Adidas will have the team wearing uniforms that don't even have the school colors
Didn't know smoke was a school color
Smoke is different. It's a neutral color, and neutral colored unis are made for schools all the time. The point I'm trying to make is that Adidas made those uniforms above for Louisville and the color is some orange/pink hybrid that isn't even remotely close to the red they use for their uniforms.
It's not that big of a deal to me if Miami goes with Adidas, I just don't want them making unis like those Louisville ones where the team ends up wearing neon orange and neon green unis looking more suited for a rave, than a football game.
do the schools not have any say in this? i have no idea how it works, but i would imagine UM has the final say and stamp of approval. so if adidas comes up with crap designs and colors that arent ours, couldnt we just say no and specify the colors have to be right?
that's the thing w/ switching to a new company...yes, UM can say no, but you're putting Adidas behind the eight ball in creating something quick...you go through a growing pain in sizes, comfort, materials, and designs for about 2-3 years b/c they don't have a handle on your likes. While a long time partner, like Nike...well they are already working on designs well before and if you don't like, they have an option A, B, C, D, E, F and G already lined up...plus, they already know your vision. That pretty much happens everytime a school switches endorses, though.
and are all those things worth 3 million per year? in my opinion, as long as adidas comes out with a decent design thats cool and not too crazy, this is a positive. $3 mil a year extra, when everyone complains about how little money we have, is a big deal. i think people are blowing this whole thing way out of proportion. i just hope we dont become their oregon or maryland and have us wearing ugly crazy unis all the time.
and as for your plan a, b, c, d, e, f, etc....theres no way in **** adidas wont have a plan a, b, c, d, e, particularly because they have no history with us. you think they will risk just having 1 design for us, and if we dont like it, be caught with their pants down after spending major money to have us be one of their flagship brands? i think it all comes down to UM being involved and making sure they dont make us into oregon or maryland. in my opinion, a modern touch on the 00-03 style unis would be great. i know people like the 80's/early 90's look, thats fine with me too. but our uniforms this year i thought were hideous...so why not try adidas, especially when theyre giving us $3 mil on top of nikes offer
