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

No_Fly_Zone said:
I'll just say there are business interests aligned on both sides of the deal. I don't think there's a true supermajority consensus on UM's side, but there's more than enough clout to work a lucrative deal (and Adidas is being very receptive to that).
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From what I have heard, Adidas has treated Miami extremely well and they have helped us in more ways than one. The public will never know about the things they have done but as long as it helps them seal the deal with us then I do not think they will care.
 
Hurracanes said:
From what I have heard, Adidas has treated Miami extremely well and they have helped us in more ways than one. The public will never know about the things they have done but as long as it helps them seal the deal with us then I do not think they will care.
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This is business if they’re paying us the most money, NIL guaranteed, and royalties going forward so be it.

I love Nike/JB more in terms of what I like to buy/wear but I can deal with adidas gear if it means the school as a whole is getting the best deal

But for ***** sake don’t lock in a decade plus deal
 
Rellyrell said:
TheOriginalCane said:
The font, yes.

The material, not sure.

The CUT? Now that's something that @Rellyrell could tell you about, he posted on this very same thing last year (the way that the different kinds of material are stitched together in the middle of the jersey.
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The material is the same “new, upgraded” material they’re using for their tier 1 teams, but the # designs r from that recycled plastic jawn.

The worst part is the fan replicas of these; like zero effort were put into the fan versions. I’m their X explanation & they said it was inspired by the rows of corn fields. Lol.

I’ve seen some Nebraska fans say these jerseys r between NC State & Wisky. I don’t they’re bad; they feel a little throwback-ish w a hint of modern flare.
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Adidas material always feel like polyester, that **** made from recycled quinceanera socks.
 
Hurracanes said:
Maybe I misread your point, and if so, my bad. There have been rumors floating around that certain people at Miami are pushing Adidas for political reasons or some kind of conspiracy, but that’s simply not true. I assumed that’s what you were hinting at.

At the end of the day, this decision is about one thing: money. Today, Adidas is offering the best deal, and that’s what’s driving the conversation.
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Speaking only for myself, I never said political reasons.

But minds are already 90% made up. That's a fact.

It's easy for the only bidder to offer more money when any other bidders are getting lukewarm responses. That's why Radakovich should have been stoking a better relationship with Nike since December 2021. This day was coming for four-plus years.

I've been through this before. I've changed vendors before, particularly when there is a very small pool to choose from (Big 4 accounting firms). You have to maintain good relationships. ****, I made a change from KPMG to E&Y over 15 years ago, and still maintained friendships. In my current job, I brought in KPMG and haven't used E&Y in over 10 years. Relationships.
 
Hurracanes said:
From what I have heard, Adidas has treated Miami extremely well and they have helped us in more ways than one. The public will never know about the things they have done but as long as it helps them seal the deal with us then I do not think they will care.
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Those points are not being argued.

What is being argued is whether Nike would have done the exact same (if not more) had Beta Blake not torpedoed the historic relationship. And we may never know if we just keep re-upping with adidas because they have treated us well since the game has changed (NIL, Fanatics, etc.).

That is all.
 
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RozayCane said:
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Lemme tell u y this commercial ****ed me TF off:
1. Travis Hunter cost me a Fantasy Football championship by underperforming
2. Rome Odunze cost me a Fantasy Football championship by underperforming
3. Amon Ra-St Brown cost me a Fantasy Football championship by over performing
4. Kyle Pitts Sr cost me a Fantasy Football by underperforming all yr UNTIL I DROPPED HIM, only for him to have a career game ONE FCKING TIME which cost me a chip.
5. Ocho Cinco YEARS AGO cost me a fantasy football championship by dropping a wide open pass & I just needed 2 pts.

Man Fck this commercial & Adidas. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
Rellyrell said:
Lemme tell u y this commercial ****ed me TF off:
1. Travis Hunter cost me a Fantasy Football championship by underperforming
2. Rome Odunze cost me a Fantasy Football championship by underperforming
3. Amon Ra-St Brown cost me a Fantasy Football championship by over performing
4. Kyle Pitts Sr cost me a Fantasy Football by underperforming all yr UNTIL I DROPPED HIM, only for him to have a career game ONE FCKING TIME which cost me a chip.
5. Ocho Cinco YEARS AGO cost me a fantasy football championship by dropping a wide open pass & I just needed 2 pts.

Man Fck this commercial & Adidas. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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RozayCane said:
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There are certain schools...

Michigan...Taint...Pedo State...Alabama...Nebraska...

Any idiot knows these are "traditional uniform" schools, and you just don't **** with it.

How adidas misunderstood the assignment...I'll never know...

Is The Shermanator still their AD?





(Kidding, I know the answer to that)
 
Hard to believe that given the Addidas investment into the South Florida high school sports scene, that they would not want the U to be one of their flagship partners. Everything seems to be coming together at an opportune time. The resurgence of the U as a National Power, a number of marketable young players, popularity of futbol growing with Messi in South Florida. The entire landscape screams for Addidas to make a huge investment in the Canes.
 
Hurracanes said:
From what I have heard, Adidas has treated Miami extremely well and they have helped us in more ways than one. The public will never know about the things they have done but as long as it helps them seal the deal with us then I do not think they will care.
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Some people can’t accept it’s possible Adidas has been an overall good partner in UMs eyes, and over the last couple years has been viewed as a great partner. There is certainly an argument there was rocky moments. But it seems pretty reasonable that the first yr or two (while the worst uniforms) was good for the overall deal vs what Nike was delivering. then over the past 3 years or so the partnership is very strong - in both the deal and Uniform. Like if the entire thing is about Louisville getting a better deal and not enforcing our contract to be the top paid in conference… well yeah that’s a problem, but I assume that has been resolved for a few years now.

And regardless, I’d just put faith in JoeE that we aren’t gunna get punked basically.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Those points are not being argued.

What is being argued is whether Nike would have done the exact same (if not more) had Beta Blake not torpedoed the historic relationship. And we may never know if we just keep re-upping with adidas because they have treated us well since the game has changed (NIL, Fanatics, etc.).

That is all.
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You know we do not agree here. You’re giving Nike way too much of a pass and giving Blake way too much credit. Agree to disagree.
 
Calinative said:
Some people can’t accept it’s possible Adidas has been an overall good partner in UMs eyes, and over the last couple years has been viewed as a great partner. There is certainly an argument there was rocky moments. But it seems pretty reasonable that the first yr or two (while the worst uniforms) was good for the overall deal vs what Nike was delivering. then over the past 3 years or so the partnership is very strong - in both the deal and Uniform. Like if the entire thing is about Louisville getting a better deal and not enforcing our contract to be the top paid in conference… well yeah that’s a problem, but I assume that has been resolved for a few years now.

And regardless, I’d just put faith in JoeE that we aren’t gunna get punked basically.
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There are also some people who can't accept that it's possible to have adidas skeptics who can both ACKNOWLEDGE that adidas has been a better partner over the past 2-3 years than they were over the first 8-9 years.

And we don't know what to expect after the ink dries.

By the way, there's more than just "the deal" and "the uniform", at least if they expect fans to buy the merch. And I no longer buy the adidas merch. Because it sucks, not because I like Nike better. Yes, I like Nike better, but I love the UM logo THE MOST.

So, for now, it's Columbia and Cutter & Buck and Tommy Bahama and Champion and New Era and Peter Millar and Cameron J and johnnie-O and Southern Tide...
 
Hurracanes said:
You know we do not agree here. You’re giving Nike way too much of a pass and giving Blake way too much credit. Agree to disagree.
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Uhhh...how am I giving Nike too much of a pass and Beta Blake too much credit?

For the record, I'm not worried about agreeing or disagreeing. I'm focused on "did these things actually happen".

Did Beta Blake convert some of our uniform allocations into straight cash payments from 2013 to 2015? Yes. Yes he did.

Thus, the "Nike doesn't love Miami anymore" myth is false, and the desire for Nike to move to a royalty-driven payment methodology was based on that abusive behavior by Beta Blake. And how am I giving Beta Blake "way too much credit"? He wanted to make a name for himself, he wanted a signature move for his legacy. So he signed a seemingly great contract with adidas that promised more than adidas delivered. And then Blake didn't monitor the contract and had to be informed BELATEDLY that adidas was paying Louisville more, in spite of our most-favored-nations clause.

Did adidas violate the terms of our deal by signing Louisville to a more lucrative deal within 2 years of the Miami deal starting and not increasing the compensation paid to Miami? Yes. Yes they did.

And, yes, adidas eventually paid Miami more when we forced them to do so.

Again, I'll make this clear. My concerns with adidas would be removed if (a) there was a vigorous 2-or-more-parties competitive bidding process which adidas won fair-and-square, and (b) adidas delivers what it promises in all years of the contract, not just the couple of years prior to renewal.

While I won't wear the adidas merch until they improve on it, I would be happy with UM picking adidas if those two requirements are met.
 
After 20 years with Nike, i just found out Columbus High is an Adidas school and they’re loving it. The school gets whatever they want and in a matter of weeks. Interesting.
 
Hurracanes said:
After 20 years with Nike, i just found out Columbus High is an Adidas school and they’re loving it. The school gets whatever they want and in a matter of weeks. Interesting.
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Glad to hear of that. I just can't understand why adidas, with a MULTI-DECADE headstart on Nike, never figured out that good customer service could be a point of differentiation.

I'm glad when anyone gets religion, but I wish it happened sooner and I hope it sticks.
 
Hurracanes said:
After 20 years with Nike, i just found out Columbus High is an Adidas school and they’re loving it. The school gets whatever they want and in a matter of weeks. Interesting.
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Well, that deal starts in about a week. The basketball team was literally just in Phoenix for Sec7 sporting Jordan Brand.
 
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