Goodbye Nike! Hello Adidas!

by **KnoxVegas** on Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:47 am

Adidas gave Michigan a $6.5 million signing bonus in a deal worth $3.8 million in cash annually, with the school holding a five-year option when it expires following the 2016-17 season. The contract also includes shoes and equipment for all of its 25 teams, including the nation's winningest football program, making the deal worth $7.5 million each year in cash and merchandise.

Adidas-produced Michigan gear will arrive in stores next summer, while Wolverines athletes will begin wearing the new products beginning in fall of 2008.

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by **Danny Hogan** on Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:49 am

bad choice addida's futobol americano gear is weak

by **Timbalaned** on Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:18 pm

wonder if lacrosse is going to get written into that new athletic uniform contract?

by **jessexy** on Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:35 pm

A&M did the same thing this year, switching from Nike to Adidas.

by **KnoxVegas** on Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:43 pm

Tennessee was ahead of the curve, moving to adidas from Nike in 1997.

by **Ryan Hanavan** on Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:00 pm

Idaho lacrosse will be switching to Adidas this fall - many thanks to our athletic department!

by **horn17** on Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:55 pm

KnoxVegas wrote:Tennessee was ahead of the curve, moving to adidas from Nike in 1997.

See, I heard this differently than "ahead of the curve" - if I remeber correctly, out of all the major D1 atheletics that Nike sponsored, and created the Fan Gear - the UT line sold the worst, your talking about schools such as Kansas State, and Purdue out selling them on the retail market....

Little did we all know, that these contracts with Nike also have ties in to the gear that we can go buy at Finish Line, etc....

by **Brendan Barry** on Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:47 pm

Click Clack.