SIAP: So Only 10 P5 Teams Wear Adidas?

[DirtyRU]

Until Pike mentioned it to the press, I had no idea and thought it was way more. He said 10, and I confirmed it on Wikipedia. 3 B1G, 3 ACC, 2 SEC, 1 Big12, 1 Pac12. They are:

Arizona State (Pac12)
Indiana (B1G)
Kansas (Big12)
Louisville (ACC)
Miami (ACC)
Mississippi State (SEC)
NC State (ACC)
Nebraska (B1G)
Rutgers (B1G)
Texas A&M (SEC)

This actually excites me. These are not joke P5 schools. Some are more football powers, some more bball, some both. But none of these are small-time athletic departments with small fan bases.

I have always preferred Adidas kicks over Nike... the sneakers are wider and I have wide feet. The gear, meh... I like both. Don't really have a preference as I think they both make nice clothing, Anyway, just thought it was pretty eye-opening... when he said we are one of only 10 schools, I thought he was smoking cr@ck. I stand corrected.

 

[mikefla]

Looks like we are in decent company.

As long as we make $$$ I trust RUs judgement

 

[willisneverrana43]

I can't tell you how little I care about the Adidas agreement. Recruit, coach, build the new facility, and this kind of stuff will take care of itself. Those are the things I care about.

 

[BoroKnight]

I really don't care. Ten is not many, and no matter what company we signed with you could run a similar thread -- "Look what other schools wear X!"

I just don't care. At all. Win games. Graduate players. Sell merchandise. Don't screw your fans. Don't cheat.

 

[Russ Wood]

Last year, Adidas and Louisville agreed to a deal worth $7.8 million annually.

Hopefully Rutgers got a good deal with adidas that provides the school with more money, more gear and more marketing push than they received from Nike.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I have always preferred Adidas kicks over Nike... the sneakers are wider and I have wide feet.

Wait one second here, Dirty... Adidas are wider? I always avoided them because I thought they were narrower?

Which is it? Anyone know?

 

[RUtix4me]

Until Pike mentioned it to the press, I had no idea and thought it was way more. He said 10, and I confirmed it on Wikipedia. 3 B1G, 3 ACC, 2 SEC, 1 Big12, 1 Pac12. They are:

Arizona State (Pac12)
Indiana (B1G)
Kansas (Big12)
Louisville (ACC)
Miami (ACC)
Mississippi State (SEC)
NC State (ACC)
Nebraska (B1G)
Rutgers (B1G)
Texas A&M (SEC)

This actually excites me. These are not joke P5 schools. Some are more football powers, some more bball, some both. But none of these are small-time athletic departments with small fan bases.

I have always preferred Adidas kicks over Nike... the sneakers are wider and I have wide feet. The gear, meh... I like both. Don't really have a preference as I think they both make nice clothing, Anyway, just thought it was pretty eye-opening... when he said we are one of only 10 schools, I thought he was smoking cr@ck. I stand corrected.

Can you give me an example of a small time, small fanbase P5 program, I am curious.

 

[Hondo77]

When you get to be my age only New Balance fits right.

 

[Russ Wood]

Can you give me an example of a small time, small fanbase P5 program, I am curious.

Wake Forest springs to mind, maybe Oregon State

 

[DirtyRU]

Not sure why people who don't care about the Adidas deal are posting on this thread saying they don't care about the Adidas deal. Well then why are you taking the time to post? SMH. And yes, I get the point about there not being many small-time P5 fanbases. However there are certainly some, or at the very least, some less sexy names. If, for example, this list of 10 included Rutgers and, as Russ mentioned, Wake and Oregon State, plus, say, Boston College, Texas Tech, Northwestern, Washington State, Vanderbilt, TCU and Missouri, would you be as jazzed? Let me answer that for ya. Nope. You would not.

Re: width, I've confirmed it several times over the years with people in the industry. Nike sneakers definitely run narrower, Adidas run wider.

 

[superfan01]

Can you give me an example of a small time, small fanbase P5 program, I am curious.

Rutgers.

 

[RUClassof67]

Both Coack Pikiell and AD Hobbs mentioned that Nike has so many other school that we got very little attention. But with Adidas we are one of 10. Coach was very enthusiastic and both were happy to be one of ten.

 

[PaKnight]

When you get to be my age only New Balance fits right.

Sad!

Hopefully they still have laces.

 

[Caliknight]

adidas has us as one of their tier 1 schools.

At Nike, we were tier 2 or 3. It matters a lot. adidas is actually doing a launch at their store in Manhattan for us. Nike wouldn't never even thought about such thing.

Everyone would have liked to have stayed with Nike, but adidas offered a much better deal.

Certainly not the home run that was hoped for and in some ways expected, but it is where we are right now. Get rid of the Flood stink, the hoops program is clearly rising, and the Olympic sports are having a few programs nationally competitive. With such a short deal (6 years), I am guessing our position next contract will be much improved, offering AD Hobbs another opportunity to do what he wanted this go round.

How much did Flood/Rice/Jordan cost this school? A helluva a lot.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Can you give me an example of a small time, small fanbase P5 program, I am curious.

Wake?

 

[superfan01]

adidas has us as one of their tier 1 schools.

At Nike, we were tier 2 or 3. It matters a lot. adidas is actually doing a launch at their store in Manhattan for us. Nike wouldn't never even thought about such thing.

Everyone would have liked to have stayed with Nike, but adidas offered a much better deal.

Certainly not the home run that was hoped for and in some ways expected, but it is where we are right now. Get rid of the Flood stink, the hoops program is clearly rising, and the Olympic sports are having a few programs nationally competitive. With such a short deal (6 years), I am guessing our position next contract will be much improved, offering AD Hobbs another opportunity to do what he wanted this go round.

How much did Flood/Rice/Jordan cost this school? A helluva a lot.

It's shorter than 6 years as Rutgers has an opt out after 3 I believe.
So need to win and we will be good.

 

[ejgonz]

Wait one second here, Dirty... Adidas are wider? I always avoided them because I thought they were narrower?

Which is it? Anyone know?

When I worked in sneaker retail 20+ years ago adidas were wider.

 

[scarlethoops]

Terrible deal for RU. Especially on the hoops side. The coaching needs to be exponentially better to make up the difference here. Especially in the northeast.

 

[DirtyRU]

Terrible deal for RU. Especially on the hoops side. The coaching needs to be exponentially better to make up the difference here. Especially in the northeast.

scarlethoops!!! I knew you'd chime in. :boxing:

 

[Hondo77]

Sad!

Hopefully they still have laces.

Yes they do. :cool2:

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

Terrible deal for RU. Especially on the hoops side. The coaching needs to be exponentially better to make up the difference here. Especially in the northeast.

Strong post. Would read again.

 

[gigantor1024]

Not sure why people who don't care about the Adidas deal are posting on this thread saying they don't care about the Adidas deal. Well then why are you taking the time to post? SMH.

they showed up so you could add them to your ignore list ;)