Why would Nike pay us what they pay the horns? They sell a lot more stuff
quote:quote:Clint Dempsey with the 12th Man Foundation said today at a luncheon that the contract just ended and the new one was already signed. I just can't remember if he said it ended yesterday or today.quote:
The Adidas contract ended yesterday or today. The new contract with them has already been signed.
It technically ended last summer and Cook said we are still negotiating contracts as of a few months ago
quote:quote:Nike basically told us that they wouldn't match us with UT's deal because "you're not as good as Texas and you never will be", at which point we promptly went to Adidas. The biggest irony of that is the last year of Nike in 2006 we beat Texas in Austin, then we beat them first year with Adidas in College Station.
No one is buying your Nike tales; especially when the "proof" that they hated us was that Texas got more money and cooler stuff.
quote:This. adidas has yet to come out with something I want to buy.
Why can't Adidas sell the same quality stuff they provide to the football team? Adidas stuff in the store is not even comparable to Nike and Under Armour merchandise. Adidas has been great to the football team and designing cool uniforms, but man their merchandise sucks ass.
quote:You can buy the workout shorts, shirts, polos, pullovers, sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats, and shoes that the team wears. You can find the cleats and gloves online. Hell, adidas.com is selling the iced down jersey right now. You can literally get everything the team wears, except the game day pants.quote:This. adidas has yet to come out with something I want to buy.
Why can't Adidas sell the same quality stuff they provide to the football team? Adidas stuff in the store is not even comparable to Nike and Under Armour merchandise. Adidas has been great to the football team and designing cool uniforms, but man their merchandise sucks ass.
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Was in Aggieland Outfitters last week and was told by several employees that, under the new Adidas contract, ONLY Adidas merchandise can be sold no more Nike or Under Armour Texas A&M gear.
It that's true that's just awful.
quote:I might have been one of them. That's the only thing that I'm not a fan of with this new contract.
Was in Aggieland Outfitters last week and was told by several employees that, under the new Adidas contract, ONLY Adidas merchandise can be sold no more Nike or Under Armour Texas A&M gear.
It that's true that's just awful.
quote:It that's the Associate Vice President of Major Gifts and Planned Giving for the 12th Man Foundation, then yes. ...but it doesn't really look like him.
This guy told you that?
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Was in Aggieland Outfitters last week and was told by several employees that, under the new Adidas contract, ONLY Adidas merchandise can be sold no more Nike or Under Armour Texas A&M gear.
It that's true that's just awful.
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I get nike is in bed with texas and gave us a bad deal last time. But at some point we should at least consider moving over to ua if the money is in the same ballpark.
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After seeing Tennessee's new Nike uniforms today, just out of curiousity when does our contract with Adidas end?
quote:Interesting. Why would Nike even care?quote:
After seeing Tennessee's new Nike uniforms today, just out of curiousity when does our contract with Adidas end?
All is not well in Volnation. Due to Nike's 'gender neutral' policy, Tennessee athletics had to forgo the use of the term 'Lady Vols' for all of their female athletics except basketball. This clearly has not been well received by the UT faithful...only 20% approve of this move.
While the uniforms have been embraced, the locals are not pleased the UT Athletic Department accepted these terms.
So goes the collegiate history in lieu of $$$$.
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Thanks for the history lesson, brah! That biased, Longhorn obsession driven view on Nike sounds about like the spin that American textbooks put on World War II, proclaiming that we had to jump in and take care of business because the Nazis were pure evil- when in reality the Germans were a war-loathing people who only built up a superior war machine because the Russians and French were colluding to invade the Rhineland through proxies in Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Finland, and the other countries Germany was forced to take over for defensive purposes; all while using Jews as human body shields and then blaming the deaths on the Germans.
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After seeing Tennessee's new Nike uniforms today, just out of curiousity when does our contract with Adidas end?
All is not well in Volnation. Due to Nike's 'gender neutral' policy, Tennessee athletics had to forgo the use of the term 'Lady Vols' for all of their female athletics except basketball. This clearly has not been well received by the UT faithful...only 20% approve of this move.
While the uniforms have been embraced, the locals are not pleased the UT Athletic Department accepted these terms.
So goes the collegiate history in lieu of $$$$.
quote:And quality
Nike and UA are light years ahead of adidas in terms of marketability. For example, the adidas store at my local (middle america average) oulet mall is a ghost town and actually discounts their stuff. Mean time, nike and ua are seemingly always mobbed and hardly discount much of value in comparison. Kids seem to especially love ua.
I get nike is in bed with texas and gave us a bad deal last time. But at some point we should at least consider moving over to ua if the money is in the same ballpark.
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Heard a little about this. While I think this is ridiculous on Nike's part, I'm guessing they laid it out there on the table in front of them. The University should've refused this stipend and walked if Nike wasn't willing to accommodate. It's on Tennessee... and I know that's a big part of their identity. I'd be pissed if I was a Vol.