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Adidas has had plenty of time. Reebok, owned by Adidas since 2005, outfitted the NFL and NBA for over a decade. Adidas has outfitted college football teams for over a decade. They're getting worse, not better and have slipped from #2 behind Nike to #3 behind Under Armour as well in US sales. Adidas blows.Miami is Adidas' new bell cow program. It would not surprise me to see a totally new set of uniforms almost every season. There's a few things about last season's unis that didn't go over well with the fans but at least they showed they were listening when they dumped that terrible font on the backs after a couple of games. With the Miami program on the rise, Adidas would be wise to start making Miami Oregon east.
Problem is Adidas is literally tanking in U.S sports. I don't care about the Yeezy's b/c that's not an athletic brand....they lost hella money on the NBA uniforms...and they lost hella money on the NFL uniforms. I know for sure they lost money on the Michigan uniforms. I would be real interested to know how the merchadise sales did for us last year b/c the fan replica jersey's were god-awful.
Adidas make fantastic futbol jerseys and fan replica jerseys, but they're low key shoddy on the U.S joints. Outside of the overpayment they gave us, I've been less than thrilled with the in-game joints. I was pumped after seeing the unveiling, but on the field, it's been rather meh, to say the least. Hopefully as we start winning, they'll put more effort into our jerseys and give us what they promised us...a classic feel.
We may want to give Adidas a few years of actually focusing on US athletic apparel sales before we bury them ...
And looking at our merchandise sales for a year when the team was average and the fans hated the coach might not be the best indicator of future sales ...
But I know you're a Nike guy, so your vantage points may be skewed.
and if i'm not mistaken, Skechers recently snatched the No. 3 spot in US sales.