Hello: Nike
Super pumped! Does this mean that all of the Adidas jerseys are lame now?
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This news turned around my morning! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
That's not the wallet inspector...
My glory years of watching Michigan football they wore Nike so hopefully this brings back the same sucess.
When we were Nike, we were good.
It's science.
Who are we to argue with science?
Hackett is a BOSS.
I wish he would stay.
He's the muthafuckin' man! He amazes and astounds, rhythm up and down, smacks a group of the around, lets them know who wears the crown.
I love me some Hackett!
Wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
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Too soon?
Great news, I think it matters to 'croots.
Are you implying we've oversigned apparel providers? That Harbaugh is such a scum bag...
/s
So we have hello posts now when a blogger annoumces that he thinks something will happen?
A new low.
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Just spit up my dinner at "eaten by a gator" thank you for that laugh
Move Along
I'm the worst
Bruce Buffer voice?
INTRODUCING FIRST
FIGHTING OUT OF THE MAIZE AND BLUE CORNER
THE REIGNING, DEFENDING ATHLETIC BRAND CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
jumps
NIIIIIIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
He's probably waiting for his keyboard to dry out. *tears*
Um, those aren't tears.
It's about time.
Looks like I'm not buying any new apparel for a little while.
If this is true when would Nike merchandise hit the shelves? Most of the Michigan stuff I own is not branded anyway. If everyone is happy about this then I'm happy for you. If the student-athletes prefer Nike then it's a good thing.
they could start selling UM apparel right away. Adidas' license for things like t-shirts, sweatshirts and the like is not exclusive and there is stuff from a variety of manufacturers on sale at the Mden right now. The exclusive license is for team apparel/uniforms and for replica competition gear (jerseys and other "gameday" apparel).
Who knows whether they would start right away or not.
So Jim Hackett landed Harbaugh and Nike in about 6 months and now is probably going to hand the job over. Talk about leaving on a high note!
Jim Hackett in less then a year has done more for this program then Brandon ever did.
LANDED Nike? I mean, define landed. I'm pretty sure that any AD could have said, "Hey, Nike... can we play with you?" We weren't trying to convince them that we were worthy of their brand or anything.
There was close to $5M difference between what Adidas was playing U of M and Nike higest contract at FSU. So I assume Hackett didn't leave that much money on the table to sign with Nike. So yes, he landed Nike and probably got them to pay the highest university contract in the country.
Glad that's over with?
I love this man!
This will make ZERO difference whether I buy any clothing items or not.
I think TBG is saying he's going to buy apparel regardless of the company. Same for me, I bought Nike when we were under contract and I bought Adidas, too.
Some of us don't care all that much, but are entertained by the comments (the popcorn crowd). I'm with True Blue Grit, FTR. I think that Adidas did a poor job during its tenure with the team, but Nike had some wretched designs for other teams over the same years.
I've said it before - the amount of control the Athletic Department exerts over design and quality is much more important to me than whose label adorns the uniforms. (And I hope the Athletic Department used getting top dollar as its number one and two criteria in deciding between Adidas, Nike and UA.) That's what I care about.
Carry on.
I'm kinda sad though. It will make zero difference to me in buying apparel, and I've seen enough crappy Nike jerseys to think it will make a difference in how the team looks. But I was sorta hoping we re-upped with Adidas so I could bath in schadenfreude during the meltdown of the Nikebots on the board.