Sources: UT Athletics Mulling New Apparel Deal With Adidas

[orangefloyd]

I don’t buy Nike either. But this about money and that’s Nike and UT.

 

[Volanta]

I wish we were sponsored by Gucci!

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

The Nike deal was $1 million a year. People on TOS are saying this adidas deal would be worth $15-$20 million a year. If this deal can directly improve our NIL budget, then I am all for it. But, it seems like none of these "money plays" like the Pilot sponsor ever really lead to improvements in recruiting. This is a big move and if it's done, we need to have their best guys working on our jerseys and we gotta have a big jump in recruiting or else it'll backfire.

 

[Grudenator]

The Nike deal was $1 million a year. People on TOS are saying this adidas deal would be worth $15-$20 million a year. If this deal can directly improve our NIL budget, then I am all for it. But, it seems like none of these "money plays" like the Pilot sponsor ever really lead to improvements in recruiting. This is a big move and if it's done, we need to have their best guys working on our jerseys and we gotta have a big jump in recruiting or else it'll backfire.

Adidas definitely won’t help in recruiting lol nobody even wears or uses adidas anymore

 

[WVU05UT09]

The Nike deal was $1 million a year. People on TOS are saying this adidas deal would be worth $15-$20 million a year. If this deal can directly improve our NIL budget, then I am all for it. But, it seems like none of these "money plays" like the Pilot sponsor ever really lead to improvements in recruiting. This is a big move and if it's done, we need to have their best guys working on our jerseys and we gotta have a big jump in recruiting or else it'll backfire.

DP probably knows the specifics but it sounds like people are comparing two different figures. $1M sounds like the cash to the school whereas the $15-20M sounds like cash + apparel. If that $15M-$20M is cash I need to take a break and make sure I don't have Adidas in my portfolio.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

DP probably knows the specifics but it sounds like people are comparing two different figures. $1M sounds like the cash to the school whereas the $15-20M sounds like cash + apparel. If that $15M-$20M is cash I need to take a break and make sure I don't have Adidas in my portfolio.

The overall deal with Nike is $1.2mil in cash to the school and $3.5mil in apparel, per year. So $4.7mil/year total

 

[lukeneyland]

I want whoever is going to pay more and wants to put 80’s style stripes on the sleeve and that fixes the numbers back to how they were in the old days

 

[lukeneyland]

I was always kinda partial to Russell...
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This is the exact uniform I want

 

[jarhead]

Good. I despise nike; Always have.

 

[ConantheVolbarian]

I like it! I always thought our Adidas gear looked good and they actually got the orange right.

 

[ConantheVolbarian]

As a product of the 80s and 90s, I must admit, I’m a Nike whore.


Looking forward to the Adidas unis with a different color orange for the Jersey, helmet T and pant stripe...

If you look back at the last few years of our Adidas unis they actually got the orange matched on all those things you mentioned

 

[lukeneyland]

Good. I despise nike; Always have.

I’ve always resented that we are working with Oregon’s brand

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Tell me the last time an Adidas school won a national championship in football? Was it us or Nebraska 20+ years ago? Outside maybe Kansas same goes for hoops.

Majority of teams are Nike though. There is no correlation between wearing a certain brand and winning titles, that's silly.

 

[PA Vol]

any player would tell you adidas cant make a good ball to save their lives

I was thinking more along the lines of shoes/apparel.

 

[BigThunder]

any player would tell you adidas cant make a good ball to save their lives

I don’t believe Adidas balls are used in gameplay. They were not when the Vols were last with Adidas

 

[LouderVol]

What do you think they are gonna suck if they are wearing adidas?

No worse than we otherwise would. but we would lose a lot of the power of our orange when the orange on the pants is different than the orange on the shirts, which is different than the orange power T on the helmets.

 

[oUTlaw]

I’ve always resented that we are working with Oregon’s brand

So you'd rather work with the Germans?

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

Based on the numbers in the news articles, Tennessee is getting ripped off now by Nike. 5 mil per year with how popular we are, and how popular our competition is in the SEC, is a cheap deal for Nike. We have been one of the most watched teams the last couple of years so Nike gets a lot of cheap advertisement from us.

Either we go with Adidas and make more money, or Nike ponies up and we make more money. Either way it was time to renegotiate a Hart era deal.

 

[lukeneyland]

So you'd rather work with the Germans?

Sure beats working with a competitor

 

[ArmchairQB]

Nike enriches Oregon. Adidas is responsible for Yeezys being a thing that exists. Can we get a quote from Under Armour while we're at it?

 

[york.adamray]

If we swap I would vote Under Armour

 

[44DivePlay]

In the late 80s and 90s Nike shoes were quality. Been absolute cheap dog crap since. Maybe Skechers are worse T but that is about it. I can’t think of any friends that run or hike in Nike.

Brooks, saucony the best by far. Adidas and new balance just behind.

Nike apparel has a cleaner look but is cheap overpriced crap. Don’t care what the team does but Nike shoes and cleats, at least for the general population, are the worst shoes ever made. Walmart rack brands for $5 hold up longer and are nicer to the feet for any use

 

[KPT_VFL]

Adidas uniforms look like ****. Still wondering why our adidas jersey looked like they had tire marks on them.

 

[LouderVol]

Adidas uniforms look like ****. Still wondering why our adidas jersey looked like they had tire marks on them.

Couldn't get rid of the stain from the Sunseri defense imo.

 

[Shadowboxer]

Nike enriches Oregon. Adidas is responsible for Yeezys being a thing that exists. Can we get a quote from Under Armour while we're at it?

There's no ethical consumption in capitalism. All of the shoe companies are in bed with dirtbags.