USF switching to Adidas?

[NewEnglandBull]

2 hours ago, Apis Bull said:

We were Nike before UA.  I think we were Sports Belle before Nike.

I could have sworn we were Adidas. I know I had USF gear at one time by them. 

[Apis Bull]

12 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I could have sworn we were Adidas. I know I had USF gear at one time by them. 

I have an old Adidas polo from back then.  I think because we were with Sports Belle, several companies made licensed fan apparel.  

[NewEnglandBull]

3 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

I have an old Adidas polo from back then.  I think because we were with Sports Belle, several companies made licensed fan apparel.  

Ok that makes sense

[flsportsfan83]

That explains the Under Armor sales on USF gear at the Football games. 

[thatBULL]

2 hours ago, JTrue said:

Reebok was once a big thing in the NHL, too. 

Doesn’t Adidas own Reebok?  Either way, they are no Nike, but a step up from UA.

[Apis Bull]

I like Under Armour gear

[Gismo]

UA redefined athletic wear. I like their college athletic gear the most as well. Addidas is my least favorite. Their stuff feels a little bland and boring to me. 

But if it comes down the dollars, and Addidas outbids UA, then by all means Addidas, come on down.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Gismo

[Skingraft]

Please make shell top cleats

[Mike Stuben]

4 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I could have sworn we were Adidas. I know I had USF gear at one time by them. 

We actually weren't Nike or Adidas  before UA. We never had a department deal for UA. Each team worked their own deal. When Sports Belle made the original football uniforms, we wore Nike shoes for football and sideline gear, it was just that Nike offered us so little money back then we went with the best deal for the uniforms. Plus Jim Leavitt liked the darkest green possible, Nike made us wear Michigan State green. If you compare old photos, Sports Belle was a much darker green jersey than Nike. 

Seth Greenberg was a Reebok guy. McCullum might have been Addidas. 

When USF signed the UA deal is was for all sports. 

Now the bad news, our UA deal was when we were in the Big East, don't be shocked if the Adidas deal is for less money per year, like our TV deal, the value may have gone down. 

[NewEnglandBull]

1 minute ago, Mike Stuben said:

We actually weren't Nike or Adidas  before UA. We never had a department deal for UA. Each team worked their own deal. When Sports Belle made the original football uniforms, we wore Nike shoes for football and sideline gear, it was just that Nike offered us so little money back then we went with the best deal for the uniforms. Plus Jim Leavitt liked the darkest green possible, Nike made us wear Michigan State green. If you compare old photos, Sports Belle was a much darker green jersey than Nike. 

Seth Greenberg was a Reebok guy. McCullum might have been Addidas. 

When USF signed the UA deal is was for all sports. 

Now the bad news, our UA deal was when we were in the Big East, don't be shocked if the Adidas deal is for less money per year, like our TV deal, the value may have gone down. 

 Weren’t we one of the first universities to sign on with UA? I thought I heard they always gave us a sweetheart deal because of that. I wonder if that was taken off the table?