MEGA New Miami Adidas Ultraboost🔥 - The Shoe and Nike/Adidas Thread.

Granted, but we also need to honest. This “Miami fans will buy merch only if it’s Nike” narrative isn’t borne out by facts because if the Canes aren’t winning and WINNING BIG, this fanbase doesn’t buy diddly no matter which logo is embroidered on the item.

I still remember fans whining during the latter Nike era “The uniforms and gear are garish, why can’t Nike bring back the throwback look” Adidas has done that throughout the athletic department with baseball and football being among the cleanest uniform looks we’ve seen in decades, fans still complaining. I understood back when the fan version of the jerseys were straight trash, that isn’t really the case anymore. Outside of not releasing some player only stuff to the general public, Adidas has done a good job of consistently improving their offerings and designs. If you can’t find stuff you like at this point, it’s more a you problem compared to what Adidas is putting out.


First, nobody said "Miami fans will buy merch only if it's Nike". That is just another distorted lie that you tell. As far as fans (of any school) purchasing MORE Nike merchandise than adidas merchandise, that's just proven out by the numbers.

As for what "you remember" during the latter Nike era, nobody cares. You act as if companies FORCE designs on a school, and that's not how things work. If you don't like the designs that were approved by Paul Dee, well, plenty of people did. And if you don't like the designs that were APPROVED by Kirby Hocutt and The Shermanator and Beta Blake, well, you're not alone.

Again, for the millionth time, the JERSEY is not the primary driver of total school merchandise. It is a piece. But you just keep moving the goalposts. At first, you try to tell us about all the "unsold Nike merchandise" that just sat on the shelves (which is untrue), then you flip back to the Nike uniform complaints. You can't EVER stay focused on one issue, and you certainly refuse to answer the question that @Rellyrell asked.
 

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First, nobody said "Miami fans will buy merch only if it's Nike". That is just another distorted lie that you tell. As far as fans (of any school) purchasing MORE Nike merchandise than adidas merchandise, that's just proven out by the numbers.

As for what "you remember" during the latter Nike era, nobody cares. You act as if companies FORCE designs on a school, and that's not how things work. If you don't like the designs that were approved by Paul Dee, well, plenty of people did. And if you don't like the designs that were APPROVED by Kirby Hocutt and The Shermanator and Beta Blake, well, you're not alone.

Again, for the millionth time, the JERSEY is not the primary driver of total school merchandise. It is a piece. But you just keep moving the goalposts. At first, you try to tell us about all the "unsold Nike merchandise" that just sat on the shelves (which is untrue), then you flip back to the Nike uniform complaints. You can't EVER stay focused on one issue, and you certainly refuse to answer the question that @Rellyrell asked.

He won’t & hasn’t responded b/c he knows it will get obliterated.

So let’s set the record straight:

1. The only school that received more gear than us was Oregon, a bonafide Nike School, literally

2. Every new tech available was given to us, every. single. time.

3. Fan apparel was along the same quality as game worn jerseys, just like the NFL, MLB, & NBA fans r now experiencing

4. There was no Fanatics available back in the day, so sales were more regional vs. national

5. The limit in apparel was triggered by the University, just like UCLA just did due to budgeting crisis where they exercised their right to convert supplies into monetary compensation in place.

6. In 2014, Nike provided us w/ new uniforms w/ new tech, tech that was the genesis for their NFL unis.

7. At the time of negotiations, Adidas’ offer was higher than Nike’s most successful CFB program, Alabama, w Miami making roughly $2.2m less than them. No way in the world would Nike pay us more than them for a number of reasons I can’t get in to. It’s also why UA declined to match due to their premiere program’s contract situation. It just happened to be a crescendo

8. I’m not mad at Blake accepting the offer, I’m mad that he nor any from our legal team decided to read the fine print which has now put us behind market value by 2 cycles. Blake, like many who have little experience in financial literacy, wanted to make an impression, & that impression has cost us millions as we should’ve been able to renegotiate by 2021 if he signed a 6 yr deal.

9. Immediately after signing w/ Adidas, along w/ promises made about what it means to be the flagship program, not just in the State of Florida, but the ACC, they literally reneged. Due to Blake’s incompetence, had to be promted to re-read our contract.

10. They wants to scrutinize uniform designs? OK, let’s talk Nike:
-Bra Strap (controversial, but I liked them)
-Clam Ibis
-Mix-matched pro combat
-Highlighter Orange & dark green.

*I’m not including FAMU South b/c that was a team combination choice*

Now let’s examine Adidas uniform designs from 2015-present
-Flamingo + Stencil
-White & Sliver bullet
-Camo
-Tangerine & Aqua
-Strawberry Patches
-The V logo
-All White Soccer Uni w/ Pine Forest Green Maze
-7-11 Miami Nights
-Two different name plates & Adidas logo upon the rebranding (2023)

Like what r we talking about? Not to mention they use our fan site via Adidas to direct u to other programs & to off load any non branded items that happen to be green, aqua, orange, or tangerine.

They talked about Nike not doing anything for Miami when they won the ACC tourney which was pre branding, & Champion was the ACC shirt sponsor at this time, but neglects to mention how Adidas gave us prison/5150 sweatsuits for making The Final 4 w/ zero branding while giving us discount shoes (literally). Meanwhile UCONN & SDSU received custom sweatsuits, & custom PE’s from Nike & JB respectively. Miami got the same **** as FAU. Lol

So I don’t wanna hear about Adidas being a great partner for us. Go ask TAMU, Miss St, UTSA, Fresno St, UofM, UTenn about Adidas’ partnership. Go ask UCLA why they didn’t go back to Adidas or Notre Dame.

If we wanna continue to be associated w/ the 2nd/3rd tier programs, have at it, but I’m sick of bro & his narratives that r flat out false, lack context, & deceiving.
 
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I don't mind if someone admits that he likes adidas over Nike.

I don't care if someone likes our current uniforms over our older uniforms.

But I'm tired of lies and fake justifications. I'm tired of people inventing numbers and ignoring how apparel contracts work. I'm tired of certain porsters being one-sided in describing the missteps of one company while ignoring the mistakes of another company. And I'm tired of the idiocy associated with thinking that any circumstance from 10 years ago is the same today as it was back then.

I've made myself clear. Miami was the VERY FIRST all-Nike school. That status had value and equity that should have been taken into account, both 10 years ago and again today.

It's time to terminate the adidas contract and get back to Nike. Period. For a bunch of very good reasons, and not taking into account the Beta Blake propaganda.

It's time.
 
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I was more "meh" on JB initially because to me that logo just feels out of place on a football jersey, but I've warmed up to the idea. It's definitely popular and trending.


Just to share info from UF (my niece is a junior up there in Hogtown), the school bookstore/Fanatics will have a MIXTURE of Jordan Brand items and "regular Nike" items. So it's NOT "all Jumpman" gear.

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OK...so this is basically an orange and white shoe.

Distinctive UM features:

---The U on the heel tab (not seen in this picture)
---Hurricanes on the laces tab (barely able to be seen)
---The thin green strip where it says "Lightstrike Pro" on the side
---A tiny amount of green on the soles, mostly at the toe
---The VAST MAJORITY of UM-specific and/or green design is on the insole

The shoe is adequate. The UM design is nearly non-existent.

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Did you customize the color and layout of the shoe on the Nike website, and then add the text later?

Or are these hand-painted?
I essentially took this shoe, painted the orange on the quarter portion to white then added the text. Took forever to get rid of that orange.

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