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I love how people point to these jerseys like it’s a bad look on Nike while totally ignoring how sloppy every adidas football jersey in America looks the second they leave the locker room.

When I look at that photo I don’t love the concept I agree….. but just looking at that photo I know for a fact:

that the U on the collar will always look like the U for every player.

That the Nike logo, ACC Logo, and numbers won’t look sloppy after one play because of the fit nike jerseys have due to the materials used being FAR SUPERIOR in every way to adidas.

our trench players won’t look like plumbers with their *** cracks hanging out by the 3rd snap of the game because pants don’t fit (materials).

In a perfect world, we take our exact base uniform concept that adidas made for us (salute to them) and give it to Nike to duplicate using their materials. You’re talking the perfect uniform if they can fix the orange.
 
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Baba Yaga said:
Same, Go Avs!

A lot of people don't know this but Fanatics has been making NHL jerseys for Adidas for a few years now, as well as Nike jerseys for MLB (they acquired Majestic a few years back) and some Nike jerseys under license for the NFL.

Point being Fanatics is perfectly capable of making quality apparel, but their own branded stuff available to fans is straight trash, and Adidas suffers from the same problem IMO.

This is what you get for a $130 Adidas jersey. It's not even true twill, most everything is heat-pressed on. And yeah, it's the Parlay Ocean Plastic crap, so it's literally trash and it feels cheap.


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Now I haven't bought a Nike jersey since we parted ways with them, so if this is what they're offering now too that's unfortunate bc my $85 Jacory Harris era jersey ***** on the Adidas I duped myself into buying last year.

My biggest gripe is the lack of selection Adidas offers to fans. I can't even find half the **** I see the players and coaches wearing on the sidelines. If I pick a random Nike school on Fanatics, FansEdge etc., there's a plethora of shirts, hats, hoodies or whatever you might be looking for. And for my money, the fit and quality with Nike is better than Adidas but your mileage may vary.

The players will be wearing top of the line attire regardless of who we are with, and I trust Rad to work out a deal that benefits the school and its athletes. But if we were a Nike school I'd probably own more Canes attire bc I'm done buying Adidas. And I'm not loyal to any brand, I'm wearing Adidas shoes as I type this.
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Pens fan here. But I do enjoy watching the Avs play. McKinnon, Makar, Rantanen, Toews, and Girard make them fun to watch. It unfortunate that Landeskog had to have that procedure and may never return to form, or play much at all.

I knew that Fanatics had been making the player uniforms for MLB and NHL for a bit which always blew my mind that their fan gear was such trash. They're clearly capable of making quality apparel, but the quality control or "give a ****" factor just doesnt' seem to be there for whatever reason.

I think we have the same gripes with Adidas. While I have an issue with the cuts and sizing, their selection of gear truly seems to be bad for fans. The best place I've found for gear is Caneswear. They always seem to have stuff I can't find on the other sites and more closely related to what players/staffers wear. I write this as I'm currently wearing some New Balance Fresh Foams, :ROFLMAO:
 
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CaneInMD said:
Pens fan here. But I do enjoy watching the Avs play. McKinnon, Makar, Rantanen, Toews, and Girard make them fun to watch. It unfortunate that Landeskog had to have that procedure and may never return to form, or play much at all.

I knew that Fanatics had been making the player uniforms for MLB and NHL for a bit which always blew my mind that their fan gear was such trash. They're clearly capable of making quality apparel, but the quality control or "give a ****" factor just doesnt' seem to be there for whatever reason.

I think we have the same gripes with Adidas. While I have an issue with the cuts and sizing, their selection of gear truly seems to be bad for fans. The best place I've found for gear is Caneswear. They always seem to have stuff I can't find on the other sites and more closely related to what players/staffers wear. I write this as I'm currently wearing some New Balance Fresh Foams, :ROFLMAO:
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How can you be a CaneinMD and root for the Pens?!?! Go CAPS!!!!!

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McGahee2TheHouse said:
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Seriously though y'all...give me a source and a date for when the data for that Pie Chart came out. I'd wager Adidas is far outpacing UA at this point. How many schools have flat dropped UA because of lack of support, money, apparel, quality, etc...over the past several years?

And besides...was this data from one of the HS all star games with elite recruits? Was this just a random survey outside of Traz Powell? I mean come the fvck on folks...

Hate on Adidas, Love on Nike...IDGAF...but as a self-respecting data analytics person...I can't believe y'all falling for that lameness w/o any source data backing it up. This guy could've made a quick chart in Excel with 4 made-up data points for all we know. Sauces or GTFO. /rant
 
Allabouttheu95 said:
I love how people point to these jerseys like it’s a bad look on Nike while totally ignoring how sloppy every adidas football jersey in America looks the second they leave the locker room.

When I look at that photo I don’t love the concept I agree….. but just looking at that photo I know for a fact:

that the U on the collar will always look like the U for every player.

That the Nike logo, ACC Logo, and numbers won’t look sloppy after one play because of the fit nike jerseys have due to the materials used being FAR SUPERIOR in every way to adidas.

our trench players won’t look like plumbers with their *** cracks hanging out by the 3rd snap of the game because pants don’t fit (materials).

In a perfect world, we take our exact base uniform concept that adidas made for us (salute to them) and give it to Nike to duplicate using their materials. You’re talking the perfect uniform if they can fix the orange.
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The quality is Adidas is awful and that’s what I don’t like about them the most.

I mean look at the nameplates on this jersey. They are still crooked. How can a major company like Adidas mess this up year after year?

And then like you said, the pants fit terribly, pads are constantly sticking out of the jerseys. The quality is subpar and that’s fine if your head is in the sand and you don’t notice this, but it exists and looks bad for an elite brand like Miami.
 
BWCD said:
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Seriously though y'all...give me a source and a date for when the data for that Pie Chart came out. I'd wager Adidas is far outpacing UA at this point. How many schools have flat dropped UA because of lack of support, money, apparel, quality, etc...over the past several years?

And besides...was this data from one of the HS all star games with elite recruits? Was this just a random survey outside of Traz Powell? I mean come the fvck on folks...

Hate on Adidas, Love on Nike...IDGAF...but as a self-respecting data analytics person...I can't believe y'all falling for that lameness w/o any source data backing it up. This guy could've made a quick chart in Excel with 4 made-up data points for all we know. Sauces or GTFO. /rant
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www.huffpost.com

New Data Reveals Nike's Dominance Among Football Recruits

When the University of Oregon and Ohio State University football teams squared off in the national championship game earlier this month, the undisputed winner was Nike.
www.huffpost.com

Nike Dominates College Football, and it Shows No Signs of Ever Letting Up

For years Nike has completely dominated the college football landscape.
www.samford.edu www.samford.edu
 
McGahee2TheHouse said:
www.huffpost.com

New Data Reveals Nike's Dominance Among Football Recruits

When the University of Oregon and Ohio State University football teams squared off in the national championship game earlier this month, the undisputed winner was Nike.
www.huffpost.com

Nike Dominates College Football, and it Shows No Signs of Ever Letting Up

For years Nike has completely dominated the college football landscape.
www.samford.edu www.samford.edu
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Thank you. Next time put the facking sources in there the first time - people use dumbass charts like that to mislead people online all the time. I despise it. Good on you for backing it up when called out.

I'm more of an Adidas guy myself, but I don't deny Nike's stranglehold on things - never have. It was more the principle of the data and knowing the source that had my hackles up.

Also note though that those data points are *** EIGHT YEARS OLD *** per your HuffPost article that the chart is from:

"According to the January 2015 report, Nike was the clear favorite with 73 percent of recruits indicating that it was their preferred sports apparel company. Under Armour was second and adidas was third with 16 percent and 7 percent, respectively. A small percentage of recruits entered other brands like New Balance and Reebok as shown in the chart below."
 
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BWCD said:
Thank you. Next time put the facking sources in there the first time - people use dumbass charts like that to mislead people online all the time. I despise it. Good on you for backing it up when called out.

I'm more of an Adidas guy myself, but I don't deny Nike's stranglehold on things - never have. It was more the principle of the data and knowing the source that had my hackles up.

Also note though that those data points are *** EIGHT YEARS OLD *** per your HuffPost article that the chart is from:

"According to the January 2015 report, Nike was the clear favorite with 73 percent of recruits indicating that it was their preferred sports apparel company. Under Armour was second and adidas was third with 16 percent and 7 percent, respectively. A small percentage of recruits entered other brands like New Balance and Reebok as shown in the chart below."
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It’s definitely older but that’s all the data that’s out there. However it doesn’t seem like Nike has lost any of its hold since then.

Also it’s not that I have a true preference for either brand. It’s that Adidas is clearly below Nike in quality when you look at parts of the uniforms, like the way they fit, the name plates, the U on the collar, etc. I love our classic look with Adidas - if they could just fix the little things I’d be good.

This doesn’t look good:
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McGahee2TheHouse said:
It’s definitely older but that’s all the data that’s out there. However it doesn’t seem like Nike has lost any of its hold since then.
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Not denying that...just saying that if the numbers were updated after nearly a DECADE of data creep, those numbers would look markedly different considering UA's struggles and Adidas winning more apparel contracts over the years and having their own renaissance for a while in the industry. Nike's still top dog - you just didn't have to post an 8+ year old article to "prove" it.

Context matters when it comes to data. I also don't believe that's all the data that's out there...that's just all you could find in a swift Google search that backs up your POV. Big difference.
 
McGahee2TheHouse said:
It’s definitely older but that’s all the data that’s out there. However it doesn’t seem like Nike has lost any of its hold since then.

Also it’s not that I have a true preference for either brand. It’s that Adidas is clearly below Nike in quality when you look at parts of the uniforms, like the way they fit, the name plates, the U on the collar, etc. I love our classic look with Adidas - if they could just fix the little things I’d be good.

This doesn’t look good:
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You tug the collar a smidge to the right, that's fixed. It's stretchy fabric over shoulder pads, man. Do you expect this stuff to look like NCAA 14 all the time or? That's childish.

If it had a check on the front of the jersey, you and 90% of the simps in this thread wouldn't call it out.

This is the equivalent of if I came on here and said with this picture "why can't Nike get the numbers smoothed out on the Lions uniforms? What's with all the **** wrinkles?" That'd be disingenuous AF.

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BWCD said:
Thank you. Next time put the facking sources in there the first time - people use dumbass charts like that to mislead people online all the time. I despise it. Good on you for backing it up when called out.

I'm more of an Adidas guy myself, but I don't deny Nike's stranglehold on things - never have. It was more the principle of the data and knowing the source that had my hackles up.

Also note though that those data points are *** EIGHT YEARS OLD *** per your HuffPost article that the chart is from:

"According to the January 2015 report, Nike was the clear favorite with 73 percent of recruits indicating that it was their preferred sports apparel company. Under Armour was second and adidas was third with 16 percent and 7 percent, respectively. A small percentage of recruits entered other brands like New Balance and Reebok as shown in the chart below."
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First, while I respect your high standards on data and statistics, YOU MUST CHILL.

Second, while this chart is ***EIGHT YEARS OLD***, I would simply ask you what you think has changed in the past eight years. OK, maybe adidas is catching up to Under Armour...but do you HONESTLY believe that Nike has dropped from 73%?

Come on, now...
 
TitansHope said:
man, am i the only one who thinks these all sucked? lol. these are the unis they wore the back half of my undergrad and i always hated them. say what you will about adidas but i was happy to see us go back to a bit more of a classic look with them (after the weird adidas feather-shoulder ones, which also sucked lol)
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probably not, we have some strong opinions on this board; but I like them as alternates, not replacements, to a more classic look.
 
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