to that?

Nike stood by Armstrong