OT: Cincinnati Drops Adidas
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati…
Cincy just left Adidas for Under Armour. Adidas doesn't seem to care about College Football or the NBA anymore.
If we are their biggest priority going forward, they sure don't show it.
I doubt they don't care about CFB. If they drop NBA and college football, two of the most visible markets they have in the US would be gone. Probably just a case of losing a bidding process.
on the MBB team, obviously.
This is an incredibly outdated notion. UC has had good graduation rates in MBB for quite some time. And even the Huggins-era perception was driven largely by how the headline graduation rate figures were reported at that time in relation to JUCO transfers.
the UC/Graduation rate comment made me think I was in a time-warp. Huggins has been gone 10 years now. Bearcats do a good job in regards to graduating players these days.
Well, it's not hard to graduate from UC as an athlete. Not exactly a monumental achievement.
Anyone else exhausted of the Adidas talk?
Agreed. I want whichever company pays us the most. I don't care if that's LA Gear.
obsession is the strangest thing about this site IMO. It just strikes me as odd.
Adidas could at least hire someone with some sense of America fashion so that we aren't forced to run around in these stupid looking outfits. Go to the UM store - how many articles of clothing would you be willing to be seen in public wearing? 4 out of the 30 listed? I can't even get a suitable golf polo for God's sake. Stop insisting on stripes and fcking shark-bite logos on everything you Eurropean commies.
Perhaps the obsession is odd, but I'm still wearing my Nike gear and it's getting a bit long in the tooth. I have seen very little that Adidas makes that I want to buy. Perhaps my tastes are strange, but Nike satisfied them and Adidas has not.
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have been rejected by the athletic department. As I have posted several times and the good old INTERNET confirms, the companies often make their products in the same factories, with the same workers, of the same materials, trade and vie for designers, sue one another for product infringement, etc. (A lot like the computer companies.) This is the stupidest issue ever.
And everyone forgets that we dumped Nike because thoughful Michigan kids wanted to make a statement about those self-same factories and cheap labor.
What would REALLY be neat is if Hackett looked into some of those issues before deciding who we go with next.
You can skip the topic ?
Maybe... but the alternative is another Malzone vs. Speight vs. Morris diary.
Cinci is a baseketball school and this move will hurt recruiting.
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...do not care.
I can live with Adidas one more year if that means landing Brown.
Yup, I said it.
Mr. Yost,
I remember reading on this board a few days ago that Brown said he was going to choose an Adidas school. Can you explain why certain kids would actually lean toward one school or another based upon which brand makes the team's gear? Thanks
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A school switches from Nike to UA or Adidas and it's just a business decision. A school switches from Adidas to UA or Nike and it's because Adidas is horrible. Got it.
Adidas has said that they are shifting their strategy to individual endorsements in the case of the NBA, not teams or indeed the league per se, so there is that. They have expressed an interest in a renewed effort in the college football but also high school football too. Per a few business articles, this is all being done with the help of an "innovation team".
is being led by none other than our own David Brandon!
I'm sure he'll do great.
/s
We'll see, Lochdogg won't be swinging from DB's jock at his new gig.
I know people here love Nike, but I like the fact that UA gives each school/team their own unique style and template. I've heard people voice complaints, but it seems like Nike and Adidas get caught up in selling their own brand than in selling the school/team they represent.
Yeah, it seemed that half of the teams in the elite eight wore Michigan Uniforms with just different colors and a different name on the front.
And remembe a few years ago when we had the BB uniforms eith just the block M on the front. UNC had the same uniforms with their logo on the front, and so did several others. Not ot mention the Wisky-Nebraska football game wher both teams had uniforms with a big W or N on the front of the jersey like the firs under the lights Michigan.
I bet you'll LOVE any Michigan jersey that Shane Morris isn't wearing...because you're "that" guy.
Perhaps I'm the only one. Also, I really liked the Northwestern alternates.
The founder of Adidas is famous for making the statement "I don't want to deal with rags." when the idea of selling clothing was first presented to him. I guess he would be happy.
explains a lot
I think this just comes down to money (and Tuberville has had a long relationship w/ UA). Adidas was paying ~$1.5mil/yr while UA is paying ~$5mil/yr. Until UC leaves the AAC they'll be treading water in football and basketball regardless.
That being said, I'm not a big fan of most of the Michigan stuff they put out.
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Same here. I buy Adidas shoes exclusively. Regarding anyone else's apparel, meh.
Nye-didas Armor all the way! Anyone else stoked to see the new Pro Combat UTL Flag template?
They just added Miami and Arizona State, so it doesn't seem they are exiting the business.
I wonder if every time they lose one, it will make them that much more desperate to keep Michigan.
Adidas just hasn't seemed to have made the headways into the US that they've wanted to over the last decade with their current sponsorhips. I think they've refocused on their core of soccer with Chelsea and Real Madrid by adding Manchester United. They've still gone after Miami in the college world. Letting go of Michigan would be interesting, considering the fan base.
adidas is going to throw everything at Michigan, but if Hackett cared about the money, I don't think he would be surveying all the athletes at Michigan (who want Nike).
Very interesting.
Michigan is making $4MM more than the highest Nike school presently. That represents a good amount of the profit that the department enjoys every year. If Michigan leaves Adidas, that money will need to be made up somehow -- hopefully whatever the new deal is, it's a sweet one.