adidas Maize vs. Nike Maize

I like the oranger tint regardless of who makes it.  It makes no sense to be called the "Maize and Blue" unless you're actually wearing Maize.

Highliter yellow and adidas maize

3 different shades of maize

But honestly I kinda like the highlighter yellow.

I would be in favor of switching back to the Manny Harris-era basketball uniforms. Talk about some clean and classy uniforms. They weren't as maize as the fab 5, but also not as highlighter as what we have now.

Quick picture showing difference between 2009 shirt and 2004 shirt

You mean our colors aren't Highlighter and Blue!

Basketball needs to bring back those Fab Five maize jerseys. Those are my all-time favorite basketball jerseys. 

Like the bright yellow over the Orange yellow

but I prefer Adidas, not just the color. I never understood the clamor for nike... For all the UNIFORMZ complainging they still looked better than that pro combat crap. To me it always seemed like People complained about something/things that were going to happen anyway... we were going to be bad in 2008/09/10 regardless of who our apparel contract was with, and we were going to get stupid special uniforms regardless of whether it was Adidas or Nike. As far as the UNIFORMZ go, I've always thought of Adidas as the lesser of two evils.

I just feel like Adidas got the contract at the wrong time and have gotten a bad rap for it. Maybe I'm wrong, just one man's opinion.

/soapbox rant

 

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As long as Michigan switches back to Nike, I really don't care what the shade of maize is. Go Blue

I think we're all in agreement that none of us have liked our time under Adidas, and we all want Nike back if it's possible. 

Please stop with Nike vs Adidas. I liked Nike better too, but in the world of dollars and cents I am fine with Adidas.
1) Adidas pays Michigan over $8.5 M a year. This is the highest amount of any public school and likely all schools since private don't have to release theirs
2) the next highest paid big ten school is Nebraska at $4m. Nike gives Osu less than $4m. This is less than half of what Michigan gets for, let's face it, the conference's premier athletic department the past 15 years. Think about this - the athletic department with 2 national football titles, about 10 conference titles of football, playing elite level bball and having as big an alumni base as Michigan GETS LESS THAN HALF of Michigan.
3) Michigan signed their deal with Adidas at the top of the market. Since then, the bottom has dropped out, allowing brands like under armor and Russell athletic to get a small foothold.
4) The contract actually says that Michigan will always be Adidas highest paid school. There is a school option at the end of 2016, but I doubt Michigan steps out of a deal to take half as much from someone else. The remaining duration of the contract after 2016 is unknown, but likely long term.
5) money is important. This army of advisors, these facilities, marketing, etc all cost something. If it's not Adidas money paying for it, it's likely yours and mine in the form of even higher costs.

I hate for it to be about money, but I hate even more for it to be about fashion.

Well at least adidas got one thing right. Love their color. Never been a fan of orangish-yellow.

As long as we're winning national titles idc if we were the champion brand

...I dislike neon yellow.

Prefer the Adidas maize much more than the Nike version.

I like uniforms.  Definitely.  Definitely like uniforms. 

I honestly like the Adidas highlighter yellow for the non-football uniforms and fan apparel, it really stands out. The basketball unis look especially sharp, hockey too...

The Adidias gear is just awkward looking.  It came in with the RR era and both were very akward fits at Michigan.  The Nike Look just seems to be more timeless and better fitting too.

I vote Nike.

My thoughts on this on going.. Never ending subject

50 shades of Maize

Both companies overprice their products by a mile. I'm not going to pay $50-60 for a hoodie. I'll just settle for one of their offshoot companies they acquired over the many years and get one of $25-30 or better yet, on clearance for $15-20. For me, I think the debate realy boils down to two issues - $ and basketball recruiting. Adidas gives us more money than Nike would, and we will sell a shitton of merchandise with either company. Nike would open the doors to a few more players on the Nike AAU scene.

All this Addidas/ Nike talk got me thinking. In the mid- 90's I had a Michigan pullover coat that was made by Reebok.   I wore it to a game one year and almost got crucified, because it did not have the Nike swoosh on it.  I was like it says Michigan on it.  But I felt like I was being kicked out of my fandom because it did not have the proper logo on the sleeve.

I get a laugh from the predictable Nike fellating around these parts.

Nike shirts seem to fit better. Adidas stuff shrinks and fades easily. It doesn't matter to me uniform-wise.

As a past member of the Maize Rage, I hated wearing maize to games. I was always so pale in the winter and the highlighter Adidas was not a good luck. I much prefer the corn Nike Maize.

Maybe that's a stupid reason but it's the truth.