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rhodysurf wrote:Anyone else notice (and dislike) how almost every single team (because of Nike) in the tournament had the same white shooting shirts with 'Always Reppin" on the front. Did those teams get no choice in what they get for shirts?

Yep totally noticed that!
I also dislike it.
It's just kinda dumb.
the
MADE IN MARCH
ones are better.
Which I guess are addidas?

PeterRamTime wrote:

rhodysurf wrote:Anyone else notice (and dislike) how almost every single team (because of Nike) in the tournament had the same white shooting shirts with 'Always Reppin" on the front. Did those teams get no choice in what they get for shirts?

Yep totally noticed that!
I also dislike it.
It's just kinda dumb.
the
MADE IN MARCH
ones are better.
Which I guess are addidas?

For the kinda dough these companies generate, one would think they could come up with individual themes for teams, especially in the Gadget Age....

Even if you didn't do a different design, you'd think they'd make them in the school's main color so they'd look different. Just totally lazy.

or MADE IN MARCH from other clothing vendors.

Although I mentioned Under Armour, I wouldn't mind having Nike again....The unis and gear under CFL were bottom of the barrel, but if we jumped on board with Nike now, I think it would be a much different story.

I really liked our adidas uniforms this year, but their premier teams all wear those horrendous shorts with the bar around them under the waistband. I don't know who designed or approved those abominations, but if that is what they are dressing their premier programs in I would rather stay in whatever tier they have us in now.

aka the cumberbund !

while Adidas could produce a winner from time to time... i believe long-term Nike is our best choice

Yeah, the cummerbund look was roundly panned in that Uni Watch article.

The cummerbund look was roundly panned by anyone that has set their eyes on it for even a fraction of a second.

Aren't cummerbunds supposed to be above the waistline and not mid-ass, anyways? I am so confused by exactly what in the hell the designers of those shorts were thinking, but there had to have been drugs involved.

RhowdyRam02 wrote:The cummerbund look was roundly panned by anyone that has set their eyes on it for even a fraction of a second.

Also valid.

I used to be against the faded graphic on the back of jerseys ,but theirs a lot of customizing that can be done and now I think it's awesome. Imagine the Rhode Island on the front, then the ram logo or the RI flag or just the anchor on the back. Truly representing URI as THE state school in a keaney blue color.

Ryan Men's Basketball Excellence Challenge Nets Over $2.5 Million
http://gorhody.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015 ... 0401gzoweg

BFC wrote:Ryan Men's Basketball Excellence Challenge Nets Over $2.5 Million
http://gorhody.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015 ... 0401gzoweg

Great news for the basketball program and the athletic department

The importance of the Excellence Program is important enough to have its own thread, but we'll leave it here.

Rhode Island Men's Basketball can now operate financially within the top quadrant of the A10. Amazing work!

Outstanding!

Major kudos to Thorr and his staff!!!!

I had heard the campaign was going well. Good to see it announced.

Love this!!! I sent donations every month, so happy they exceeded the goal. Huge for the program.

Projo story on URI announcement

URI BASKETBALL
Ryan fund exceeds goal of $2.25M - will be used to increase the program’s operating budget

http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ ... w=ZW50aXR5

Thanks for sharing that RF1.

URI will ink new four year deal with Adidas. Adidas segments all the CBB schools they supply and URI will be in the top category along with the likes of Miami, UCLA, Louisville, etc.

What does the top category get them vs the second tier which I'm guessing their in now?

Gear, $, access to the gear for fans, probably a dedicated spot in Adidas summer camp, marketing. I bet they continue to have a national act for Midnight Madness.

These are all guesses based on my following these deals in news articles over the years. Adidas released new uniforms in March for Miami, I know that.

The dreaded Cumberbund.

I hope that this means that URI basketball gear is listed on Adidas' website with the Kansas and Louisvilles. Will be great to just pick up shirts and things easily.

Obadiah wrote:URI will ink new four year deal with Adidas. Adidas segments all the CBB schools they supply and URI will be in the top category along with the likes of Miami, UCLA, Louisville, etc.

is this definitive ?

what are our thoughts on this ?

tier 1 is nice; but I prefer to be w/ nike.

i guess i can't argue tho if we are to be treated at the top

#justsaynotocumberbund

on June 30th, will URI break away from Adidas ?

ElmCityRhody wrote:on June 30th, will URI break away from Adidas ?

I'm pretty sure they just signed an extension with them.

any official word on this ?

Obadiah said on the 15th we're staying with adidas. No official announcement has been made as far as I can tell.

ok; i am sure he is right but hope he is wrong

much prefer tier 1 nike vs tier 1 adidas

That assumes Nike would have us in tier 1. I trust that if we're staying with adidas it is because being in their top tier is better then whatever deal Nike was offering.

RhowdyRam02 wrote:That assumes Nike would have us in tier 1. I trust that if we're staying with adidas it is because being in their top tier is better then whatever deal Nike was offering.

Agreed, I'd have to think that we would have gone to Nike had they agreed to make us a tier 1 team. I've got to believe that Nike was offering a lesser deal compared to what we ultimately agreed to with Adidas.

Probably came down to Adidas offering more money. I'm just glad we're not switching to Under Armour.

TIER 1.. Our Unis should be sweet this year !

I think opinions may be across the board on this, but I'd like to see a similar version of last season's jerseys. I thought that those were the best that we've had in years. But, if we do change, please no cumberbund.

I agree. We talked about some pretty solid changes they could make but the only real change they have to make to the jerseys are making the white and Keaney blue jerseys available for sale

Last year Adidas made us 1 of their 8 "Adidas Elite" teams. That pretty much solidified us staying with them.

Shaolin Swat wrote:I think opinions may be across the board on this, but I'd like to see a similar version of last season's jerseys. I thought that those were the best that we've had in years. But, if we do change, please no cumberbund.

Agree, I thought last year's were good...then again, thought the year before was good...anything but the c-bun.

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:

Shaolin Swat wrote:I think opinions may be across the board on this, but I'd like to see a similar version of last season's jerseys. I thought that those were the best that we've had in years. But, if we do change, please no cumberbund.

Agree, I thought last year's were good...then again, thought the year before was good...anything but the c-bun.

The last two seasons were definitely good. There aren't too many options that I can see being better than last seasons especially.

i would slightly have them tweaked

i think they can always be better

definitely great unis last year

but being tier 1 should get us something a little better but along the same theme

before last years unis came out i posted a link about the charlotte hornets unis and the multi colors on the name/numbers and said that we should do something like that.. which they did

so, i am a fan..

but they can still be better..

and they will be this year as tier 1

but i will continue to say that if you aren't nike then you're nothing !

prefer to be w nike than adidas any day of the week

so, i will continue to hope we are w/ nike instead of adidas

ElmCityRhody wrote:but i will continue to say that if you aren't nike then you're nothing !

I agree. We don't want to lower ourselves to having the same apparel provider as dogshit basketball programs like Kansas, Indiana and UCLA. What have they ever won?

Personally, I'd prefer Nike to adidas, too, all things being equal. But things are not equal. URI is almost obligated to go with whoever gives us the best deal, first of all. And second of all, you're the one who is always talking about taking control of our branding, to the point of starting a thread about fonts, and now you're arguing you'd rather be a second class citizen at Nike where you're guaranteed to get cookie-cutter gear instead of being top-tier at adidas where you may be able to have a little more access to their design teams to do some customizations? All so you can have the honor of wearing a check on your shorts? That is a remarkable lack of consistency.

I think it is also important to point out that Dan had it put into his contract that basketball could negotiate separately from the rest of the athletic department who we used, and the theory was he did that so he could move away from adidas. So if that's true and we're staying they must have offered us not just a matching deal to Nike or other companies bidding but a better deal then anyone else. Normally it's a good idea to take the better deal.

ElmCityRhody wrote:ok; i am sure he is right but hope he is wrong

much prefer tier 1 nike vs tier 1 adidas

TP... don't take everything i type so literally - but i did say tier 1 nike vs tier 1 adidas

i tend to just throw stuff out there to spark up a boring day at work for me and get the convo going..

but i did make a valid point on the shower curtain rhody pub..

hafta give me credit for that

I'm firmly in the camp that says ECR should be in charge of revamping the Rhody Pub.

open tab for you my friend, open tab...

I'm surprised at this mainly b/c I thought DH wanted out of the Addidas contract. So why would they continue unless DH changed his mind or he was more than satisfied with the new contract?

Nike makes it really hard to stay with unless you're one of their elite programs. Look at the deal Under Armour just gave Cal. They were getting $150,000/yr from Nike before, now they'll get $3.5mil/yr from UA. Pretty hard to turn that type of increase in revenue down! Makes me really wonder what Adidas is giving us financially!