http://www.appstatesports.com/ViewArticl...=210238444

App is getting $100,000 a year from Nike with a 5k increase each year til 2022. Old deal was just $20,000 in apparel. Also, this will outfit all 20 programs. Baseball was still Russell.

Fun Fact. App State went from Russell to Nike in 2007 and the first game after that was Michigan. Nike really liked their logo being on the cover of SI.

our new AD Gillian said his strength was corporate fundraising, I guess he is living up to his billing, cant wait to see what he does next, looks like we are in good hands

(07-28-2015 09:07 PM)sidslidkid Wrote:  

I lOL'ed!

Sounds similar to the deal we got with adidas, minus the increasing part. Good job by you guys.

Nike didn't want to give us anything other than the standard deal so we took other offers. adidas has been good to us so far but I'd love to go back to Nike. Never know what will happen when the contract comes up though.

Just throwing this out there, but it sounds like Nike thinks App has a better national brand than GS.

This brings up a good question, which apparel company would you prefer your team use, assuming they all paid the same?

(07-28-2015 09:07 PM)sidslidkid Wrote:  

I laughed...

(07-29-2015 07:31 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Just throwing this out there, but it sounds like Nike thinks App has a better national brand than GS.

This brings up a good question, which apparel company would you prefer your team use, assuming they all paid the same?

Addidas. Nike is a shady organization in my opinion. Addidas may be too, I just feel more strongly about it towards Nike.

(07-29-2015 07:31 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Just throwing this out there, but it sounds like Nike thinks App has a better national brand than GS.

This brings up a good question, which apparel company would you prefer your team use, assuming they all paid the same?

Sigh. Can always count on you and T-Dog (and Gonzo when he manages to show up) to stir things around. That national brand also let you get yourselves talked into a game that should have never happened last year.

We also redid our deal before the 2013 season. Lots of things have changed since then. I'm looking forward to the leverage we'll have when it's time for a new contract.

And I just prefer Nike stuff, always have. In reality, when it comes to the equipment they provide to the teams, I don't think there's any remarkable difference that one has over the other. On the fan side, I think Nike has better selection and options.

My biggest irritation with all of them is "fitted" hats that don't fit well over my big head. These folks should take a lesson from Duluth who has a 2XL stretch fit hat size. Most comfortable hat I've ever worn outside of my Tilley hats.

GS fan has big head, noted.

(07-29-2015 07:51 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  GS fan has big head, noted.

My dad cursed me with an oddly shaped head :(

(07-29-2015 07:31 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Just throwing this out there, but it sounds like Nike thinks App has a better national brand than GS.

I guess this is just to , but I think you might be the chief of a one man tribe...not that it matters all that much either way. Any difference one way or the other is negligible.

I've never said I believe App has a better "national" brand, only pointing out Nike's take on the two schools.

Sounds like a solid deal for App, but when paired with the news of Michigan's deal, it really puts into perspective the gap between the haves and have nots.

This is a stupid deal. Nike doesn't even field an FBS team! Why would you sign a 7 year deal with them, regardless of the number of home games????

(07-29-2015 09:39 AM)TheRevSWT Wrote:  This is a stupid deal. Nike doesn't even field an FBS team! Why would you sign a 7 year deal with them, regardless of the number of home games????

I assume the odd number game will be at a neutral site like BOA Stadium in Charlotte.

(07-29-2015 08:41 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  I've never said I believe App has a better "national" brand, only pointing out Nike's take on the two schools.

What is Nike's take on it good for?

I don't think whipping out comparisons over deals signed two years apart means anything in this day and age of CFB. The money funneling in makes the numbers silly, so if anything a deal signed two years later after a season in FBS pretty comparable to ours signed two years ago as a member of the SoCon... Take it for what that's worth.

I think this was pure : ...


The opener can't get here fast enough.

(07-29-2015 07:31 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Which apparel company would you prefer your team use, assuming they all paid the same?

I think most Americans would join me in preferring Nike over Adidas.

This isn't a Pepsi/Coke kind of dynamic. It's Pepsi/RC Cola. If there's any second place sports apparel company, and a distant second still, it's Under Armor.

I prefer Adidas. I just like their clothes better. IMO Nike makes better shoes but Adidas makes better sports apparel in general.