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In the last year, Nike has designed jerseys and footwear specifically for lacrosse for the first time. Adidas and Reebok will be introducing a line of lacrosse equipment in the fall that will include lacrosse-specific items like stick shafts, shoulder pads and gloves. (All three companies began investing more in the sport before the Duke case.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/sport ... ref=slogin

The back cover the program at the NSS was a full-page ad for Adidas lacrosse gear. Said heads, handles, protective equipment, apparel and footwear was coming in the fall of 2007.

http://www.tactixgw.com/work/rbk_lacrosse_en.php

here is a link to the reebok pads.....i've seen the rbk shaft before too, it looks pretty nice, if you like the harrow/ brine python feel

here's the link to a picture i found for an adidas head...looks kinda weird

http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic0004lh9.jpg

wow i dont think "mid-set" as opposed to "off-set" is gonna get them around paying patent royalties to Brine.

Have any MCLA programs been contacted about using the new gear? I am willing to bet BYU has. On their latest podcast(available on BYULACROSSE.Com), Jason and Tom say that there will be a big anouncement forthcoming on a new gear sponsorship. Aren't their unis affiliated with reebok? And another thing, Tom, it says find our podcast on Itunes, but I can't find it. Whats the deal?

I thought BYU's uniforms were New Balance? I could be wrong on this though.

I think the University of Idaho struck a deal with adidas.....

bste_lax wrote:I thought BYU's uniforms were New Balance? I could be wrong on this though.

Yeah, looks like New Balance(Warrior/Brine) uniforms, Riddell helmets, and STX gloves and armpads. I don't know if they have a cleat deal, but the major of their pictures have guys in nike cleats.

On the topic of Reebok and Adidas, Adidas owns Reebok, so I wonder how they're going to separate the two brands. Most of the gear looks like any other generic lax gear - nothing really jumped out at me as something I had to have.

I know that reebok has already infiltrated the NLL, so maybe Reebok will make gear more oriented to box lacrosse while adidas will take field lacrosse?

That head looks a lot like STX's forward cant technology

cjwilhelmi wrote:That head looks a lot like STX's forward cant technology

It also looks a lot like the H2 from Harrow, with the "cant" about midway down the length of the head.

OAKS wrote:

bste_lax wrote:I thought BYU's uniforms were New Balance? I could be wrong on this though.

I don't know if they have a cleat deal, but the major of their pictures have guys in nike cleats.

yeah, byu has (or at least had) a pseudo-deal with the school (who is sponsored by nike) to get certain things. i'm not totally sure, but i think they get cleats now. it used to be just stuff like weird spandex stockings and things that the football team didn't want.

ineedmorecowbell wrote:

OAKS wrote:

bste_lax wrote:I thought BYU's uniforms were New Balance? I could be wrong on this though.

I don't know if they have a cleat deal, but the major of their pictures have guys in nike cleats.

yeah, byu has (or at least had) a pseudo-deal with the school (who is sponsored by nike) to get certain things. i'm not totally sure, but i think they get cleats now. it used to be just stuff like weird spandex stockings and things that the football team didn't want.

Is this information you got from a friend (one of those BYU players), or did you look it up on the internet? Try asking a credible source, ie Coach Lamb.