That would be Croom not Jackie. JWS was a Nike man and Croom gave them the middle finger because they wouldn't pay him what they were paying Jackie. So of course he chose Russell. Adidas will make a HUGE difference over Russell and already has in terms of sales.StateLover said:With the caveat being that Iknow nothing about this, from the outside looking in, the decision by Lonnie Tinkle or Jackie or whoever to flip Nike the bird and push the first M-State logo (and Russell) way back when is the reason nothing sales. Adidas isnt going to make that much of a difference. I do like the newer logo Mstate logo more and understand that we would be the only "M-State," but Nike is the company we need to do business with to build that brand. Who does K-State's apparrel and merchandising?
I would guess that Nike's cut in these merchandising agreements is so large that the school must make more money now than they did then or we'd be back with them.
Ihate that all our stuff looks like crap now. 96 was a terrific year when all the Nike stuff came out. Bring it back.
Actually maroon is not a bad day to day color. What about the LSU purple and gold or Tennessees's bright orange? UGLY!RobbieRandolph said:I know other schools have terrible crap as well, but it seems like they have more normal tshirts, polos, etc to balance it out.
I wouldn't buy any of this **** that on the B&N website:
17ing terrible
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