PizzaHaus

January 21st, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^

Yeah, uniform hysteria is something I'll never understand. I don't really care who sponsors us or the details of the contract, or if there's an extra stripe on the XYZ/whatever. 

I'm more a sports fan, less a fashion guru

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Michigania

January 21st, 2014 at 7:01 PM ^

Because of the psychology of it. Things tend to favor those that look the part, right or wrong. Msu with nike....they now look the part., and coincidentally have played the part. The opposite with us.

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LKLIII

January 21st, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^

Honestly, ever since the Adidas contract, I've just hated a lot of the uniform experimentation. The cardinal sin in my opinion is switching from maize to that god awlful bright yellow.  My understanding is that the whole "Nike trademarked mazie" thing is an urban legend.  Which means even if Michigan stays with Adidas, they have the ability to go back to something resembling the original color scheme.

Whether we got back to Nike, Under Armor, or stick with Adidas or some other contract, what I want is us to stop messing too much w/ the uniforms.  It makes sense to be truly innovative at a school like Oregon or Baylor where their "tradition" is basically "innovation."  But not at a Michigan or Notre Dame.  Obviously revolutionize stuff in terms of comfort and safety.  But when it comes to the asthetics, we need to stick with the classics.

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FatGuyLittleCoat

January 21st, 2014 at 8:50 PM ^

The unis of 10,20,30 years aren't coming back and they shouldn't. I look back at past uniforms and they just look terrible. The maize that you like just doesn't look good. Like it or not, highlighter yellow is more popular with younger fans and recruits and I don't think it will change. It's a much sharper look.

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Filipiak1

January 21st, 2014 at 6:30 PM ^

over Adidas. I've always liked their fan gear. Today's athlete does consider what brand they will have to wear at the university they choose. I wear Nike shoes because they fit my feet different than Adidas. The Adidas uniform is jinxed. Time to go back! Nike Nike Nike!!!

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WolverineMac

January 21st, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^

Want promises that we will never ever wear those bumble bee outfits we adorned vs. staee 3 years ago.

And someone tell Adidas the color is Maize not highlighter yellow. It's so off and it's everywhere.

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Jammatime

January 21st, 2014 at 7:00 PM ^

The one thing that I defiantly appreciate about the AD office and the equipment staff (or whoever makes the decision on this) is the actual adidas uniform style they wear. Despite the fact that we are the highest paid school with adidas we haven't been asked to wear the "stretch mark" uniforms and we didn't have to wear the "shrink wrap" uniforms. Other than that I mean it is aesthetics. Yeah, I think the Nike fan gear is more comfortable and would like to see Michigan wearing the Pro Combat template because IMO it just looks cleaner. But remember it could look a lot worse. Just look at any of the other adidas schools.

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MH20

January 22nd, 2014 at 11:23 AM ^

1) The players loved the maize "bleed out" jerseys from last season.  Pretty sure they don't care what you think nor should they.

2) "WE ON" was a player-inspired slogan and had nothing to do with Adidas.  Sure, they crafted up some nicer-looking warmup tops after Michigan wore the initial ones during the Preseason NIT (I believe that was the first time I remember seeing them), but Adidas did not come up with the idea AFAIK.  I'd wager a guess that this season's "WE WORK" is another player-generated mantra.  I have seen no other Adidas schools wearing shirts bearing that slogan.

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Lurker

January 21st, 2014 at 7:27 PM ^

"I guess they'll offer more than 9/million a year when the contract expires in 2 years."

Maybe. Maybe not

Two points.

I'm not sure what UM's leverage is to force Addidas to pay more. UM's 8.2 million dollar a year deal is the 2nd largest in the industry. If Addidas offers 8.2 million again I don't see where UM goes to get a better deal.

Nike isn't an option. They are the market leader. As such they don't pay what Addidas and UA pay.

UA would be an option, but only if UM wants to play 2nd fiddle to ND, because after what happened with Addidas you can bet you life that ND has MFN rights with UA for the length of their contract.

Secondly, ND is getting at least 9 million a year. What people have not mentioned is that THEY HAVE STOCK OPTIONS with the fastest growing apparel company in the market.

ND's stock options make the financial aspects of their deal with UA almost unmatchable for any other company.

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allintime23

January 21st, 2014 at 8:18 PM ^

I can't imagine having to wear under armour shoes as a college basketball player. I guess the clothing is nice but the uniforms are terrible and beside cleated shoes, the stuff is hideous and looks like junk.

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UnkleBuck

January 21st, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^

Of course ND would have to get a contract for $8 mil more than UM.  Now UM needs to go back to Adeeduz and twist their arm for $8,000,001...just to piss off old man Swarbrick.

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jsquigg

January 21st, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^

I have Adidas shoes and an Adidas jacket that I love.  I don't own any Adidas M gear, all my M gear is mgoblog or store bought.  I've always liked the three stripes over nike and I don't like the uniformz, but that stuff is approved of by the university.  Just my two cents....

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7words

January 22nd, 2014 at 12:35 AM ^

I don't really get into the uniform debate when it comes up on here because it usually deals with the football team and other than those away "bumblebee" jerseys at MSU a few years back, it hasn't bothered me that much.   But after someone brought up that Adidas is using the same template for most of their basketball teams, i paid a bit more attention this season to the basketball teams wearing Adidas.  The poster was right, a lot of the Adidas schools have the exact same basketball jersey, just in different school colors.  That seems ridiculous to me.  Its like something you would buy from Eastbay when the only customization you can do is the colors of the uniform.  We should at least get an original jersey design instead of one 25 other schools also have.  

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MIMark

January 22nd, 2014 at 9:16 AM ^

Any chance Russell Athletic could match a deal like the Adidas deal? Their only BCS school is Georgia Tech and I've heard those are high quality uniforms. They have in the past done deals with MLB and NFL so you can bet they are itching for another big name.

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