Adidas deal to be finalized today per Chris Low

[adam.vol]

Someone has started the rumor that Penn State is supposed to be getting $30 million per year. Even as an adidas cautionary, I can’t see how that makes sense.

 

[WVU05UT09]

I'm still skeptical. What happens when other schools who are with Adidas are up for contract renewal? Is Adidas going to be promising similar things to A&M, Washington, Miami, etc?

From my perspective I don't care if we are the sole "flagship" because I believe the Adidas college sports brand would be stronger and thus better for Tennessee if there is at least one more top shelf B1G/SEC football brands standing alongside us. Penn State is a great add in that direction and only strengthens our decision to switch. I get the appeal of Miami (football brand) and A&M (big market) but even if they renew with better deals thats not the type of brand I'd like to add along Tennessee and Penn State.

 

[Flovol]

We'll see. I'm very skeptical of that promise. When we signed with Nike 10 years ago I seem to remember reading similar things from them. That they wanted to make us the "Oregon" of the SEC. Psst! Whatever!

It lasted until today...

 

[TAF]

 

[DeerPark12]

You would think that AI would be smart enough to not put a logo that Tennessee hasn’t used in more than a decade on the heel of the clearly fake shoes.

 

[VOL RN]