Under Armour out of the running; decision coming in June
per el twitter
Under Armour reportedly out of UM apparel race. Nike/Adidas will duke it out; Adidas still offering ~ $4M more annually. Decision late June
— Teddy Blanks (@MaizeAndBlue14) May 23, 2015
Also, Adidas' pitch reportedly includes proposal to dull their yellow—no more highlighter/neon. So there's that..
— Teddy Blanks (@MaizeAndBlue14) May 23, 2015
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Per annum, maybe you have a point. But they are talking $4 million per year!
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it's not really out of whack.
Just leverage Nike for the best deal possible out of adidas. A switch does not happen unless Nike can beat the deal. Who does Nike think they are asking M to jump to them for less? Poney up Knight or go home. M has been around much longer and is the superior brand to the swoosh.
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You pay top dollar for the top program. There are plusses an minuses for the gear of adidas and Nike. Neither is clearly better, so you take the dough. Especially given Nike's shady business practices with Oregon and child labor.
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Let Adidas give us more money, but design everything in house. It's been proven that we can't trust Adidas. Copy the old, solid designs from Nike.
Place a hard stop on the bumblebee stripes and I am good.
I just want my next Michigan hat to not have an Arby's logo on it. That fair to ask?
If there is a $4 million difference...Id got to Nike and say "OK we will take your deal BUT you must feature a Michigan theme in at least 4 major network commercials to be played during CF games on network TV over the next 4 years" or something like that.
The exposure would be worth it....
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"Michigan State University likely has the smallest apparel contract of the four universities. It will get $1.6 million from Nike this year, including $1.5 million in equipment and apparel and $100,000 in cash."
http://m.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/threads_and_laces/2015/04/appare…
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People are kidding themselves if they think Michigan's choice of apparel provider hasn't cost us some recruits over the past 8 years. That might be a stupid factor to consider when picking a school, but we are all stupid at 17 years old. Things that might seem trivial to us now were important to us at that age. It's just the way it is.
If Nike wants the deal, they should pony up the cash to make it equal to adidas. Phil Knight can easily afford to make the financial part of the deal equal. If they do not, see you later. Otherwise, we look like a bunch of teenage girls at the Gap falling all over ourselves to buy expensive, branded merchandise to make ourselves look "cool." Hackett is not going to let that happen. Nike - pony up or no deal.