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Miami athletics has returned to Nike as the program’s apparel sponsor, agreeing to a lucrative 10-year contract worth more than $200 million.

Nike was the apparel sponsor of the Hurricanes from 1987-2015, before the University made an unprecedented decision to sign with Adidas.

Now, Miami is back wearing the iconic swoosh.

Miami found themselves in a strong negotiating position following its national championship appearance, also coming off the footsteps of other premier programs signing apparel deals.

Adidas put pen to paper with Penn State on July 1, in a 10-year, $300 million dollar deal, and agreed to a 10-year, $100 million deal with the University of Tennessee the next day.

With the bar set high, UM went into negotiations with the upper hand and found that Adidas was unwilling to match Nike’s offer according to reports.

The deal marks a role reversal from when Miami was last in apparel negotiations 12 years ago. Nike was unwilling to match Adidas’ offer in 2015, leading to the longstanding Adidas partnership the University had until now.

The offer reportedly puts Miami as the second-highest collegiate investment from Nike, just behind Oregon, where the apparel giant was founded.

UM was in the midst of a 12-year deal partnership with Adidas, set to expire in 2027. The agreement was the longest-standing collegiate partnership in Adidas history — also the first all-sport apparel partnership the company had with a top program.

Adidas had spent the last decade investing in South Florida sports, from high school all the way to Universities.

South Florida talents such as Malachi Toney, Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith and Miami recruits A’mir Sears and Nick Lennear all signed with the three stripes within the last year.

In 2025, Adidas signed a five-year, $13.5 million deal to outfit all 41 of Miami-Dade County High Schools’ athletics uniforms, cementing itself as the leading athletic apparel company in the greater Miami area.

But while UM and Adidas have been great partners for more than a decade, UM and Nike have historic ties.

Miami’s original partnership with Nike marked the first all-sports apparel contract in collegiate history, and continued for four of UM’s national titles in football (1987, 1989, 1999, 2001) and two in baseball (1999, 2001).

The Hurricanes join South Carolina as Power Four programs to sign with Nike in the past year, with the decision set to take effect when Adidas’ deal expires next July ahead of the 2027 athletic season.

 

What’s record setting about it ? Didn’t pedo st sign a 300 million dollar deal?

Record setting Nike deal apparently. Reportedly bigger than Texas and OSU's yearly amount.

 

Penn State has one of the largest alumni groups in the nation. That's a lot of people to sell their apparel to.

pedo st should donate that money to the families and kids for their negligence

 

Gotdam I feel old.
Good news - I know who Kanye is. I know who Jai Lucas is. I think I know what an elite youth basketball league program is. I know what Nike is. I know what Adidas is. I even know where Germany is and I've been to Portland a few times. I have no idea who the F Jai's brother is.

Thank you for the explanation. Enjoy laughing at my expense all day.

Haha no problem & with you not at you; last one

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JOHN LUCAS III PHOENIX SUNS ASSISTANT COACH In 2023, John Lucas III became an Assistant Coach for the Phoenix Suns. Coach Lucas was born in Washington, D.C. and first played for Baylor University and finished at Oklahoma State University. Lucas had a 12-year professional playing career with...

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Each sneaker company has their own unique travel league for spring/summer mens and women’s basketball. It’s very hard to break into the league just as an individual team; even harder to become a permanent member program that is represented within in the league at every age level for men’s and women’s. Jai’s family has a program that is just that, which means it is one the most heavily prestigious and invested in youth basketball pipelines in the world.

 

I hope he holds firm. I know Sumrall probably doesn't have a lot of say as a new coach but Nike/Jumpman forced a ton of alternate jerseys/helmets on the Gators this year.

Forced? Really? Sumrall came from Tulane. Tulane has a ton of alternate jerseys/helmets. I think Sumrall likes a lot of alternate/jerseys.

He said he was consulted but didn’t have much of a say. He just asked for no black uniforms.

 

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JOHN LUCAS III PHOENIX SUNS ASSISTANT COACH In 2023, John Lucas III became an Assistant Coach for the Phoenix Suns. Coach Lucas was born in Washington, D.C. and first played for Baylor University and finished at Oklahoma State University. Lucas had a 12-year professional playing career with...

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Bro you can laugh AT me for this. I will break eggs on this site - and plenty of others - for decades to come (good Lord willing). I deserve to be laughed at. I've earned it.
But I appreciate the sentiment.

 

I mentioned in another thread looking at NFL team templates to get an idea of where Nike might take us next Fall. The collegiate templates tend to be behind the NFL a smidge for Nike historically, so I'm thinking some of the design concepts might be copy-pasta'ed from existing NFL stuff.

For reference: YES I KNOW IT'S AN SI ARTICLE but this has really good pictures.

My preference as a possible base:

Nike has it right with the Phins throwbacks IMO. This dovetails in pretty good with the traditional throwback look that we've gotten from Adidas since the Richt era got rid of the feathers/tire tread and such. And it's just gotten better, tbh. I want us to stay close to that, and these Phins throwbacks are a good starting point.

For any alternatives, I hope Nike wouldn't get *too* wild, but I could see them looking at stuff like the Broncos or Texans for some flashier alternatives in our colors with some design tweaks:

Just my $0.02. Thoughts?

 

With the new Nike gear you may need a 3XL. I have some early Nike Dri Fit stuff in 2XL that is way bigger than the current Nike Dri Fit in the same size.

Yikes. The biggest I've had to go up to in any Adidas has been 2XL. But...I'm on the GLP1's now and slimming down...so maybe it won't be as big of a factor lol.

 

He said he was consulted but didn’t have much of a say. He just asked for no black uniforms.

I think things will be different here b/c Mario is in place when the contract has been signed and has a preexisting relationship with Nike from his time at Oregon.

 

Damnnn, shout out to the posters that were adamant on this NOT happening

FIXED

 

Yikes. The biggest I've had to go up to in any Adidas has been 2XL. But...I'm on the GLP1's now and slimming down...so maybe it won't be as big of a factor lol.

Good luck with the GLPs. Yeah, Nike Dri Fit went to a fitted silhouette a few years ago that wasn't present in their early Dri-Fit stuff.

 

@TheOriginalCane

 

Hope Nike survives 10 years....

 

Yikes. The biggest I've had to go up to in any Adidas has been 2XL. But...I'm on the GLP1's now and slimming down...so maybe it won't be as big of a factor lol.

GLP-1s + Nike + Winning

 

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We back?

Horrible.

Worse

 

 

The only time I *****ed about Nike was because of those hideous uniforms in 2014.

 

Hopefully they have no leadership at Nike, I was not happy with the later unis we got from them prior to going to Addidas.

Miami asked for that ugly ****. And continued asking for ugly **** until Mario said not anymore!

 

Worse


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I’ll absolutely never be able to get over this ******* font

 

The only time I *****ed about Nike was because of those hideous uniforms in 2014.

YOU CAN THANK BLAKE JAMES AND AL GOLDEN FOR THAT

 

Time to update the wardrobe

My wife is gonna file for divorce in 2027...