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Couple things on Adidas deal

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canescanescanescanescanes said:
* Let me preface this by saying * Our uniforms are FAR better than GT… but why are their numbers and nameplates so much nicer- bigger and fit the jersey so much better than ours do?? The new adidas template looks great on field and I believe the only thing thats lacking now for us is the sizing of the stripes numbers and names. Seems like a simple fix- but it hasn't happened. Is it the school’s equipment staff that is in charge of it maybe?

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FAU also got the big digits. Looks way more major league, where our smaller digits look very highschool-ey. Maybe its an equipment room issue.
 

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Hurracanes said:
If you don’t think meetings and negotiations haven’t been made then I can’t help you. Nice spin, though.
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Sure; I’m also sure u were in there negotiating, just like u were sure we were a done deal to the SEC right?

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Hurracanes

Post in thread 'Florida ready to block Miami entry into SEC'

AtlAtty said:
No SEC team will have any veto power over who enters the league.
Indeed, every team coiuld be opposed to the admission of school X and it wont matter
This entire issue is being driven by one thing-TV RATINGS.
Fox and ESPN will decide who is in which league just as ESPN did with Oklahoma and Texas, and Fox did with USC and UCLA.

The idea that UF could block UM from entering the SEC is quaint and naive. And frankly silly.
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TIFWIW but we are going to the SEC. The SEC and ESPN isn't afraid of Miami turning into a monster especially if they are in the SEC. That is boogey man talk. This...
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I’ll trust my direct sources vs. a “trust me bro.”
 
Rellyrell said:
Sure; I’m also sure u were in there negotiating, just like u were sure we were a done deal to the SEC right?

👇🏾

Hurracanes

Post in thread 'Florida ready to block Miami entry into SEC'

AtlAtty said:
No SEC team will have any veto power over who enters the league.
Indeed, every team coiuld be opposed to the admission of school X and it wont matter
This entire issue is being driven by one thing-TV RATINGS.
Fox and ESPN will decide who is in which league just as ESPN did with Oklahoma and Texas, and Fox did with USC and UCLA.

The idea that UF could block UM from entering the SEC is quaint and naive. And frankly silly.
Click to expand...
TIFWIW but we are going to the SEC. The SEC and ESPN isn't afraid of Miami turning into a monster especially if they are in the SEC. That is boogey man talk. This...
  • Like
  • Agree

I’ll trust my direct sources vs. a “trust me bro.”
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Lol the way some of you talk PSU, miami Tennessee and others should just hire you because you know the ins and outs of every contract and everyone else is a moron... i guess Tristan keys should flip from Tennessee back to lsu cause how could he ever amount to anything wearing 3 stripes. Lmao some of you all just need something to whine about
 
Rellyrell said:
Sure; I’m also sure u were in there negotiating, just like u were sure we were a done deal to the SEC right?

👇🏾

Hurracanes

Post in thread 'Florida ready to block Miami entry into SEC'

AtlAtty said:
No SEC team will have any veto power over who enters the league.
Indeed, every team coiuld be opposed to the admission of school X and it wont matter
This entire issue is being driven by one thing-TV RATINGS.
Fox and ESPN will decide who is in which league just as ESPN did with Oklahoma and Texas, and Fox did with USC and UCLA.

The idea that UF could block UM from entering the SEC is quaint and naive. And frankly silly.
Click to expand...
TIFWIW but we are going to the SEC. The SEC and ESPN isn't afraid of Miami turning into a monster especially if they are in the SEC. That is boogey man talk. This...
  • Like
  • Agree

I’ll trust my direct sources vs. a “trust me bro.”
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Say a "trust me bro" while throwing out his own "direct source" as a trust me bro. Quite a uno reverse card you got there but go off.
Season 3 Good Job GIF by Paramount+
 
Rellyrell said:
Sure; I’m also sure u were in there negotiating, just like u were sure we were a done deal to the SEC right?

👇🏾

Hurracanes

Post in thread 'Florida ready to block Miami entry into SEC'

AtlAtty said:
No SEC team will have any veto power over who enters the league.
Indeed, every team coiuld be opposed to the admission of school X and it wont matter
This entire issue is being driven by one thing-TV RATINGS.
Fox and ESPN will decide who is in which league just as ESPN did with Oklahoma and Texas, and Fox did with USC and UCLA.

The idea that UF could block UM from entering the SEC is quaint and naive. And frankly silly.
Click to expand...
TIFWIW but we are going to the SEC. The SEC and ESPN isn't afraid of Miami turning into a monster especially if they are in the SEC. That is boogey man talk. This...
  • Like
  • Agree

I’ll trust my direct sources vs. a “trust me bro.”
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I don’t remember this post nor the context of the discussion but it sounds Ike sarcasm to me because A.I was never told anything about Miami going to the SEC and B. the “boogeyman” terminology is out of character for me. But hey, you got me! 🤣
 
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Idk if it has been discussed already... too lazy to read all these pages and too lazy to actually research how true it is......

But I seen a post on FB that said Adidas just signed a bunch of South Florida Highschools....

Anyone heard anything similar??
@Rellyrell
 
Hurracanes said:
Nah. TOC is the homey and there are no sides. I’m on his side. We just don’t see eye to eye on this topic and that’s fine.
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I actually think we see eye-to-eye on this more than others can acknowledge.

I've never said adidas doesn't want us or value us. They have just delivered 10 years of sub-standard garbage (on-field and off-field), and as shown in @Peter Ariz 's original post, they delivered zero of their original "leaked by Beta Blake" promises. If they had cleaned up their act in Year 3, I'd be more inclined to trust their words, but fixing things in Year 10 and Year 11 of a 12-year contract has left me unimpressed for what would actually happen in August 2027. And I fully agree with you that the handjobs that adidas has given to both Harry at Hurricanes Team Store and the Dade County high schools (not to mention Inter Miami) are clearly designed to create a sense of unavoidable predetermination.

As for Nike, this is a generational thing. Younger Miami fans are clueless about this, and simply can't comprehend why Alonzo Highsmith would say "Miami is not an adidas school, Miami is a Nike school". MIAMI SIGNED THE VERY FIRST ALL-APPAREL UNIVERSITY CONTRACT WITH NIKE IN 1987. The younger generation doesn't grasp the significance. This contract was signed when Miami had ONE national championship in football. When it had been THREE LONG YEARS since we won that first one under Howard. When Jimmy Johnson was being excoriated for "running up the score" on Notre Dame and choking in three consecutive bowl games.

I remember, I was a UM student at the time. I heard all of the borderline-racist and absolutely-racist comments about Miami, both the city and the university. I heard all the "Thug U" and "Catholics vs. Convicts" crap. And how Miami had "gotten lucky" in 1983 and would never win another national championship. BUT NIKE BELIEVED IN MIAMI, enough to do the VERY FIRST all-apparel deal with ANY university. Before Oregon. Before North Carolina. And that deal was the ultimate validation for Miami. We went on to win 4 national championships in the next 15 years with the knowledge that Nike supported us and believed in us and wanted to be business partners with UM.

Now, imagine that after 27 years with Nike, Michael Jordan decided "hey, adidas is going to pay me more money". I mean, anyone who has seen the documentary or the movie knows that Michael WANTED to sign with adidas and didn't even want to meet with Nike. But Nike believed in Michael and created the very first player-shoe partnership that transformed both the company and the player (particularly his finances). So there is value and equity in maintaining such a landmark relationship, WHEN NOBODY ELSE BELIEVED IN YOU AT THE TIME. I can tell you, adidas wasn't interested in getting into bed with Miami in 1987.

So we can sit here and talk about the "bad taste in our mouths" about **** that happened in 2013 and 2014. We can choose to ignore the role that Beta Blake James played in souring the Nike relationship, by converting uniform/equipment provisions into straight cash payments. We can keep listening to 10-year-old complaints from Harry at AllCanes/Hurricanes Team Store about how the Nike customer service team wasn't so great in 2013 and 2014.

On the other hand, we could be patient FOR FOUR MONTHS until Nike can officially (and, no, I'm not talking about having coffee and exchanging preliminary numbers on the back of an envelope) make its full presentation to UM. Sure, we could listen to people make guesstimates about what Nike will do, based on some prior feel-out conversations. Or, you know, we could let Miami's INCREASED LEVERAGE (winning games helps) and Nike's DECREASED LEVERAGE (losing big state schools like Tennessee and Pedo State isn't great) alter the landscape enough to extract a best offer. After all, what happens when an NFL team loses a couple of big free agents? Do they stop trying to sign replacements? Or do they have EXTRA MONEY to chase new players?

Who knows. Maybe Phil Knight's bruised ego or Michael Jordan favoring a couple of other Florida schools will get in the way. If, on a level playing field and at a time when every apparel company can make bids and negotiate terms, adidas is STILL the high bidder, then I would never stand in the way of continuing that deal, so long as we don't have a repeat of the last 10 disastrous years.

I've made this very clear to all the "adidas is inevitable" bros:

A) SPECIFICALLY, tell me the PRECISE things that adidas has done to PROVE that their history of broken promises and cheapskate ways have changed, and that they will actually deliver on the "we value you" assertions that they made 11 years ago.

B) PROVE to me that Nike is not interested in restoring the historic relationship with the University of Miami that began in 1987 and changed the entire landscape of college apparel deals.

That's it. Just establish those two elements. If adidas is still the high bidder in January 2026, I'm fine with that.

But I'm also not going to believe the FALSEHOOD about Nike not being willing to pay Miami. Nike, quite literally, can't even make a full presentation to Miami until 2026. Otherwise it would be tortious interference with a contract, as if we've never heard of that term. I understand some preliminary "here's my number" exchanges, but Nike's recent deals have been very creative and diverse. So how about we let Nike make its presentation first, before all the "adidas is happening" nonsense gets blown out of proportion.

How did "waiting for the Nike presentation instead of cashing the adidas check" work out for Michael Jordan anyhow?
 
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I love ya, my brother, but that just isn't the case with Nike. And I can give you specific examples, going back almost 20 years, of adidas breaking promises and not paying what they agreed to pay, in more than one sports endeavor.

Will certain individuals at UM and the Collective be patient and wait until the full presentations can be made in January 2026?

Or is there some sort of a budgetary emergency of which I am unaware which necessitates a no-bid/no-competition extension of our TWELVE-YEAR CONTRACT before anyone else can make a full presentation?

I just want to know if things will be fairly entertained and fairly decided. If adidas is still the high-bidder at that point, then I wish everyone the best.
 
Felonious Monk said:
I have stamina. I can continue not buying them as long as it takes.
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You and me both. I haven't made a UM adidas purchase in a while.

Funny thing is, I have more adidas gear than Nike (due to Orlando City Soccer gear), but I'm done with buying UM adidas gear. Too cheap/crappy and inconsistent-fitting for the money I spend. Bring on the Tommy Bahama!

For the record, I am currently wearing a UM adidas polo that is about 5 or 6 years old, and it has held up well. I have no idea why adidas went backwards and has been producing WORSE crap the last 4 years.

And I'm about to order 3 UM Colosseum polos from Fanatics right now.
 
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