Hackett: "No decision has been made" in regards to new apparel contract
UM AD Jim Hackett said no decision has been made in regards to a new athletic apparel contract for Michigan
— Rachel Lenzi (@RLenziBlade) June 18, 2015
Didn't DrMantisToboggan post Michigan to Nike was a "done deal" hmm... I guess you need to recheck with your "sources"
Hackett is worried that MgoBoard will have nothing to talk about until football starts.
Well at least we're getting recruits, so there is something else to talk about!
their hand--whether the deal is complete or not, whether the decision has been made or not, etc.
I will not abuse the reader with historical examples, but I'm not sure that Hackett saying "no deal" means Dr. Mantis Toboggan or his sources are wrong. To me he seems sufficiently urbane to announce a deal on his own terms, whether or not that is convenient for us super-fans.
The servers, the god damn SERVERS!!!!!!
Until a deal is reached our athletes must go naked. I saw this coming.
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"It's Nike!"
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LOL I am not. I actually believe I said the feel I got from it was Nike, and other people on the board claimed to know/inferred that it was. I think it is Nike, that is the feel I got from my source. However, as I said in my original comment 2 weeks ago, my source would not tell me which company. Other people around town are saying Nike as well.
IF there is a falling out of the deal, it is because Hackett and Schlissel met with the regents (after making a hand-shake agreement) and a majority of the regents were strongly against leaving the adidas money on the table. I think Hackett will get everyone on board with Nike, especially with the amount of players and high profile coaches that want it.
I am 99% sure the deal is done (connected source, didn't hear it with my own ears)
I am 75% sure it is with Nike (source wouldn't say explicitly)
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This is what I am hearing too, although I am hearing it would be Nike's highest contract, not THE highest contract. Possibly, it would become the most lucrative if we reach Nike's sales projections (they are going to market the shit out of Jim and our return, something Nike will do very well).
But yes, 2-3 weeks is the time frame for an announcement. I DID say in my original post that one was coming "soon" because that is the word my source used. I guess we have different definitions of soon. Beginning of next month has always been the plan.
Someone I know mentioned a couple regents possibly being weary of the upfront monetary difference between Nike and Adidas, but they also trust Hackett's decision making.
I hope you at least got dinner & dessert out of it.
No we just did one of those Monster energy drinks and dry-humped, it was awful.
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UA is definitely a major player that hasn't reached its full potential yet. Nike is what it is. UA is still growing and has hit on 2 early athletes (Steph Curry and Jordan Speith). I am 100% fine with Nike or UA.
UA will have camps for sports soon enough. They already sponsor an All American game now too that has caught up to the Army game relatively quickly.
I hope we stay w Adidas If they offer the most $$ as I see it as a win for the other sports at the school. Just my thoughts and what I've seen.
Thanks
If it's Nike, I hope our deal includes a guarantee that our "Pro Combat" uniform will look exactly like our normal home uniform.
I love the traditional uniform far more than Nike. Whoever it is, don't fuck with the uniforms please. Including the best helmet in the history of mankind...hell, the universe for that matter.