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First thing that popped up in my head when the announcement was made...
It's nice to know Miami has role in helping a struggling brand revitalize it's image. Nike is currently in a bad way and Miami is here to help. It's only costing em $200 million. If that dumb legislation falls apart I'm pretty confident Nike is gonna come to the NIL table even more to create an unfair recruiting advantage for Miami.
Honestly it's a great story, Nike needed help and both brands together will again dominate.
Honestly it's a great story, Nike needed help and both brands together will again dominate.
We've seen the alternatives and they are not good.
There's a lot of things in the "non-(UM)-cash portion".
I'd imagine that Nike committed to Heisman and other award campaigns for UM players, the NIL program that has already been announced at other schools, and a search for some SoFla high schools on which to bestow some love.
I would also not overlook the importance of the "up-front cash" element as it relates to a certain check we may have to write to exit the ACC. We can easily keep the lights on and the water bill paid with our "patch cash", which will likely exceed the ACTUAL cash we receive from Nike.
I'm also going to be very curious on the royalty rate and structure.
Why? I was thinking about buying them myself. We’re not getting Nike shoes until next year. I’m pretty sure.
I agree. I liked being the true flagship for Adidas and it really felt like we were 1A for them instead of being one of the many for Nike. It felt like Adidas was on the up especially in SoFla, was also kinda hoping they’d help get us with a true men’s soccer program. Alas they didn’t pay up, it’s all about that cash. We’ll bring Nike back with our cultural engine. They invested in the best.
Man I just bought the adizeros. Getting delivered on Saturday.
Adidas definitely pumped a lot of money into South Florida high school sports. I think they might have went a little too big to flip Penn State so they didn't have the budget to match Nike's offer. Oh well, we gotta get paid!!!
They 1000% blew their wad on PSU, and they’ll regret it. All their investments down here and they lose their centerpieces lol. PSU is not all that as a fan base especially cause I see them losing ground in the DC/ Nova region with VT getting serious about athletics.
Thank GOD no more baggy/wrinkled pants and shoulder pads showing.
That’s ur opinion sir & u have the right to that
Take a chill pill bro. I agree with you, but they did have a bad day relative to every other day. Just don't think pointing out one year of adidas not making a profit for one single year when they did for the previous 30 is a strong argument (though I know you were trying to refute the point that Nike is losing money). As you alluded to, the stronger argument is showing the difference in profits between the two year after year.
RIP stormtroopers
For me, personally, I have plenty of "stealth" orange-white-green Nike/Jordan colorways. I can get by (for now) without using a hair-dryer to remove the rattlesnake logo from FAMU shoes.
This is just part of my "UM collection". I've got more, including the Undefeateds.
Is that Brysen pops?
Miami hasn’t been Adidas flagship program for years. Louisville has made more than us for 5+ years. LOUISVILLE. This is a huge reason why everyone is ****ed at them. They literally violated their own contract with us almost immediately after signing it.
LMAO at still repeating the words “Miami was adidas flagship”. Have you all been asleep at the wheel since 2015 or what? We were not even close to being their flagship. Not close. Put that **** to bed please
