When does the Russell Athletic contract expire?

kirbee said:
All the time? There is nothing special about Nike or UA gear other than it costs more in the store. Most of it is made of that thin stretchy crap material too.

Russell Athletics is NOT what is holding GT back. You will not see an opening of recruiting flood gates if our uni's add a swoosh.

The only thing this thread demonstrates is how easily influenced people are by marketing.
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I never said recruits will start falling from the sky. We agree that Russell is not our biggest hurdle, BUT Branding is an important part of success and the image it portrays (as far as sports are concerned)...it's foolish to think otherwise.
 
MSCI99 said:
was at Walmart the other day - Russell is the house athletic apparel brand, like C9 is at Target. There's really nothing below that. So to anyone that think a recruit doesn't know the difference between Russell and UA/Nike is kidding themselves. Call me an elitist, but I don't associate success with Walmart - and I'd expect a recruit to think the same.
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Pretty much this.
 
One of the richest men in the world owns Russell - or at least controls the company that Russell is a part of. Nike and UA can suck it.
 
texstinger said:
Then spell it correctly. And I bet you are one of the ones wanting us to go to the Big s whatever?
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wut?

You might as well have asked me to spell asdlkfjaslkfjlsakjfdlasjfd correctly. You literally just made up a word so I can't help you spell it.
 
So we think that being number 80 in the Nike lineup will help us one bit? Do you think we are recruiting kids drawn to pretty colors? This is idiotic.
 
GT1992 said:
So we think that being number 80 in the Nike lineup will help us one bit? Do you think we are recruiting kids drawn to pretty colors? This is idiotic.
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It doesn't work like that. We would be considered a Tier 1 Nike affiliate (just notch below Nike Elite). Once again, this about brand enhancement and getting more money back into the AA. If you don't think being a Nike or UA school will enhance our profile then that's idiotic.
 
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ibeeballin said:
If you don't think being a Nike or UA school will enhance our profile then that's idiotic.
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Still waiting on a link to a kid who says he turned us down because of the uniforms.
 
coit said:
Still waiting on a link to a kid who says he turned us down because of the uniforms.
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Why did Robert Carter transfer to Maryland? Bc his AAU funneled him there because they both are sponsored by UA
 
ibeeballin said:
It doesn't work like that. We would be considered a Tier 1 Nike affiliate (just notch below Nike Elite). Once again, this about brand enhancement and getting more money back into the AA. If you don't think being a Nike or UA school will enhance our profile then that's idiotic.
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Presumably the AA gets more money by sticking with Russell. Otherwise why would we still be with them?
 
Why does anyone even believe that Nike and UA even want to pursue a contract with GT?
 
It's funny that we like to associate uga and Walmart when we are the ones wearing the Walmart house brand as our uniforms.
 
I do not care who has our uniform contract.... Russell, Reebook, Nike, UA, Adidas... I just want the team to go with whoever pays the most and has the best deal for our student athletes!!!!
 
JJacket said:
Why does anyone even believe that Nike and UA even want to pursue a contract with GT?
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1) We are already under contract with Nike for shoes and accessories.

2) Why would UA seek out Northwestern, USF or Navy?

3) Believe it or not we are a Power 5 school, I'm pretty sure they would like to monopolize that market along with Adidas
 
andrew said:
Presumably the AA gets more money by sticking with Russell. Otherwise why would we still be with them?
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Because we are Tech Men. Men of integrity, class, and loyal to a fault. So we will honor this contract until June 2018
 
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