Moe

January 8th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^

About a week ago, although just the fact that they were going to Adidas.  I don't think the specific 12 year deal was announced at that time.

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UofM626

January 8th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^

$4.5-$6 million a year. If I'm not mistaken Nike paid them around 2.5 to 3 million. Also from what I hear from a parent of my travel baseball team. 13u best team in the country by the way. The Parent is the western regional sales manager for Under Armour and he says that Adidas and Under Armour give 2-3 more times the amount of merchandise then Nike gives out. He said that the athletes complain because Nike marks everything down to the T and doesn't vary from it. But Adidas and Under Armoir just use the "merchandise allotment" as a tool Nd they give tons more then there supposed to, hence the players love this. Just my little bit of info.

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d_ill

January 8th, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^

They know they are likely to lose um as they lost nd Had $ to spend, so why not That said, I'm seeing more recruits dog them for the switch than embrace it or even like it a little If u think nike is the only apparel comp that uses/used child labor, my God, there's some beachfront prop in iowa I've got for you too

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HANCOCK

January 8th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^

please just go back to nike....or at least go to under armour. theyarent as good a nike, but anything is better than adidas....yes, even something like russel athletics. 

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d_ill

January 8th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^

Here are a few interesting tidbits on the new deal...

**I'm told that Adidas has plans to make Miami the "Oregon" of their company. They will try a lot of new things with us, have a bunch of uniform combos stacked up for big games, and really try to push Miami into the forefront of their marketing campaign.

**People inside the equipment room hinted at the fact that Nike had become complacent with Miami. They weren't sending as much stuff as they had in the past and as a result, players would have to wear game-used materials. Schools like Florida State, Alabama, Clemson, etc. would get new shipments almost weekly. This did not sit well with Miami. (of course, money also plays a factor in this)

**As far as the designs go, I've heard Adidas will try to model the base uniforms after the 1980's. Mostly one color (orange, white, green) with the stripe around the sleeves.

**I have also heard of a black cleat concept with the eye of a hurricane popping out on the side of the shoe, which would look very cool.

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JamieH

January 8th, 2015 at 5:30 PM ^

**I have also heard of a black cleat concept with the eye of a hurricane popping out on the side of the shoe, which would look very cool

 

Based on our experience with Adidas uniforms, they will be lucky if they don't have their toes popping out the side of the shoe.

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