Sources: UT Athletics Mulling New Apparel Deal With Adidas

[hardesty02]

Under Armour is not currently bidding on college properties. They just let Auburn go, will hold onto Maryland and Notre Dame and Northwestern, but I don’t see them adding anybody in the next few years.

Well that stinks. I get us signing for the money BUT overall taking money out of equation this is not a good move

 

[OrangeEtBlanc]

Surprised we still haven’t seen any announcement concerning this yet given the timelines discussed earlier in this thread. I’m honestly happy with whatever deal the AD feels is best for our program—my brand loyalty is geared towards the power T & not the logo adjacent to it on the jersey.

@DeerPark12 : I remember your posts from years ago when we initially switched from adidas to Nike. You seemed more pro-adidas back then, but not quite so much these days. I’m curious as to what changed your perspective?

 

[DeerPark12]

Surprised we still haven’t seen any announcement concerning this yet given the timelines discussed earlier in this thread. I’m honestly happy with whatever deal the AD feels is best for our program—my brand loyalty is geared towards the power T & not the logo adjacent to it on the jersey.

@DeerPark12 : I remember your posts from years ago when we initially switched from adidas to Nike. You seemed more pro-adidas back then, but not quite so much these days. I’m curious as to what changed your perspective?

I was not pro-Adidas or pro-Nike. But many people at the time felt like Nike would pay to get us, or that we were on the verge of changing it at any time. I said pretty consistently for several years that Adidas would always be the high bidder, so we would never leave them.

What it took to leave Adidas was to have an Athletic Director willing to take millions of dollars less per year to move to Nike. Financially, that was not and Is not a good move because you will never make up the difference in those dollars with increased sales because of the incredibly small percentage that college programs get on royalties. Still, taking less money wasn’t as big of a deal in 2015. In 2025, you are paying your student athletes a minimum of $20 million a year in revenue sharing, a number that will only continue to rise. I don’t know how any A.D. can look his fans or coaches in the eye and tell them it’s the responsible thing to do to take 8-10 million fewer dollars per year, if those numbers that have been reported are accurate.

 

[SpookyAction]

I owned much less Adidas UT wear than Nike. The NIke stuff appeals more to my sense of taste.

 

[Vols1966]

it means a WHOLE LOT of adidas is gonna be...

soon...

I have that shirt!

 

[molsen81]

Oh what the heck, let’s go with Under Armour……….New Balance……..Russell Athletics….I kid, I kid!