Adidas Confident Michigan Will Re-sign
Thank god. I was hoping we wouldn't re-sign with them.
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as to when we will know with whom Michigan is signing? Is there a deadline or something?
I thought I saw WD say if we were to extend our contract with Adidas we would have to do it June or July. So if nothing happens with that I guess it would be down to Nike/UA?
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We could have just renewed by July 31, but we chose to go through the bidding process. That is not a ringing endorsement for adidas.
Given that we have a new AD, I don't know if that really means anything. We'd be silly, at the least, not to hear the other companies out and use them as a bit of leverage.
but a new "interim" AD could have taken the easy road and just renewed. He also sent out a survey to all the athletes, spoke with other AD's from other universities, and spoke to several coaches. IMO, that is someone looking for the best deal as you suggest or proactively looking for a change.
Plus, the impression I get is that Hackett doesn't do things the easy way - he does them the right way.
Now that the OP added that dash my comment makes no sense.
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You can't just go through life blaming others for your non-sensical posting!
Has Adidas received a good return for the money paid to UM?
I hope so for their sake. Because they sure haven't received good publicity.
I bet they have. I myself went out and bought a bunch of Adidas gear when we switched. I'm sure others did the same.
Uuuuuh, would you expect them to act any differently regardless of how they actually felt?
Of course they would say that. Bottom line, all bids are being considered.
Why do resign and resign have to have almost exact opposite meanings?
I'd be playing Age of Empires II and be beating the crap out of the British, and then it would inform me that King Edward had "resigned" and I'd think "Oh crap! Does that mean he's coming back for his vengeance on me?"
I appreciate your level-headed response to this issue...
As someone who was once cannibalized on this very board for using resigned instead of re-signed I can tell you that some people have a hard time actually reading, and need to get all of there information from headlines. Ambiguity is a motherfucker...
it'll all be OK. I'm glad you did'nt fall a part over it, though it must of been a tough thing to go through.
/s
"Their, their"... is this some kind of a sick word-usage joke?!?! Where are the grammar nazis when you need them???
It's the same with a part and apart. That space changes the entire meaning.
I cringe when I see people write things like "I'm proud to be apart of this organization" - they're saying the opposite of what they mean.
A dash would really clarify things here. You got my hopes up.
Putting my Grammar Nazi hat on here--the rest of the uniform is at the drycleaners--a hyphen is what was needed. A dash is a different puncutation mark altogether.
I'm surprised Adidas isn't just pulling out of the NCAAF market all together. Didn't they lose ND and Tennessee recently? I guess signing Miami(YTM) and UM again would keep them afloat in the market.
Either they do a revamp of the football department or they should just stick to soccer. Their soccer jerseys are on point.
I don't know of any schools who have a mixed bag of apparel sponsors. If Adidas simply steps out of the NCAAF, they're losing their entire college market.
Let's not forget, the Adidas/UA/Nike decision isn't just about football. It affects EVERY sport in the school.
Again, I don't know of any teams who are (for example) Nike in football and basketball and then Adidas in soccer and hockey.
So if Adidas decided to strictly stick to soccer, they would lose their endorsement deals with every college. Which would cost a lot of money.
Baylor was until this past year when basketball switched over to Nike.
I see. They were Nike in football and Adidas in basketball (which doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me).
But it seems that the apparel companies hold a lot of leverage in these situations. At Oklahoma for example, I've read that as a part of their deal with Nike, they have to have the swoosh appear on their equipment truck, coaches and administrators have to wear Nike gear on the field and at events, and even the administrations have to use Nike golf equipment if they are golfing with boosters.
I'm sure they can determine whether they outfit the entire athletic department or not. If I'm Adidas, I'm not going to pay Michigan what I'm paying them to outfit the hockey team and the soccer team. But if they back out of football altogether, they're losing a HUGE market.
The survey Hackett sent out probably had most of the student athletes favor Nike. If Hackett revealed the survey results to Adidas and they are still confident, that's a different story.
I'm neutral on Adidas. I'd have a preference for Nike. I will be disappointed if we end up with Under Armour.
Adidas people pretty much, OF COURSE they're going to say they think Michigan will continue with them. I wouldn't necessarily be that positive about it if I were them. Personally, I don't care that much. I'm not very picky at all about logo gear, as far as the manufacturer goes. I am glad they fixed that awful highlighter yellow color issue though. That was butt-ugly.
"There is nothing to see. Other than the new legacy uniforms we will be unveiling. Which Michigan will wear anew each week. They're all about those stripes, no swooshes."
Read the OP and thought of the Iraqi defense minister. Well done.
You know this guy was fake right?
I'm not sure which topic is more exciting to me-Adidas v Nike or "I've got toe fungus, can somebody recommend a good topical cream for immediate short-term relief"
I'd rather revisit our dogs and how their anal glands function at this point.
I'm confident i'll get laid every Friday...
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You must not be married.
Is that with your right hand or left hand?
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I expected them to say-
"sigh........no, we lost them to Nike. The writing is obviously on the wall since most of their athletes want Nike and 97% of their fans want Nike"
I wouldn't expect a guy like you to just make up a stat.
I haven't bought an adidas-made Michigan piece of apparel since the MBB throwback 1989 jersey from January because I knew the contract was coming up.
Holding up strong. Proud of myself.
/coolstorybro
/notacoolstorybro
I hate to break it to you but not buying an Adidas made Michigan piece of apparel in four months is normal.
Apparently not for WD
WD will once again be off the wagon when Adidas releases the 2015 line with the 'proper' maize. Raback it.
I personally can't stand anything Nike stands for. They did provide me with a lot of material for my ethics class.
Well what did you expect them to say? It went horribly, guess that's another client off the list?
Adidas is going to keep spouting that it's all going well until there's an actual result. I'd expect Nike to do the same.
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Both Nike and Adidas should feel confident, Jim isn't just going to walk into Adidas and make them feel like they aren't "in it".
Yeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhh, except they won't.
Yawn. Another phoned in News/Freep article peppered with nothing quotes from a company man.
If Michigan does not re-sign with Adidas, where are we having the burn your addidas gear bonfire at?
If Michigan does re-sign with Adidas, where are we having the burn your addidas gear bonfire?
It's not like the clothes fit properly anyways.
Burn Michigan gear!?...