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

P-Tizzle said:
This isn’t my field of expertise. But here’s my question. Why wouldn’t Reebok jump back into the game and make Miami their flagship program in this new era? Something like a 10-year $350m
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Because shaq is using up all their budget on **** eaters in the wnba like brick baby angel reese for one. For two if we'd even consider tying on to that dumpster fire I'm gonna do like will farrell and repeatedly streak to the kfc cause it's end days for real
 
Brooklyndee said:
Because shaq is using up all their budget on **** eaters in the wnba like brick baby angel reese for one. For two if we'd even consider tying on to that dumpster fire I'm gonna do like will farrell and repeatedly streak to the kfc cause it's end days for real
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We may as well go with Skechers if that’s the case
 
DMoney said:
I get the complaints about the adidas gear, and Nike is definitely considered the premier brand.

But our uniforms from 2000-2015 were mostly garbage. Adidas was a breath of fresh air when they took over.
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Highly disagree.

2000-2002 r literally & universally known as Miami’s best unis.
2004 is one of my favorites, albeit it’s controversial
2014 was a very well received uniform, including the viral video of the players going HAM.

Now, w/ that said, Miami had some ugly jawns in this period, as well, namely
•The mismatched shoulder pads
•The radioactive orange

It also didn’t help that the players chose FAMU Temu, either.

Now let’s look at Adidas unis:
•2015 The Flamingos
•2015 The High School Miami Silvers
•2016 The Strawberry Patch No Collars
•2018-2021 The V
•2019 The Aqua Blue & Tangerine Orange Trash
•2021 The Futbol Off White & Pine Green Maze
•2025 The 7-11 Markets
•2026 The camo green that bled into the TV

Bro, yes they stepped up in both material in aesthetics in 2024, but let’s dial it back on the breath of fresh air.
 
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It’s fairly obvious we are reupping with adidas, it would be great if they could start custom measuring the uniforms for each player. If they do that, I’ll be alight with it.

Love Nike, runs
 
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Rellyrell said:
Highly disagree.

2000-2002 r literally & universally known as Miami’s best unis.
2004 is one my favorites, albeit it’s controversial
2014 was a very well received uniform, including the viral video of the players going HAM.

Now, w/ that said, Miami had some ugly jawns in this period, as well, namely
The mismatched shoulder pads
The radioactive orange

It also didn’t help that they players chose FAMU Temu, either.

Now let’s look at Adidas unis:
•2015 The Flamingos
•2015 The High School Miami Silvers
•2016 The Strawberry Patch No Collars
•2018-2021 The V
•2019 The Aqua Blue & Tangerine Orange Trash
•2021 The Futbol Off White & Pine Green Maze
•2025 The 7-11 Markets
•2026 The camo green that bled into the TV

Bro, yes they stepped up in both material in aesthetics in 2024, but let’s dial it back on the breath of fresh air.
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I don't usually find much to agree with on here. But in house the common sentiment was Nike was just ****ting on us by that point. That doesn't mean now or ever that I been a fan of Adidas. It's me, we're back with Nike along time ago. Even with them considering us and afterthought for a minute there.
 
PalyCane said:
"A&M, Penn St, Nebraska, Washington, Tennessee, Kansas all other adidas schools. Utah is moving to 3 stripe along with a few others."

Apparently they haven't gotten the message that adidas "uniform technology" is bad

People outside the program make this claim. But people inside these programs obviously don't seem to agree.
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Adidas is loading the market with money trying to force Nike out. Schools don't pick the best material, they pick the best contract.

The german national soccer team was Adidas flagship program for decades upon decades. This is the final world cup with german players wearing Adidas because Adidas decided to make a lowball offer that Nike ultimately capitalized on.

I can assure you that Adidas has taken that to the heart. Which is why they've stepped up their efforts in America.

Doesn't change the facts that their cleats are terrible...
 
OK, so @Hufftwoseven asked my thoughts. Well, we’re in a weird situation.

Let me preface this by saying that I fully expect us to re-up w Adidas. A while ago I said based upon what I was informed, it made me feel very uneasy & stated I felt it was 75% Adidas / 25% Nike. I will now say 85% Adidas / 15% Nike just b/c I know who’s involved.

Now, here’s y I say this is a weird situation:
•Back in 2015, we signed a “monumental deal” w/ Adidas making us the “Flagship of Adidas” in The ACC.
•2 yrs later (this is important), UL’s deal trumped ours
•2 yrs later, KU’s deal trumped ours
•3 yrs later, UW’s deal trumped ours

But here’s the kicker, Texas A&M decided not to do a long term deal w Adidas; they took a 5 yr deal that expires the same exact day as us.

Here’s what’s interesting:
1. Adidas spent a ****, & I mean a **** ton of $$ to both PSU & UTenn.
2. UL, TAMU, & Miami all r expiring around the same time.
3. Allegedly, Adidas wants in on Utah now, whose contract ALSO expires at the same time as us & TAMU.

As I said yrs ago, signing the 12 yr deal was going to bite us in the *** due to being outdated & now….coming off our best season since 2002, here we r having to compete w TAMU, Adidas potential overpay for Utah, & UL.

So it’s going to be interesting.

Lastly, as I check Miami x Adidas branded merchandise via Adidas: 23
Miami x Adidas via Fanatics: 106

FSU via Nike: 97
FSU x Nike via Fanatics: 335

UF x Nike/JB via Nike: 131
UF x Nike/JB via Fanatics: 292

Then there’s this



There’s also this little habit of Adidas:



At the end of the day, what’s going to happen is going to happen, & it’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.
 
P-Tizzle said:
This isn’t my field of expertise. But here’s my question. Why wouldn’t Reebok jump back into the game and make Miami their flagship program in this new era? Something like a 10-year $350m
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Rellyrell said:
OK, so @Hufftwoseven asked my thoughts. Well, we’re in a weird situation.

Let me preface this by saying that I fully expect us to re-up w Adidas. A while ago I said based upon what I was informed, it made me feel very uneasy & stated I felt it was 75% Adidas / 25% Nike. I will now say 85% Adidas / 15% Nike just b/c I know who’s involved.

Now, here’s y I say this is a weird situation:
•Back in 2015, we signed a “monumental deal” w/ Adidas making us the “Flagship of Adidas” in The ACC.
•2 yrs later (this is important), UL’s deal trumped ours
•2 yrs later, KU’s deal trumped ours
•3 yrs later, UW’s deal trumped ours

But here’s the kicker, Texas A&M decided not to do a long term deal w Adidas; they took a 5 yr deal that expires the same exact day as us.

Here’s what’s interesting:
1. Adidas spent a ****, & I mean a **** ton of $$ to both PSU & UTenn.
2. UL, TAMU, & Miami all r expiring around the same time.
3. Allegedly, Adidas wants in on Utah now, whose contract ALSO expires at the same time as us & TAMU.

As I said yrs ago, signing the 12 yr deal was going to bite us in the *** due to being outdated & now….coming off our best season since 2002, here we r having to compete w TAMU, Adidas potential overpay for Utah, & UL.

So it’s going to be interesting.

Lastly, as I check Miami x Adidas branded merchandise via Adidas: 23
Miami x Adidas via Fanatics: 106

FSU via Nike: 97
FSU x Nike via Fanatics: 335

UF x Nike/JB via Nike: 131
UF x Nike/JB via Fanatics: 292

Then there’s this



There’s also this little habit of Adidas:



At the end of the day, what’s going to happen is going to happen, & it’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Adidas is going to have to pick which school becomes their frontrunner. We're in a great position due to our recent success to qualify for it, but that means that Adidas has to pony up some cash in order to make that happen.

Nike has sneaky tendencies to make contract offers at the last second. We both know how they operate. I wouldn't be surprised in the end if we wind up being a jumpman school out of nowhere. Nike knows the marketing value that Miami represents all too well.

Adidas does tend to make lower offers to schools who have pre-existing contracts for the sheer belief of loyalty. I wouldn't put percentages on the deal yet. Seen this happen a couple of years ago in my home country lmao
 
Calinative said:
I think we will by far be Adidas #1 priority going forward. Which is why I think we will get best offer from them.
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TheOriginalCane said:
This is just magical thinking.

You have zero basis for saying this. In fact, you have evidence AGAINST this statement, like adidas rushing out to give Louisville a better deal, even though we had a most-favored-nations clause.
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Nike had us wearing this garbage for 7 years. The uniforms before that only lasted from 2004-2006. The ones before that only from 2000-2003. I didn’t understand why we kept changing uniforms so quickly and then they left us stuck with this bs for so long smh.

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Calinative said:
Sure. That 2/3rds has a cash-value though.
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Good lord, your ****porsts are the worst.

Everyone gets equipment. Everyone gets marketing. But cash is cash. Cash pays the bills. Helmets and shoulder pads don’t pay the bills. You can’t pay an assistant coach in cleats and jockstraps.

If Nike offers us $7M of equipment per year and adidas offers us $8M of equipment per year, should we sign with adidas? Anyone can value anything any way they want, it doesn’t make it true.

You have obviously never worked in the corporate world.

“Cash value”. Yeah. Like we would sell all that gear on eBay to pay the bills…
 
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DMoney said:
I get the complaints about the adidas gear, and Nike is definitely considered the premier brand.

But our uniforms from 2000-2015 were mostly garbage. Adidas was a breath of fresh air when they took over.
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Our current uniforms are the best we’ve probably ever had. The last few years of Nike they gave us quite a few duds. I remember the last version of their uniforms had that orange stripe on the pants that was all faded out and it looked like our guys were playing in three year old uniforms that had been through the wash too many times. Whoever makes our gear going forward should just stick to what works and keep the current uniform.
 
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