Tiger720 74 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 https://auburntigers.com/news/2024/4/9/general-auburn-announces-10-year-deal-with-nike.aspx Auburn announces 10-year deal with Nike 4/9/2024 8:50:00 AM Story Line From Auburn Athletic Director John Cohen: "We are excited to enter this new partnership with Nike, a brand that consistently champions athletes and sport around the world. We are appreciative of their strong support throughout this process. We believe that our 10-year agreement, beginning in July 2025, will continue to elevate Auburn and best serve our student-athletes and our university moving forward." "We are also grateful to Kevin Plank and Under Armour for their 18 years of valued partnership in growing the Auburn brand and serving our student athletes, coaches, and fans. We look forward to the opportunity to celebrate this relationship throughout the final year ahead." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger720 74 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 This will be major in recruiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeperoftheplains 133 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Man. I wish the basketball forum over at auburn.scout.com was still active. Shoes were all we had to talk about during the Barbee years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,676 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 LETS ******* GOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WarTiger 3,909 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, Tiger720 said: This will be major in recruiting! I seriously doubt that. It may help SOME but major is a bit of a stretch. Let's wait and see. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of A Tiger 561 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Too bad we have to have a year to transition with a dead horse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubaseball 2,627 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 3 hours ago, Tiger720 said: This will be major in recruiting! No it won’t. NIL has regulated that part to back. No one is signing with Auburn because of Nike shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of A Tiger 561 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 3 hours ago, aubaseball said: No it won’t. NIL has regulated that part to back. No one is signing with Auburn because of Nike shoes I assume you are right since I have no insight. It just makes me wonder what all the big deal is with a lot of people about switching to Nike Edited April 9 by Son of A Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,646 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Swooosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,676 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 3 hours ago, Son of A Tiger said: I assume you are right since I have no insight. It just makes me wonder what all the big deal is with a lot of people about switching to Nike Well I can assure you that if basically every Auburn writer/analyst has mentioned that it’ll be some boost to the basketball program, the basketball coach has been pushing for Nike and former players have been rejoicing about the switch…it definitely helps also anecdotally speaking, if you ever get a chance to walk around the campus at the same time as some of the players do, the ones that aren’t wearing the free gear are going to be wearing Nike or Adidas, usually Nike. At least for basketball and often football. Other than NIL having absolutely nothing to do with the brands (Nike, Adidas, etc) that host certain camps and tournaments seemingly steering some of their guys to their schools, you want to at least feel like you don’t have a disadvantage in these marketing opportunities with recruits. UA is a disadv, with most. May not be a loud one, may even be a net neutral with some. But if all other things are equal, and Alabama has some kid dressed in Kobe’s or LeBrons, and we have them dressed in shoes that, my bias aside, are simply not as popular, it’s not an advantage, at the very least If there’s anything I said here that could use more explaining, just let me know 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPvsOA 287 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 On 4/9/2024 at 7:22 AM, Tiger720 said: This will be major in recruiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPvsOA 287 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 21 hours ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said: Well I can assure you that if basically every Auburn writer/analyst has mentioned that it’ll be some boost to the basketball program, the basketball coach has been pushing for Nike and former players have been rejoicing about the switch…it definitely helps also anecdotally speaking, if you ever get a chance to walk around the campus at the same time as some of the players do, the ones that aren’t wearing the free gear are going to be wearing Nike or Adidas, usually Nike. At least for basketball and often football. Other than NIL having absolutely nothing to do with the brands (Nike, Adidas, etc) that host certain camps and tournaments seemingly steering some of their guys to their schools, you want to at least feel like you don’t have a disadvantage in these marketing opportunities with recruits. UA is a disadv, with most. May not be a loud one, may even be a net neutral with some. But if all other things are equal, and Alabama has some kid dressed in Kobe’s or LeBrons, and we have them dressed in shoes that, my bias aside, are simply not as popular, it’s not an advantage, at the very least If there’s anything I said here that could use more explaining, just let me know Just this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,676 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 59 minutes ago, HAPvsOA said: Just this Most iconic basketball shoe there’s been or ever will be. Now imagine how much branding and marketing you can do with orange and blue. I don’t think there’s an ugly piece of Florida or NY Knicks gear Nike/Jordan has ever put out (other than some of the Gators uniforms but we the fans wont have to worry about wearing those) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arktiger1975 518 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Hallelujah! Long time coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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