Schools dropping/suing Adidas

Submitted by Marcus818 on
I read this article a couple weeks ago and never saw anything about it posted. After reading Brian's uniform complaints and the comments that followed, I figured it should be brought up. It seems Adidas owes factory workers in Asia a few million dollars and Universities are starting to take notice. Washington and Rutgers, who's major sports are with Nike, have dropped Adidas who supply some of their smaller sports. Cornell also has recently dropped Adidas. But the biggest school/contract doing something is Wisconsin. They're actually suing Adidas. Who knows how big this will get or if Michigan will take any action. Unlikely I think, since the contract is worth so much, but hopefully it pushes them away from Adidas when the contract is up in 3 years. http://badgerherald.com/oped/2012/09/17/uw_admin_on_right_tr.php
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natesezgoblue

January 3rd, 2013 at 10:25 AM ^

I find it funny Roy Roundtree posted a pic on Instagram of the new Nike cleats he just bought. Now why would a player who prob has 20 pairs of cleats go out and buy new ones?

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Doc Brown

January 3rd, 2013 at 10:39 AM ^

Kinda like how after my last purdue track meet i bought a new pair of Asics because Nike blows in the running market (ironic since the founders Phil knight and bill bowerman were an Oregon distance runner and track coach). Each company has their strengths. Nike is strong in football and basketball, addidas in soccer, reebok in hockey.

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crazyjoedavola

January 3rd, 2013 at 10:59 AM ^

I wore Nike cleats for both track and football and they suited me just fine... Sure some preferred Asics, New Balance, Saucony, Adidas, etc... but I never had a single complaint about the Nike product...  I also find that the quality of Nike's compression gear is far superior to Under Armour or Adidas.  Just my 2 cents.

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BeileinBuddy

January 3rd, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^

I just want the parade of alternate jerseys to end where it is. Walking around the concourse of Raymond James before the Outback Bowl I counted Michigan fans wearing 6 different jerseys. So much for brand consistency. 

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mgoblueaustin

January 3rd, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^

Just so we are clear, Dave Brandon does not choose which jerseys we wear.  Per the AD announcement back in August (too lazy to go find the link), there can be three jerseys/year:

1) Special in-season jersey for one game 2) Regular jerseys for the rest of the games 3) Bowl game jersey, if the coaches choose

The key here is the coaches choose whether or not to do it, not Dave Brandon.  The AD believes that the coaches are best in tune with our players and recruits and thus will decide what jerseys, when, etc.  So instead of focusing all of your anger at DB, direct it at the coaches or Adidas or Mary Sue Coleman.  The AD decided we can have 3 jerseys/year, the coaches decide which of those to wear.  They dont have to choose any.

That being said I hate the jerseys we just wore, I am not a fan of Adidas and I would like for all this nonsense to stop.  I believe that the ultimate authority on this subject is DB, but the actual choices are made by the coaches.   

 

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UofM626

January 3rd, 2013 at 1:13 PM ^

They dropped us at a time when they thought they did not need Michigan anymore. Michigan was the 1st to sign a deal like this anywhere and brought this type of deal to all Universities. Nike did not renew our contract when if was up and Adidas paid us a shit load more then Nike ever did. In fact we make more then any school out there. As much as I liked there jerseys, Nike basically showed Michigan the door and told us no thank you, therefore I say FU Nike!!!!

Side note, there cleats are way better then Nikes cleats w ever be. Adidas makes some of the most if not the best durable athletic gear out there. Nikes shoes suck, there only meant to stay durable for a short period (but try and get the wow factor) so u w go out and buy more. There apparel always fades or rips easily. I say stay w Adidas but knock off the uniform changing!!!

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ak47

January 3rd, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^

Is anybody else bothered that a situation which involves thousands of workers being screwed by a company turned into a discussion about uniform quality and choice?  These are people who are possibly having their lives destroyed and we are talking about how we can avoid wearing two different kinds of uniforms, sometimes sports discussions should take a back seat.

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