Adidas Contract Extended - 2024

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,645]

Know a great many will be disappointed but......................

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,633]

GROSS

[RaceToTheTop 24,229]

45 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Know a great many will be disappointed but......................

In terms of NIL, being one of the cash cows for the second largest shoe brand as opposed to many more cash cows under Nike is why it makes sense.  IU, Kansas, Texas A&M, Miami and Louisville are the biggest cash cows for adidas and A&M and Miami are more so on the football end.  If a kid wants to play in the Big Ten and are linked with adidas, they are certainly going to be pushed toward Indiana.

[LamarCheeks 17,092]

Dang ... I was hoping we'd switch to Pony! 

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,101]

3 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

In terms of NIL, being one of the cash cows for the second largest shoe brand as opposed to many more cash cows under Nike is why it makes sense.  IU, Kansas, Texas A&M, Miami and Louisville are the biggest cash cows for adidas and A&M and Miami are more so on the football end.  If a kid wants to play in the Big Ten and are linked with adidas, they are certainly going to be pushed toward Indiana.

Yeah, its the give and take of being a top program of a Brand that invests a lot less money into sports or one of many that invests a lot more.  Who knows.  Seems to work out ok for Kansas.  

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,317]

Since 2004 huh? We've really sucked over that 20 year period. How long were we with Nike? Will this deal finally put us into Adidas's Top 5? I'm pretty sure Kansas, Louisville, Nebraska, Washington and maybe 1 or 2 others were ahead of us.

[Dave from Dayton 2,629]

Shocked.  Not Shocked.  This Adidas contract was a shoe-in.

Is it true that if we wear Adidas all the time...you never see de-feet?

You have been a great audience.  I thank shoe for the applause.

 

[LamarCheeks 17,092]

12 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

Shocked.  Not Shocked.  This Adidas contract was a shoe-in.

Is it true that if we wear Adidas all the time...you never see de-feet?

You have been a great audience.  I thank shoe for the applause.

 

With a post like that, you truly have no sole. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,645]

35 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

With a post like that, you truly have no sole. 

But he's definitely got too much tongue!

[rcbowla 6,795]

Between this and the Luke Goode discussion this place has hit its yearly quota of puns.

[LIHoosier 25,050]

8 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

Between this and the Luke Goode discussion this place has hit its yearly quota of puns.

That's a good footnote for this thread.

[IU - Kaulie 1,888]

7 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

But he's definitely got too much tongue!

You’re one to talk!