Sparty deal with Nike: $34 million over 10 years
Signed last summer. I guess all the walmart wolverines they like to talk about are worth some actual money, maybe they should get some of their own.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state-universi…
This is another testament to the power of yes, the Michigan brand. If it was all about football and b-ball success recently, you would not see this huge discrepency in fee.
I could care less about MSU's brand, image, or program. Just want to beat them on the field.
I don't see the point of this. You might have a coworker you dont like, but do you make fun of them because they signed a smaller contract than you? Seems to me in football we should be silent about MSU until we get back to beating them often. This thread is kind of the epitome of what we rail on Sparty for. As Woodson said "they do the talking, we do the walking" I like to stick to that style.
Do I need to make another "can a crocodile swallow..." thread?
Mark Mangino, Chris Christie, pre Subway diet Jared????
I posted it because it's summer, and since M's deal is in the news this week, a sparty contract is in the news today. Pretty simple. My post was about the difference in brand appeal, and I'm not known for anti-sparty, little brother, comments or threads.
True, I did just see horseshoes on ESPN.
Top level rugby is fun to watch
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It is the same thing as Hoke apologizing for the stake in the ground.
if our deal is split roughly 50/50 between $$$ and unis/gear, does this mean that schools like MSU (or for that matter, all schools not in the top 10-15 in terms of populrity) are (1) using less unis/gear; or (2) using the same amount of unis/gear, but buying it from their sponsor? The former does not seem to compute, unless a school like Michigan is getting tons of stuff they really don't need; the latter seems nuts to me -- they give you a few million in cash, which you turn around and give back to them for the unis/gear.
Apologize if this ihas been discussed or represents my own ignorance, but would appreciate some insight on this.
about how we/Texas/OSU/etc value the "gear." I'm sure we're savvy about this, but there sure seems to be a lot of room for Nike/Adidas/UA to give us lots of retail-priced stuff that doesn't represent either the cost of the supplier or what we would actually pay for this stuff in a free market. The only other answer is that we have way, way better gear than the rest of the crowd.
Has anyone seen a list of Nike's contracts by most money? I'd think $3.4 million per year is still in the company's top ten payouts.
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/threads_and_laces/2013/12/data…
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USC
Texas
LSU
ALABAMA
OSU
SPARTY
GEORGIA
FSU
FLORIDA
OT: So, with the Jordan brand for basketball, I've been wondering if Nike will give Michigan water sports some of its Hurley brand surfing and swimwear (for practice, general-purpose, etc).
Spartry got a deal from Nike! They definetly sold high.
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most obvious barometer for these apparel deals, although media impressions are a big factor.
Michigan is consistently in the top 5 despite the RR and Hoke struggles. Despite the recent run of success in football and two decades in basketball, MSU falls way short in generating merchandise sales.
https://www.clc.com/News/Annual-Rankings-2013-14.aspx
along with USC. Also noted a few other P5 schools are missing like Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi State and NC State.
Hard to believe the NCAA would allow schools to evade their licensing control, but it's possible.
These are the CLC numbers. USC doesn't use CLC (nor will Texas after this year, I believe) and maybe those others don't either. The list has nothing to do with the NCAA.
There's a "clients" tab on the left. MSU isn't a client.
Maybe if Dantonio would crack a smile once in a while and quit crying Sparty could get more money.
There is a reason people like wearing Michigan gear over Sparty. You want to associate yourself with the best. Rarely do you see people wearing shirts that say Iraq, but you do see lots of people wearing USA shirts.
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