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MEGA New Miami Adidas Ultraboost🔥 - The Shoe and Nike/Adidas Thread.

Hobokane said:
I guess I’m falling into the trap of the 20,000 words— but I have a legitimate
Q:

I’ve seen a lot of grousing about Adidas on this board for years and I’ve never been able to surmise why it is that fans hate our adidas gear or deal….

Anyone care to enlighten???
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Hobokane said:
I guess I’m falling into the trap of the 20,000 words— but I have a legitimate
Q:

I’ve seen a lot of grousing about Adidas on this board for years and I’ve never been able to surmise why it is that fans hate our adidas gear or deal….

Anyone care to enlighten???
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Adidas sucks at football and basketball.

Always has, always will.
 
Their options for women's Miami gear is pretty much nonexistent too. They basically just take a few of the men's designs and slap it on a basic women's tee shirt...badly.

I've had to find Miami gear through other brands for many years, which is difficult since most stuff is made for 18-year olds.
 
Hobokane said:
I guess I’m falling into the trap of the 20,000 words— but I have a legitimate
Q:

I’ve seen a lot of grousing about Adidas on this board for years and I’ve never been able to surmise why it is that fans hate our adidas gear or deal….

Anyone care to enlighten???
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Fan service is horrible. I couldn't buy Miami Hurricanes gear even if I tried and mind you, Adidas is German. So am I.

Added to that, the cleats suck. Like, they really really suck. There's no comparison between Nike and Adidas, because Nike is miles better. Every time there's a slightly wet field requiring longer studs, none of our players actually wear longer studs and I refuse to believe that they choose to do that. They don't supply them. And they weren't the only supplier who didn't have longer studs.
 
Hobokane said:
I guess I’m falling into the trap of the 20,000 words— but I have a legitimate
Q:

I’ve seen a lot of grousing about Adidas on this board for years and I’ve never been able to surmise why it is that fans hate our adidas gear or deal….

Anyone care to enlighten???
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1. The 12-year deal is cheap. No upside. "Guaranteed payments", with no "if you exceed certain levels" participation in royalties.

2. Even though we had "most favored nation status", adidas went out almost immediately and signed Louisville to a better deal, without enriching our deal. Beta Blake failed to catch the problem until years later, which was part of the reason he was fired.

3. The initial uniforms were terrible. While they got better, it has taken adidas the vast majority of its 12 year contract to get our on-field uniforms up to where they need to be.

4. The initial fan merch was good, but has been declining for years. The "special promotions" like the camouflage jerseys/merch, the breast cancer jerseys/merch, and even the Miami Nights jerseys/merch have been largely crap. And don't even get me started on the environmental "Parley" jerseys/merch, there are still people who get triggered by that.

5. Quite simply, adidas is a distant second-place company. Winners wear Nike, that's just a stone-cold fact. We are, by association, hanging out with the Arizona States and the NC States of the world.

6. While there has been improvement in the last 1-2 years, for most of the contract, the "activation" or co-branded marketing from adidas was terrible. They belatedly and weakly embraced the Cam Ward For Heisman campaign, among other missteps. Only recently has adidas figured out how to spend money on HS players and NIL.

7. The PE (player edition) gear has been terrible. Nike schools get PE gear that players actually covet and wear. The adidas crap is on eBay (at clearance prices) very quickly. And there is NO value in adidas shoes. Our Miami-branded shoes are almost always on clearance prices within 6 months, while the Nike editions for other schools sell at premiums. And adidas does not have any "premium" line like Jordan or Lexus or Acura. The Fear of God stuff was late and HORRIBLE. I don't even buy adidas any longer, I buy Columbia and Cutter & Buck and Peter Millar and Tommy Bahama and johnnie-O and Southern Tide and Champion.

EDIT 8. For the ladies...yes, the adidas offerings for women...not good.

Any questions?
 
TheOriginalCane said:
1. The 12-year deal is cheap. No upside. "Guaranteed payments", with no "if you exceed certain levels" participation in royalties.
2. Even though we had "most favored nation status", adidas went out almost immediately and signed Louisville to a better deal, without enriching our deal. Beta Blake failed to catch the problem until years later, which was part of the reason he was fired.
3. The initial uniforms were terrible. While they got better, it has taken adidas the vast majority of its 12 year contract to get our on-field uniforms up to where they need to be.
4. The initial fan merch was good, but has been declining for years. The "special promotions" like the camouflage jerseys/merch, the breast cancer jerseys/merch, and even the Miami Nights jerseys/merch have been largely crap. And don't even get me started on the environmental "Parley" jerseys/merch, there are still people who get triggered by that.
5. Quite simply, adidas is a distant second-place company. Winners wear Nike, that's just a stone-cold fact. We are, by association, hanging out with the Arizona States and the NC States of the world.
6. While there has been improvement in the last 1-2 years, for most of the contract, the "activation" or co-branded marketing from adidas was terrible. They belatedly and weakly embraced the Cam Ward For Heisman campaign, among other missteps. Only recently has adidas figured out how to spend money on HS players and NIL.
7. The PE (player edition) gear has been terrible. Nike schools get PE gear that players actually covet and wear. The adidas crap is on eBay (at clearance prices) very quickly. And there is NO value in adidas shoes. Our Miami-branded shoes are almost always on clearance prices within 6 months, while the Nike editions for other schools sell at premiums. And adidas does not have any "premium" line like Jordan or Lexus or Acura. The Fear of God stuff was late and HORRIBLE.
EDIT 8. For the ladies...yes, the adidas offerings for women...not good.

Any questions?
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Any positive impact through NIL with Adidas acquiring rights to all Miami-Dade schools? SIAP or covered in another thread.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Hobokane said:
I guess I’m falling into the trap of the 20,000 words— but I have a legitimate
Q:

I’ve seen a lot of grousing about Adidas on this board for years and I’ve never been able to surmise why it is that fans hate our adidas gear or deal….

Anyone care to enlighten???
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1. The 12-year deal is cheap. No upside. "Guaranteed payments", with no "if you exceed certain levels" participation in royalties.
2. Even though we had "most favored nation status", adidas went out almost immediately and signed Louisville to a better deal, without enriching our deal. Beta Blake failed to catch the problem until years later, which was part of the reason he was fired.
3. The initial uniforms were terrible. While they got better, it has taken adidas the vast majority of its 12 year contract to get our on-field uniforms up to where they need to be.
4. The initial fan merch was good, but has been declining for years. The "special promotions" like the camouflage jerseys/merch, the breast cancer jerseys/merch, and even the Miami Nights jerseys/merch have been largely crap. And don't even get me started on the environmental "Parley" jerseys/merch, there are still people who get triggered by that.
5. Quite simply, adidas is a distant second-place company. Winners wear Nike, that's just a stone-cold fact. We are, by association, hanging out with the Arizona States and the NC States of the world.
6. While there has been improvement in the last 1-2 years, for most of the contract, the "activation" or co-branded marketing from adidas was terrible. They belatedly and weakly embraced the Cam Ward For Heisman campaign, among other missteps. Only recently has adidas figured out how to spend money on HS players and NIL.
7. The PE (player edition) gear has been terrible. Nike schools get PE gear that players actually covet and wear. The adidas crap is on eBay (at clearance prices) very quickly. And there is NO value in adidas shoes. Our Miami-branded shoes are almost always on clearance prices within 6 months, while the Nike editions for other schools sell at premiums.

Any questions?
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Oh…. So you really don’t feel that strongly about it
 
amanan28 said:
Any positive impact through NIL with Adidas acquiring rights to all Miami-Dade schools? SIAP or covered in another thread.
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I had a bit at the end of #6. It's an improvement, but it will take years of support like that to pay dividends.

Nike is still #1 in the hearts and minds of kids.
 
Hobokane said:
Relax….. it was sarcasm. And yes you answered my Q so thanks
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That's fine.

The takeaway should be very simple. Miami was the VERY FIRST all-Nike school deal, back in 1987. Not Oregon. Not North Carolina. MIAMI.

And that special relationship should have value and take precedence. Yes, Miami sucked (on-field) for most of the 2000s up to the point when Beta Blake signed the adidas deal. And, yes, Beta Blake was diverting Nike money out of the "player equipment/merchandise" bucket and into the "just give us more money" bucket for several years before signing the adidas deal.
 
Gear and fan wear looks like temu made it. CB11 went right back to Nike stuff after the national championship lol

Can’t forget that one year where they made our jerseys from literal trash to get stomped on by lsu.

But if they’re funding our NIL and making us their #1 school then so be it. Honestly they should be funding NIL for our 5 star must get recruits.
 
Hobokane said:
I guess I’m falling into the trap of the 20,000 words— but I have a legitimate
Q:

I’ve seen a lot of grousing about Adidas on this board for years and I’ve never been able to surmise why it is that fans hate our adidas gear or deal….

Anyone care to enlighten???
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****** merch selection and shoddy unis coupled with not following through on making g Miami their premier brand.
 
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