Fermaninator says get your Adidas Cane gear

[Ibis Wingz]

Just because you buy a jersey doesn't mean you guys gotta wear Adidas shoes too. It's a dam jersey. I'm sure you guys already have all the Miami shorts and shirts you need. So if you see a shirt you like and it's Adidas, you buy it. I'm not a fan of Adidas, but not seeing why it really matters.
Only problem is if they have some ****ty *** design on the new Uni's.

To me, switching from Nike, the unquestioned #1 in this game, to the ridiculously mediocre Adidas seems like a culmination of everything we believe to be wrong with UM right now.

It's not just the Swoosh. Something we have been known for and kind of pioneered, we're going away from for convenience that doesn't make sense. The money ain't going toward buying out Golden, and I doubt it will upgrade facilities, and it's a long way away from building us a stadium.

Adidas sucks. Harry at All Canes I'm sure is one ticked off man if this happens. Nike gear is his main squeeze. If it switches to Adidas, so help him God.

It screams mediocrity man. This would be catastrophic. I think some of you are looking at this the wrong way.

Truthfully, Folden and the state of the football program right now are a much bigger problem for Harry at All Canes than a switch to Adidas.

 

[MIATL]

Adidas could over us $50m more per season and this Admin will still find a way to F up and use it for any and everything but Athletics. There's nothing competent about this admin's decision making, from hiring coaches, maintaining long-lasting relatioships w/ endorsers or in the community. This is just another example of greed superceding logic. Haven't Nevin Shapiro taught us anything about Miami? They are in it for the money, not for the student athletes.

I agree with the admin being incompetent.

I'm not understanding the other part. Why is better for the student athletes to be wearing Nike?

Nike sells itself. Kids like Nike...a nike swoosh, whether this is comprehendable or not actually helps recruiting. Miami makes more money on the back end for keeping it's endorsement w/ Nike. NFL jersey sales, per the bloomberg report, increased significantly when the NFL signed a licensing deal w/ Nike and was reported to increase the NFL's back end money by $500m annually due to the switch. You know why?? B/C MOST PEOPLE PREFER NIKE which is why they hold an 80% margin in the sporting market GLOBALLY.

See, that's the power of maintaining an allegiance w/ a monster sponsor...the same monster sponsor that started this trend w/ us in the first place. Adidas will hurt us; we will see a gain on the front end, and suffer greatly on the back end. There's a reason why athletes take less money to sign w/ Nike (except KD, LBJ, and Kobe)...****, even Jordan took less money to stay w/ Nike when Converse and Adidas made pitches...it's because of that glorified back end money they receive from shoe sales.

I think Nike will pony up b/c of that lasting relationship they've had w/ us and we introduced them to the licensing game in the first place, plus i have a frat brother who's one of the associate marketers for nike global and he texted me that they are mulling over several licensing deals to see who's still making them money and who's not and UM happens to be one of them still making them a little money and out of loyalty, they may just give in...but he also said don't be surprised if they pull out if UM tries to continue to play hard ball. They just made that exception for KD b/c KD took less money to be on the team when he first signed, but he's made them a huge amount of money, especially within the female and children community b/c of his uni-*** sneakers.

I said all that to just say that staying w/ Nike is the smart choice...numbers don't lie, even if the admin tries to spin like this will be a good investment to make more money...a deal w/ Adidas will be fool's gold.

That's all good to say but you don't know the back end numbers. That is your opinion and frankly a guess.

This admin is all about money. They won't fire Golden because of a buyout. They don't improve facilities because of money. They are incompetent but you really think they will make a deal that costs them money? You think Auburn made a deal that costs them money?

I would prefer Nike too if all things are equal. I just disagree adamantly that Nike somehow is a huge driving factor in the Miami brand. Miami was built before Nike came calling. I can't think of anyone would correlates Miami to Nike when thinking about Miami's brand.

It's not an opinion...it's totally facts!!! Sales are sales, period. Nike drives more sales than Adidas by a 5 to 1 margin currently. This admin is looking straight at a $3m more increase up front, they are not looking at revenue sales generated from jersey sales....look up Michigan Jersey sales after they switched from Nike to Adidas...yeah, Adidas gave more up front, but their jersey sales tanked after the switch...many were crying for Michigan to renew their contract w/ Nike to this very day.

So, the Michigan jersey sales numbers have nothing to do with the lack of them having very many really good players ... Or, the fact that many of their fans were disappointed with the on-field product ... Or the way the AD has handled things in their football program??? It's all because the jerseys removed the swoosh???

You must be on Nike's payroll ... No other answer for the amount of posting and bumping you are doing in this thread ...

 

[MIATL]

I'm not a sheep , Adidas gear just looks like ****. From shoes on down.

I'd rather wear UA than that garbage any day of the week.

Sales will definitely go down if we make this switch, no brainier.

So, you'd choose UA hoop gear over Adidas?

Sales might go down ... But it will likely be because we've kept Golden and his staff.

And when we start winning again ... Sales will go up.

The sales correlation is about winning ... Just watch Arizona State sales start improving. And it won't be because they switched to Adidas ... It will be because Graham makes them a contender in the PAC-12.

 

[DHucks]

Just because you buy a jersey doesn't mean you guys gotta wear Adidas shoes too. It's a dam jersey. I'm sure you guys already have all the Miami shorts and shirts you need. So if you see a shirt you like and it's Adidas, you buy it. I'm not a fan of Adidas, but not seeing why it really matters.
Only problem is if they have some ****ty *** design on the new Uni's.

To me, switching from Nike, the unquestioned #1 in this game, to the ridiculously mediocre Adidas seems like a culmination of everything we believe to be wrong with UM right now.

It's not just the Swoosh. Something we have been known for and kind of pioneered, we're going away from for convenience that doesn't make sense. The money ain't going toward buying out Golden, and I doubt it will upgrade facilities, and it's a long way away from building us a stadium.

Adidas sucks. Harry at All Canes I'm sure is one ticked off man if this happens. Nike gear is his main squeeze. If it switches to Adidas, so help him God.

It screams mediocrity man. This would be catastrophic. I think some of you are looking at this the wrong way.

Truthfully, Folden and the state of the football program right now are a much bigger problem for Harry at All Canes than a switch to Adidas.

Touche. He doesn't want or need anything else to worry about though.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

Just because you buy a jersey doesn't mean you guys gotta wear Adidas shoes too. It's a dam jersey. I'm sure you guys already have all the Miami shorts and shirts you need. So if you see a shirt you like and it's Adidas, you buy it. I'm not a fan of Adidas, but not seeing why it really matters.
Only problem is if they have some ****ty *** design on the new Uni's.

To me, switching from Nike, the unquestioned #1 in this game, to the ridiculously mediocre Adidas seems like a culmination of everything we believe to be wrong with UM right now.

It's not just the Swoosh. Something we have been known for and kind of pioneered, we're going away from for convenience that doesn't make sense. The money ain't going toward buying out Golden, and I doubt it will upgrade facilities, and it's a long way away from building us a stadium.

Adidas sucks. Harry at All Canes I'm sure is one ticked off man if this happens. Nike gear is his main squeeze. If it switches to Adidas, so help him God.

It screams mediocrity man. This would be catastrophic. I think some of you are looking at this the wrong way.

Truthfully, Folden and the state of the football program right now are a much bigger problem for Harry at All Canes than a switch to Adidas.

Touche. He doesn't want or need anything else to worry about though.

Agreed, although a switch to Adidas might spur sales of jerseys when they change the jerseys.

 

[CanadaCane]

For anyone who actually follows the sneaker game, Adidas is making a huge rise signing top celebs for collaborations and it's helping in street cred. The ZX Flux is dope as ****.

 

[can4life]

I dont know about you guys but when i watch a team play i dont look at the brand of the Jersey, miami is a brand on its own we need to be working out a Jordan like deal with with these companies because we dont really need there logo. Nike is overrated and greedy they are low balling teams because there Nike that's why its always good to have competition, and Adidas is stepping there game up there trying to close the gape on nike so they will appreciate us more trust me there gonna have us fresh on game day, if you look go you play good.

I think kansas got six mill a year from adidas, not kansas state but kansas



Top annual college athletic apparel contracts

1. Notre Dame (Under Armour) $9 million (estimated)

2. Michigan (Adidas) $8,200,000

3. UCLA (Adidas) $7,500,000

4. Kansas (Adidas) $6,375,000

5. x-Tennessee (Adidas) $5,550,000

6. Florida State (Nike) $4,400,000

7. Auburn (Under Armour) and Maryland (Under Armour) $4,300,000

9. y-Arizona State (Adidas) $4,225,000

10. LSU (Nike) $4,200,000

x-Tennessee is switching to Nike in 2015-16.

y-ASU's Adidas deal starts in 2015-16. It currently is with Nike for $2,110,000 in 2014-15.

Other reported Pac-12 apparel deals

Washington (Nike) $3,360,000

Oregon (Nike) $2,985,000

Utah (Under Armour) $2,416,000

Oregon State (Nike) $2,147,000

Colorado (Nike) $2,115,000

California (Nike) $1,950,000

Washington State (Nike) $1,525,000.

Stanford and USC are private schools, which are not required to reply to public information requests. Arizona's apparel contract is not available.

Source: Portland Business Journal

 

[Consigliere]

Just because you buy a jersey doesn't mean you guys gotta wear Adidas shoes too. It's a dam jersey. I'm sure you guys already have all the Miami shorts and shirts you need. So if you see a shirt you like and it's Adidas, you buy it. I'm not a fan of Adidas, but not seeing why it really matters.
Only problem is if they have some ****ty *** design on the new Uni's.

To me, switching from Nike, the unquestioned #1 in this game, to the ridiculously mediocre Adidas seems like a culmination of everything we believe to be wrong with UM right now.

It's not just the Swoosh. Something we have been known for and kind of pioneered, we're going away from for convenience that doesn't make sense. The money ain't going toward buying out Golden, and I doubt it will upgrade facilities, and it's a long way away from building us a stadium.

Adidas sucks. Harry at All Canes I'm sure is one ticked off man if this happens. Nike gear is his main squeeze. If it switches to Adidas, so help him God.

It screams mediocrity man. This would be catastrophic. I think some of you are looking at this the wrong way.

Truthfully, Folden and the state of the football program right now are a much bigger problem for Harry at All Canes than a switch to Adidas.

Uniforms over winning any day of the week.

 

[58straight]

Just because you buy a jersey doesn't mean you guys gotta wear Adidas shoes too. It's a dam jersey. I'm sure you guys already have all the Miami shorts and shirts you need. So if you see a shirt you like and it's Adidas, you buy it. I'm not a fan of Adidas, but not seeing why it really matters.
Only problem is if they have some ****ty *** design on the new Uni's.

To me, switching from Nike, the unquestioned #1 in this game, to the ridiculously mediocre Adidas seems like a culmination of everything we believe to be wrong with UM right now.

It's not just the Swoosh. Something we have been known for and kind of pioneered, we're going away from for convenience that doesn't make sense. The money ain't going toward buying out Golden, and I doubt it will upgrade facilities, and it's a long way away from building us a stadium.

Adidas sucks. Harry at All Canes I'm sure is one ticked off man if this happens. Nike gear is his main squeeze. If it switches to Adidas, so help him God.

It screams mediocrity man. This would be catastrophic. I think some of you are looking at this the wrong way.

changing from a swoosh mark to 3 stripes screams mediocrity? or is it the product on the field? i swear you guys are brainwashed at the church of nike its not that serious bro. mediocre adidas? you know they use the same materials and slaves as nike to build products **** yall are gullible as ****

 

[RBhurricane87]

What a ******* joke this Athletic Department has become.

Just when you thought they couldn't get any dumber, they go and do something like this.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

Top annual college athletic apparel contracts

1. Notre Dame (Under Armour) $9 million (estimated)

2. Michigan (Adidas) $8,200,000

3. UCLA (Adidas) $7,500,000

4. Kansas (Adidas) $6,375,000

5. x-Tennessee (Adidas) $5,550,000

6. Florida State (Nike) $4,400,000

7. Auburn (Under Armour) and Maryland (Under Armour) $4,300,000

9. y-Arizona State (Adidas) $4,225,000

10. LSU (Nike) $4,200,000

x-Tennessee is switching to Nike in 2015-16.

y-ASU's Adidas deal starts in 2015-16. It currently is with Nike for $2,110,000 in 2014-15.

Other reported Pac-12 apparel deals

Washington (Nike) $3,360,000

Oregon (Nike) $2,985,000

Utah (Under Armour) $2,416,000

Oregon State (Nike) $2,147,000

Colorado (Nike) $2,115,000

California (Nike) $1,950,000

Washington State (Nike) $1,525,000.

Stanford and USC are private schools, which are not required to reply to public information requests. Arizona's apparel contract is not available.

Source: Portland Business Journal

If accurate, Nike is going to have to step up their payments, or they will lose a lot of the contracts.

 

[WhatTheHell]

Second class gear for a second class progrum.

 

[Cane Dynasty]

Second class gear for a second class progrum.

Pogrom

 

[DHucks]

Just because you buy a jersey doesn't mean you guys gotta wear Adidas shoes too. It's a dam jersey. I'm sure you guys already have all the Miami shorts and shirts you need. So if you see a shirt you like and it's Adidas, you buy it. I'm not a fan of Adidas, but not seeing why it really matters.
Only problem is if they have some ****ty *** design on the new Uni's.

To me, switching from Nike, the unquestioned #1 in this game, to the ridiculously mediocre Adidas seems like a culmination of everything we believe to be wrong with UM right now.

It's not just the Swoosh. Something we have been known for and kind of pioneered, we're going away from for convenience that doesn't make sense. The money ain't going toward buying out Golden, and I doubt it will upgrade facilities, and it's a long way away from building us a stadium.

Adidas sucks. Harry at All Canes I'm sure is one ticked off man if this happens. Nike gear is his main squeeze. If it switches to Adidas, so help him God.

It screams mediocrity man. This would be catastrophic. I think some of you are looking at this the wrong way.

Truthfully, Folden and the state of the football program right now are a much bigger problem for Harry at All Canes than a switch to Adidas.

Touche. He doesn't want or need anything else to worry about though.

Agreed, although a switch to Adidas might spur sales of jerseys when they change the jerseys.

Not spending anymore on apparel. We have 7 jerseys in the house right now. One they gave to Carter.

 

[DHucks]

Just because you buy a jersey doesn't mean you guys gotta wear Adidas shoes too. It's a dam jersey. I'm sure you guys already have all the Miami shorts and shirts you need. So if you see a shirt you like and it's Adidas, you buy it. I'm not a fan of Adidas, but not seeing why it really matters.
Only problem is if they have some ****ty *** design on the new Uni's.

To me, switching from Nike, the unquestioned #1 in this game, to the ridiculously mediocre Adidas seems like a culmination of everything we believe to be wrong with UM right now.

It's not just the Swoosh. Something we have been known for and kind of pioneered, we're going away from for convenience that doesn't make sense. The money ain't going toward buying out Golden, and I doubt it will upgrade facilities, and it's a long way away from building us a stadium.

Adidas sucks. Harry at All Canes I'm sure is one ticked off man if this happens. Nike gear is his main squeeze. If it switches to Adidas, so help him God.

It screams mediocrity man. This would be catastrophic. I think some of you are looking at this the wrong way.

Truthfully, Folden and the state of the football program right now are a much bigger problem for Harry at All Canes than a switch to Adidas.

Touche. He doesn't want or need anything else to worry about though.

Agreed, although a switch to Adidas might spur sales of jerseys when they change the jerseys.

changing from a swoosh mark to 3 stripes screams mediocrity? or is it the product on the field? i swear you guys are brainwashed at the church of nike its not that serious bro. mediocre adidas? you know they use the same materials and slaves as nike to build products **** yall are gullible as ****[/QUOTE]

My point went over your head.

 

[McGahee2TheHouse]

Second class gear for a second class progrum.

Yep. Anyone who thinks differently is a moron. Horrible decision from the school.

DHucks long post had it on the money.

 

[AUcane]

it's not just look. Addidas is the worst when it comes to performance and function. Athletes don't want to wear their crap. The reason Nike offers less money is because they don't have to pay teams as much to wear their gear. Athletes want to wear Nike. Under Armor would have been better but this is crap. Now, if all of a sudden the Athletic Department can afford to fire Al, then I'm all for it.

LOL. I've worn Adidas gear and it performs just the same as Nike and Under Armor. You're a sheep...a marketers dream.

this. The stuff is made in the same factories over there and I'm fairly sure the material is the same.

 

[Cane Dynasty]

Braxton Berrios is against the switch.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

it's not just look. Addidas is the worst when it comes to performance and function. Athletes don't want to wear their crap. The reason Nike offers less money is because they don't have to pay teams as much to wear their gear. Athletes want to wear Nike. Under Armor would have been better but this is crap. Now, if all of a sudden the Athletic Department can afford to fire Al, then I'm all for it.

LOL. I've worn Adidas gear and it performs just the same as Nike and Under Armor. You're a sheep...a marketers dream.

this. The stuff is made in the same factories over there and I'm fairly sure the material is the same.

An exec in the sneaker game told me at the end of the 80s that all of the shoes (except New Balance and Saucony) are made in the same factories. I don't know if this still holds true.

 

[AUcane]

Not sure about shoes, but I'll wager that the apparel is made in the same factories.