Cameron Dollar has signed a contract with Nike for the men's basketball team's gear. Photo by Braden VanDragt, The Spectator.

“As we promote our program it very important to have everything we connect with be first class,” Dollar wrote on his blog, camerondollar.com. “Obviously, Nike fits that bill.”

Though Seattle University is a sweat-free campus—meaning it doesn’t purchase from companies that use sweatshops—the Athletics Department hasn’t joined the rest of the campus. Nike is not a certified sweat-free company, though watchdogs have noted improvement in recent years.

“We decided to go with Nike a long time ago because it’s a brand with a good reputation,” sports information director Jason Behenna told The Spectator last year.

In 2004, a university committee started the initiative to have a sweat-free campus. Many departments on campus, including the bookstore, have pledged to only purchase or sell sweat-free merchandise.