ISU Apparel deal?

[ISU42]

I dont, however, at all of my nieces/nephews games, everything is UA. All the clothes they wear to school is UA. Go watch a jr high fb game....it's all UA. THe only sport I dont see alot of UA is in bball.

UA is certainly popular, but I'm going to need more than "my niece and nephew wear it" and "it's the only thing I see at their games". My niece and nephew wear plenty of Nike and so do kids on their teams, but I wouldn't say it's more popular because of that.

I'm in youth sports/teams sales and kids still ask for Nike quite a bit. It'll never be viewed as an old person's brand. Heck, Jordan shoes are as popular as ever and nobody under the age of 18 saw him play.

 

[CyFy]

I'd talk McIlroy and Lebron over Spieth and Curry in a heartbeat as long term investments. Spieth has little appeal to someone who cares what they look like. When you are still wearing the white belt, you aren't moving the needle.

Anyway, when you think uniforms and apparel in college sports who do you think of? It's Oregon. That's Nike. It won't be considered old man apparel.

Nike will never be old man apparel but UA is gaining ground. LeBron is towards the end of his career and steph is just getting started. UA has only been making basketball shoes for 5-8 years or so. They are growing fast.

 

[ISU42]

Nike will never be old man apparel but UA is gaining ground. LeBron is towards the end of his career and steph is just getting started. UA has only been making basketball shoes for 5-8 years or so. They are growing fast.

LeBron and Steph are only three years apart in age.

 

[Hoiball92]

Under Armour is the up-and-coming hot brand, Nike is the old brand. Adidas might as well be grandpa apparel.

If UA pays even the same as Nike offers, let alone more, ISU should make the switch notwithstanding the UNI shoe comment above, which hopefully has since been fixed with the UA shoes

No. Nike is definitely not an old brand. Most kids these days wear nike ****, especially their shoes.

 

[Hoiball92]

I dont, however, at all of my nieces/nephews games, everything is UA. All the clothes they wear to school is UA. Go watch a jr high fb game....it's all UA. THe only sport I dont see alot of UA is in bball.

Weird my school is completely different

 

[SolarGarlic]

Jesus, this sounds like middle school. Nike is a superior brand, but UA and Adidas make perfectly fine products and provided ISU gets a sweeter deal, I would have no issues switching.

 

[Erik4Cy]

When will we learn that 10+ year contracts are a bad idea?

Agree. Even 5 years is an eternity in sports.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

Why is it that college coaches renege e very season on $$
mil contracts, and somehow ISU can not weasel out of an apparel agreement made 8 years ago on the back of a napkin?

 

[DesertClone1]

Honestly Russell isn't that bad at all for jerseys. I had Russell in high school and loved them. They were really good material. No idea what their shoes are. Or if they even have any. Geogia tech is all Russell.

 

[Macloney]

as an older person relatively speaking, Im all for nike. However, my nieces and nephews ages 8-17 only wear Under Armor, might not be a bad avenue to look down come that time. Nike imo eventually will be considered old man clothing. Who would of thought that UA would have the best golfer and the best bball player signed a few years ago?

My 9 yo kid doesn't have a job. I'll never spend any of my cash on UA, even for him.

 

[Macloney]

I obviously didn't know that UA sponsored Tom Brady, so I changed my mind. His endorsement was the reason I started wearing man-Uggs. He was also the reason I started banging Gisele.

 

[ArgentCy]

Honestly Russell isn't that bad at all for jerseys. I had Russell in high school and loved them. They were really good material. No idea what their shoes are. Or if they even have any. Geogia tech is all Russell.

Russell has always made some of the best quality stuff. That part always appealed to my dad but since when to teenagers care about quality.

 

[ISU42]

Honestly Russell isn't that bad at all for jerseys. I had Russell in high school and loved them. They were really good material. No idea what their shoes are. Or if they even have any. Geogia tech is all Russell.

Russell does make quality uniforms and apparel.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Russell has always made some of the best quality stuff. That part always appealed to my dad but since when to teenagers care about quality.

Russel made quality products but they were never sleek and cutting edge the way Nike, UA, and Adidas are. I loved our Russel jersey's. Then we switched to some other brand that were basically a knock off of the Tennessee Titans my senior year.

 

[cyclonedave25]

I would be open to ISU wearing Starter gear. I can just picture all of our coaches on the sideline wearing these:

And if any coaches don't want the pouch, they can have this one:

 

[Cydkar]

Time to switch to UA

They have to offer you don't just pick them and say pay us more.

 

[3TrueFans]

I would be open to ISU wearing Starter gear. I can just picture all of our coaches on the sideline wearing these:

And if any coaches don't want the pouch, they can have this one:

But the pouch offers so much utility. I wouldn't want to hire a coach that doesn't want a Start jacket with a pouch.

 

[Cydkar]

No. Nike is definitely not an old brand. Most kids these days wear nike ****, especially their shoes.

Correct, Nike is not an old brand. I love UA but they aren't pushing Nike out and they also aren't going away themselves.

 

[19clone91]

Under Armour is the up-and-coming hot brand, Nike is the old brand. Adidas might as well be grandpa apparel.

If UA pays even the same as Nike offers, let alone more, ISU should make the switch notwithstanding the UNI shoe comment above, which hopefully has since been fixed with the UA shoes

2004 called and wants your comment back. UA reached its creative peak in the early 2000s

 

[19clone91]

And how on earth are half of these schools ahead of us? We have a much bigger fanbase / brand than a quarter to half of these schools.