"As he started looking at schools, an Adidas rep tried to push us toward a school in the Big Ten and another in the Big 12 that Adidas had contracts with. There is no doubt they are surrogates for the schools."
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Imagine if I was a Ku fan, I'd try to rationalize my way out of this as well. But sooner or later it's going to drop on Lawrence.
Believe that everyone else in the Big 12 is with Nike, except Tech (UA). Nothing to see here.