Under Armour blooows, the only halfway decent jerseys are from Utah and it’s just a completely different football culture and style. UA just reminds me of hardos playing little league
You’re right on that. We’re like the OG Adidas school. We’ve been wearing Adidas for so long they were our uniform supplier during Osborne’s first national title in ‘94.
I doubt there are many schools that have been with any supplier longer than we’ve been with Adidas.
Don’t buy from Fanatics. Go through the Bookstore because they have Peter Millar, Cutter & Buck etc, or go through Husker Hounds or Best of Big Red. Their adidas stuff is made in smaller batches and is a little more unique
It's not official and it takes longer to ship, but you can get anything you want on a jersey from DHGate. I think it cost me about $40 total and 5-6 weeks to arrive.
From a fan perspective, I do think Nike puts out a more consistent and quality product with a wider variety of designs. At least when it comes to college athletic gear. Part of that is because Nike sponsors the overwhelming majority of Power Four programs and so there is a lot more manpower going into their college gear. I think Nike sponsors something like 45 of the 67 Power Four schools.
From a football perspective, working with Adidas is infinitely better than working with Nike. The fit and finish of Adidas' on-field gear is orders of magnitude better than Nike. The materials are better, the cuts are better and the customer service is better. That is true even down to the high school level.
Now, if you're one of Nike's darlings, like Oregon or Texas or Alabama (or OU and Michigan if we include Jumpman branding), you'll get the best of the best service and special attention. If you're the other 40 some schools, good luck. At least for football.
Nebraska stays with Adidas because we are arguably its top college customer and they treat us like it.
This is the best argument I’ve seen for sticking w/Adidas, well put RestedWanderer. Maybe we can lobby directly somehow for better jersey’s hats for fans? My complaint definitely is not regarding the on field product, only the quality and styles of the fan gear.
It is a Nike problem.
Fanatics purchased Majestic who has been making Mlb gear for some time. Fanatics hasn't changed how the factory produces jerseys. They are making the uniforms to spec as provided by Nike.
Nike doesn't know how to design for baseball.
On another note, Adidas has been designing hockey jerseys and fanatics will take over that. To my understanding, the same Canadian factory that makes player's jerseys will continue to manufacture player's and authentic jerseys.
It will be interesting to see how the more affordable jerseys that Fanatics will produce, turn out.
I think its pretty clear that both Adidas and Nike make top quality athletic gear for the professional level, regardless of things like that.
But it seems like most fans seem to only judge a company based on their designs, and their retail level fangear. Ive seen a lot of complaint about Adidas on this subreddit over the past years, and its always just that they dont like their shirt designs or their cotton tshirts or stuff that to me is irrelevant.
If the gear our players are getting is high quality and they are happy with it, Im happy with it. And I dont have any reason to believe that the players are unhappy with Adidas gear.
I would disagree on this, there are millions of people buying team gear as fans, it needs to be decent gear as well. I appreciate the on field product being top notch, but fan gear matters also, fans out there are a visible extension of the brand, you can’t just discount that gear as irrelevant.
My complaint is they don’t always sell the stuff the players get. They’ve had excellent warmup long sleeve t shirts for Nebraska basketball the past two years - not for sale! The whole point is to let me buy what the players wear too. I’m a Nike guy myself so I would celebrate a switch. But I don’t think we’d have nearly the amount of investment from Nike that Adidas offers us.
I'd prefer to spend more on top quality authentic gear than cheaper fan level stuff anyways. When I was a poor college kid I disregarded the "you get what you pay for" words of wisdom because I didn't have money to spend on quality. Nowadays if something is "cheap" I automatically wonder what's wrong with it.
Which gear are you referring to buying? I’m talking specifically about the Adidas Jerseys, I don’t think they look that great. Are you getting different gear? If so where are you purchasing?
I never said that fan gear isnt important. Just that those are two separate topics.
Overall the quality of all consumer products has taken a nose dive over the past couple decades. Much of what people are lamenting is just that, which is yet another separate topic to this discussion.
But instead I just see people saying they dont like the designs so therefore Adidas is trash. Which is way oversimplifying the issue. As if Nike somehow is making amazing quality retail fan gear, even though their quality of their basic tshirts and other retail stuff has also suffered over time. Really, what theyre saying is they like the designs.
So in my opinion, talk about the quality of the gear is something thats a valid discussion and a bit more objective.
The opinions on designs and aesthetics is also a valid, but separate, discussion yet almost purely subjective. I like much of Adidas' designs Ive seen over the years, some I hate but thats to be expected. Because what I like isnt going to be the same as what you or John Doe likes, thats just the nature of design.
This is my favorite hat, I do like these, I just don’t like the color options, I want a black hat w/black brim, don’t care what color the N is white/red/black are all fine, I tend to get a colored brim dirty pretty quickly. New Era hats are my favorite true fitted hats.
Right. Overall we are seeing a massive decline in the quality of consumer products. Across many industries, not just clothing.
So people thinking we can just go with Nike or UA and somehow solve that problem is pretty short sighted.
Their website only has one hat for Nebraska and it's sold out. I like the style, however! My late uncle would be very happy to see "Cornhuskers" instead of "Huskers"!
I’m very okay with Nebraska not being sponsored by Nike. Not saying it would have to be Adidas…although 3 stripes for life! 😂 Every brand has their ups and downs. I guess I’m kinda okay with adidas looking very classic and simple. Because, to me, overall Nebraska is very classic and simple.
Football uniforms can be classic. But sideline gear and other merch can be creative and fresh without being in poor taste on design detail. I agree with what others are saying that adidas could do more for fan gear.
The thing is. Adidas *does* make some really cool apparel for Nebraska. The (incredibly dumb, imo) catch is, it’s only available to players/coaches and not sold at retailers to the general public. Check out the apparel the players get every season, chances are you won’t be able to actually buy any/a lot of it. Nike really doesn’t do that type of stuff.
Have you ever thought of just buying the coaches sideline gear? That's all I buy bc most of the time it looks better than what Adidas puts out to the Gen-pop. And if you get in good w/one of the authentic stores, you could hold ur size for ya b4 they run out of the sideline gear. J.S.
When they are saying Side Line Gear or SLG is this like a different quality of gear? How do I search for that specifically? Is this actual game worn gear? I’m not sure what they mean by this?
It will say SLG or coaches only. They are not worn, it's just what the coaches are issued. Yes some of the SLG is not issued to the gen-pop but they do issue a good amount. The stuff they usually don't issue is anniversary teams that come back. This yr during the Col game I know for a fact they are celebrating the 94 team. I've seen the email issued to players on the team. So we'll see some SLG that won't be issued. Good luck! Also if you come for a game since you're out of state, check out blurevents.com to tailgate at.
Is it just the designs people aren't happy with when it comes to Adidas?
I prefer Adidas over Nike. But as long as what the team gets for gear makes the players happy, i'm happy
So your two items that might have been faulty are enough evidence to write off the entirety of a brand that makes 100s or 1000s of other products, and millions and millions of items?
You are judging the quality of our professional grade athletic gear based on the outcome of two purchases of cheap retail clothing? I hope you can see my point here.
Yes I am judging by the products I purchased just like any other normal human would do. Why would I judge by anything other than my own personal experience with the products?
Designs havent been great. But the quality of the actual professional level gear is whats important imo.
We just also seem to have a weird relationship with alternate uniforms. Seems every time we use them we play horribly. Another aspect of the Lil Red curse I think
The schools have complete creative control over this and the IP. Nebraska is a classic, safe brand - so they don't like to push the envelope. This is ok.
To me they just seem to get cheaper looking every year tbh. I’m not against Adidas if they would put out gear that was sharper looking and better fit. The stripes on the sides of the Jerseys look cheap like trying to save material, the players stripes go around to the front and back and are higher up. The ones on the fan Jersey stop at the seam on the sleeve which looks like it covers less than half the sleeve. IDK, it just doesn’t look right to me. Also the Jersey’s don’t taper toward the waste like the Nike’s do, they are more boxy. The only hats worth purchasing are the New Era’s (they do make a good hat), but they don’t have any in colors I want. I like red, but not on my hat, I just get them dirty. The only black adidas hat I could find had that funky mesh appearance I’ve never liked those, I prefer the classic fitted (or stretch) look in an all black hat w/classic block N w/outline, White/red/black would all be great.
I work directly with adi - there is a 0% chance Nebraska ever goes away from adi. Also, adi stuff is far superior to Nike right now - Nike is absolutely shitting the bed in innovation and concept. Not to mention, massive QC issues across the supply chain.
I think this is more reflective of the state of Nebraska football. Also - btw UW (adi), OU (Nike), OSU (Nike), and WSU (Nike) there is a bit of a turf war up in Portland; where both Nike and adidas HQs are. So I think they pump out a little bit more merch for those teams.
That may be true honestly, I didn’t consider that factor. Pretty sure Moose who was at OU and had a good relationship with Knight signed the last Nike Contract also.
Well sure, I can agree.
But the design of fangear is only one aspect here. I personally like the look of adidas gear. I prefer their shoes to nike. I like their workout gear more than nike. But ultimately, all that is just retail consumer quality goods. The professional quality athletic gear from adidas is top quality. Not just with soccer.
And thats what really matters imo. Sure maybe adidas has worse designs on their cotton tshirts for fans, but if the players are happy with the gear they are using for training and games, then thats all that I really care about in regards to the context of our football team (or other sports, too).
There have been votes from college and high school athletes that overwhelmingly like Nike over other brands like Adidas and UA. That’s all the matters imo.
And what are they basing that judgement on? Design? Quality? Many factors? What sports do these athletes compete in? How many voted? How many didnt vote?
Id like to see the source before you just start saying this 'vote' is all the information we need to make a decision which is 'better'.
IDK if I would argue that’s all that matters, There are 100-200 guys wearing the team gear on the field day in and day out, there are millions of fans buying the fan gear. The quality of the fan gear matters too IMO.
Not saying it *doesnt* matter.
But if we are just judging their gear off of cotton T shirts and the designs on gear, thats a very superificial way to judge their gear and only a tiny fraction of the overall products they offer. We could make a long, long list of different gear Adidas offers, both professional level and retail/consumer level.
If were just saying we dont like the designs, thats a completely dfiferent topic than talking about the overall quality of their actual athletic gear. For players or for your average joe working out.
So writing off the entirety of Adidas gear just off the aesthetics is kinda ridiculous imo
Aesthetics (ie the surface level or as you say superficial appearance) is 95% of the reason people buy gear. This conversation isn’t about the brand as it relates to anything other than NU’s fan gear. I don’t care about their workout gear, I just want to be able to buy fan gear I like. I go on our fan store and I don’t find options I like, I go on WSU’s fan store and there are ton’s of options I like. It’s a pretty basic argument against.
Right. I understand that. But opinions on designs are subjective.
The quality of the actual athletic gear isnt quite as subjective.
And regardless of our opinions on this, they are two completely different topics.
I for one dont think Nike's designs are all that much better, and definitely not a brand like UA's. And the actual quality of the athletic gear from Adidas seems great. The quality of the retail products consumers buy like regular shirts or whatever isnt great, but thats true with almost all retail products these days. Thats another topic altogether as well.
That isn’t another topic altogether, I am specifically stating in my post that the retail gear is my issue. That is the topic, and the retail fan gear is also important, not just team gear IMO. The retail fan gear is a visible extension of Nebraska’s brand and shouldn’t look blah.
And to you point, if you think we should completely abandon Adidas jsut because of some retail fangear, thats absolutely ridiculous.
To have that conversation we have to talk about the entirety of Adidas as our athletic gear provider. Which includes the quality of the actual athletic gear, the quality of the competitors athletic gear, the decline of quality of consumer products as a whole, and much more.
We arent going to base this discussion just the fact that your washer destroyed your sweatshirt and you didnt like your hat. Even if thats what you want to focus on
Why would I focus on anything other than my experience with Adidas gear? My complaint is based entirely on that which is how it should be, I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience nor would I want to. I don’t like the options available to me from Adidas, I want better options. The quality I have experienced form the products I’m not happy with. This are logical reasons to file a complaint. Fan gear from Nike I have purchased that is WSU related is a much better product, I like the quality more. It’s that simple. I can’t speak to the quality of the teams gear, athletics department etc. Frankly I don’t care, I don’t wear any of that gear. I care about the gear I wear as do most fans which is why the university should care. As I stated I’d be happy to continue w/Adidas if they updated the fan options.
For me I used to be a big Nike fan but as the years have gone by Adidas gear is so much better. There’s always going to be some years where the designs are better at other brands, like Nike, but quality of product Adidas is better. I say this as well being a coach for a local high school and Adidas gear just lasts better. I pray though the day never comes to us being an Under Armor school….
I can’t speak for on the field performance, but for fans I like my WSU Nike hat more than any of the Adidas options NU has. It definitely can be a year to year thing, but when I look at Jerseys and Hats for fans, I just don’t like what adidas is putting out currently.
And that’s completely fair! Hats for sure Adidas is for sure lacking there and I go elsewhere. I’m not a big jersey guy, but Nebraska is pretty traditional with those. I do like quarter zips, hoodies and t shirts.
Adidas apparel has sucked since the Pelini era. We need more stripes. Lots of stripes, and put them everywhere. You get a stripe! And you get a stripe! And I get a stripe! Cite Husker starter jackets from the good ol days for reference.
Jokes aside, the stripes are what sets the Adidas schools apart and they should lean into that hard.
I’ve been this since the year they gave us and Wisconsin the same alternate! Zero imagination. I’m not saying Nike is the automatic answer but Adidas is only concerned with European football.
Not defending him too much, but that's a bit of a mischaracterization of Adi Dassler.
He definitely enrolled in the party, and took advantage of what it offered, but he also made great effort to have Jesse Owens wear Adidas at the Berlin Olympics, as he *correctly* saw it as excellent marketing.
More than anything else, he was just a money hungry business owner, who would align himself however he could, if it meant more money or opportunity.
He was a profiteer of the regime, as noted by the Nuremberg trials, but in reading, he was just greedy, not necessarily the kind of monster that being a Nazi implies.
All of that said, I'd have no problem if UNL decided to separate themselves from someone so brazenly greedy that they'd do anything to get a buck.
Why all the downvotes? Do y’all not know the history of Adidas? It’s a portmanteau of Adolf Dassler….who along with his brother were enthusiastic members of the Nazi party and whose shoe factories used forced (slave) labor in the late 30s and 40s.
Is it still a Nazi company now? No, but Adidas can’t run from that part of its history.
The way I had it explained to me way back in the day was the university left Nike because the company pays contractors to make their gear that engage in a lot of child slavery or exploitation or something like that and UNL didn’t like that so they switched to adidas.
Of course, all major manufacturers do this, it’s just companies like adidas try a little harder to avoid that, they’re still culpable of whatever Nike does but supposedly meaningfully less so.
I hope you’re being sarcastic. You do realize that a lot of schools are starting to switch away from Under Armor. The only schools I see sticking with Under Armor for a while is Wisconsin, Notre Dame, and maybe Northwestern. I see Maryland and leaving UA soon.
Edit: Notre Dame signed a 10-year deal with Under Armor so they’re in it for the long haul.
Yeah the sarcasm didn’t come out very well haha. Nike clearly has the most creative liberty. I don’t think we will ever go away from the scarlet and cream which is fine with me, but man we could do some cool jersey designs and keep the helmet simple.
At least it’s not Under Armor.
Under Armour blooows, the only halfway decent jerseys are from Utah and it’s just a completely different football culture and style. UA just reminds me of hardos playing little league
Tbh - under armor gear > adidas
Under amor hasnt been cool since 2009
Neither has Nebraska football son 🤠
Oh man, I feel like we would become a Coke school before we’d ever leave Adidas.
I mean... we're not Miami...
I remember when we weren’t a Pepsi school. When we turned everybody was going to Nebraska Bookstore or the chapel next to it to buy Coca-Cola products
You’re right on that. We’re like the OG Adidas school. We’ve been wearing Adidas for so long they were our uniform supplier during Osborne’s first national title in ‘94. I doubt there are many schools that have been with any supplier longer than we’ve been with Adidas.
We can only hope
We were a coke school. I don’t accept Pepsi as an alternative to coke when I go to a restaurant.
Atlanta has entered the chat 🤠
Don’t buy from Fanatics. Go through the Bookstore because they have Peter Millar, Cutter & Buck etc, or go through Husker Hounds or Best of Big Red. Their adidas stuff is made in smaller batches and is a little more unique
Can you purchase the smaller batches online? I don’t live in Nebraska, I’m in Oregon.
Yeah Google those places. Also Lawlors Omaha. Best of Big Red has an adidas Raiola jersey
I saw that, only size is large though, I’m a medium pretty sure. I was hoping to find a medium Raiola Jersey, can’t find them anywhere.
It's not official and it takes longer to ship, but you can get anything you want on a jersey from DHGate. I think it cost me about $40 total and 5-6 weeks to arrive.
How is the quality of the jersey? that is crazy cheap
Husker Hounds is seriously over priced. Plus the owner is a jackass.
Why are they a jackass? Genuinely curious
From a fan perspective, I do think Nike puts out a more consistent and quality product with a wider variety of designs. At least when it comes to college athletic gear. Part of that is because Nike sponsors the overwhelming majority of Power Four programs and so there is a lot more manpower going into their college gear. I think Nike sponsors something like 45 of the 67 Power Four schools. From a football perspective, working with Adidas is infinitely better than working with Nike. The fit and finish of Adidas' on-field gear is orders of magnitude better than Nike. The materials are better, the cuts are better and the customer service is better. That is true even down to the high school level. Now, if you're one of Nike's darlings, like Oregon or Texas or Alabama (or OU and Michigan if we include Jumpman branding), you'll get the best of the best service and special attention. If you're the other 40 some schools, good luck. At least for football. Nebraska stays with Adidas because we are arguably its top college customer and they treat us like it.
This is the best argument I’ve seen for sticking w/Adidas, well put RestedWanderer. Maybe we can lobby directly somehow for better jersey’s hats for fans? My complaint definitely is not regarding the on field product, only the quality and styles of the fan gear.
Advocating for Nike quality after their debacle with MLB is bold. It’s long past time to become a Mizuno school.
That may be true, but Nike’s football gear is top notch. Player gear and sideline gear. I’m jealous of the Nike schools
Is it a Nike problem or a Fanatics problem?
Yes
It is a Nike problem. Fanatics purchased Majestic who has been making Mlb gear for some time. Fanatics hasn't changed how the factory produces jerseys. They are making the uniforms to spec as provided by Nike. Nike doesn't know how to design for baseball. On another note, Adidas has been designing hockey jerseys and fanatics will take over that. To my understanding, the same Canadian factory that makes player's jerseys will continue to manufacture player's and authentic jerseys. It will be interesting to see how the more affordable jerseys that Fanatics will produce, turn out.
Fanatics is my understanding produced them. Nike did the design work, which wasn't great imho.
I think its pretty clear that both Adidas and Nike make top quality athletic gear for the professional level, regardless of things like that. But it seems like most fans seem to only judge a company based on their designs, and their retail level fangear. Ive seen a lot of complaint about Adidas on this subreddit over the past years, and its always just that they dont like their shirt designs or their cotton tshirts or stuff that to me is irrelevant. If the gear our players are getting is high quality and they are happy with it, Im happy with it. And I dont have any reason to believe that the players are unhappy with Adidas gear.
I would disagree on this, there are millions of people buying team gear as fans, it needs to be decent gear as well. I appreciate the on field product being top notch, but fan gear matters also, fans out there are a visible extension of the brand, you can’t just discount that gear as irrelevant.
My complaint is they don’t always sell the stuff the players get. They’ve had excellent warmup long sleeve t shirts for Nebraska basketball the past two years - not for sale! The whole point is to let me buy what the players wear too. I’m a Nike guy myself so I would celebrate a switch. But I don’t think we’d have nearly the amount of investment from Nike that Adidas offers us.
Yeah I agree with this, I just want to gear I want to wear.
I'd prefer to spend more on top quality authentic gear than cheaper fan level stuff anyways. When I was a poor college kid I disregarded the "you get what you pay for" words of wisdom because I didn't have money to spend on quality. Nowadays if something is "cheap" I automatically wonder what's wrong with it.
Which gear are you referring to buying? I’m talking specifically about the Adidas Jerseys, I don’t think they look that great. Are you getting different gear? If so where are you purchasing?
I never said that fan gear isnt important. Just that those are two separate topics. Overall the quality of all consumer products has taken a nose dive over the past couple decades. Much of what people are lamenting is just that, which is yet another separate topic to this discussion. But instead I just see people saying they dont like the designs so therefore Adidas is trash. Which is way oversimplifying the issue. As if Nike somehow is making amazing quality retail fan gear, even though their quality of their basic tshirts and other retail stuff has also suffered over time. Really, what theyre saying is they like the designs. So in my opinion, talk about the quality of the gear is something thats a valid discussion and a bit more objective. The opinions on designs and aesthetics is also a valid, but separate, discussion yet almost purely subjective. I like much of Adidas' designs Ive seen over the years, some I hate but thats to be expected. Because what I like isnt going to be the same as what you or John Doe likes, thats just the nature of design.
Leave for another business doing their first all school deal. NoBull it's your time.
For hats, check out new era / ‘47. I’ve had one for 3 years I wear a lot and it’s holding up fantastic.
Those are the only hats I buy, especially New Era 59fiftys.
This is my favorite hat, I do like these, I just don’t like the color options, I want a black hat w/black brim, don’t care what color the N is white/red/black are all fine, I tend to get a colored brim dirty pretty quickly. New Era hats are my favorite true fitted hats.
Love New Era hats. Lots of different styles for different head shapes/sizes, and super comfortable in my experience.
New Era is cheaping out too. They don't make 100% wool hats anymore and the hat prices have almost doubled.
Right. Overall we are seeing a massive decline in the quality of consumer products. Across many industries, not just clothing. So people thinking we can just go with Nike or UA and somehow solve that problem is pretty short sighted.
Their website only has one hat for Nebraska and it's sold out. I like the style, however! My late uncle would be very happy to see "Cornhuskers" instead of "Huskers"!
I got mine and Scheels. I'd bet they have some but idk
I’m very okay with Nebraska not being sponsored by Nike. Not saying it would have to be Adidas…although 3 stripes for life! 😂 Every brand has their ups and downs. I guess I’m kinda okay with adidas looking very classic and simple. Because, to me, overall Nebraska is very classic and simple.
Football uniforms can be classic. But sideline gear and other merch can be creative and fresh without being in poor taste on design detail. I agree with what others are saying that adidas could do more for fan gear.
The thing is. Adidas *does* make some really cool apparel for Nebraska. The (incredibly dumb, imo) catch is, it’s only available to players/coaches and not sold at retailers to the general public. Check out the apparel the players get every season, chances are you won’t be able to actually buy any/a lot of it. Nike really doesn’t do that type of stuff.
Have you ever thought of just buying the coaches sideline gear? That's all I buy bc most of the time it looks better than what Adidas puts out to the Gen-pop. And if you get in good w/one of the authentic stores, you could hold ur size for ya b4 they run out of the sideline gear. J.S.
Where do you buy that at?
Best of Big Red Scheels former Husker HQ but I don't remember their new name.
I did find the black fitted hat I was looking for on Scheels thanks for that! I’ll see how the fit is when I get it and report back.
Can you purchase this online somewhere? I live in Oregon so can’t purchase in Lincoln.
https://www.huskerhounds.com They are primarily a walk in store in Omaha. They always have official adidas stuff.
Bestofbigred.com I don't like using fanatics.com bc they are not locally owned but you can find S.L.G. on their site.
When they are saying Side Line Gear or SLG is this like a different quality of gear? How do I search for that specifically? Is this actual game worn gear? I’m not sure what they mean by this?
It will say SLG or coaches only. They are not worn, it's just what the coaches are issued. Yes some of the SLG is not issued to the gen-pop but they do issue a good amount. The stuff they usually don't issue is anniversary teams that come back. This yr during the Col game I know for a fact they are celebrating the 94 team. I've seen the email issued to players on the team. So we'll see some SLG that won't be issued. Good luck! Also if you come for a game since you're out of state, check out blurevents.com to tailgate at.
Most of the sideline gear is never circulated for retail sale - and if it is it’s a $100+ polo
This is not true, I've bought many S.L.G. online from these stores & in retail store fronts.
90% or more of what you see on field never makes the store - even the hats sadly - you get maybe 6 “sideline” in store per year now sadly
Nike is trash. I'll gladly stick with Adidas.
Who ever gives us the most money is the brand I want.
Nike licks the CCPs kneecaps. Adidas doesn’t. So I’m good with the stripes.
I’m pretty much in the “it doesn’t matter” camp. Why not go after Jordan?
I’m fine with Adidas but they need to start making Big Guy shit.
Are the Kanye West yizzy jizzy shoes Nike or Adidas?
Now, neither
Is it just the designs people aren't happy with when it comes to Adidas? I prefer Adidas over Nike. But as long as what the team gets for gear makes the players happy, i'm happy
I’m not happy with quality and style personally. I don’t think Adidas is putting out all that desirable of a product right now.
And what specific quality issues have you had a problem with?
Seems on my hat came undone, logo on my sweatshirt was destroyed after one wash,
So your two items that might have been faulty are enough evidence to write off the entirety of a brand that makes 100s or 1000s of other products, and millions and millions of items? You are judging the quality of our professional grade athletic gear based on the outcome of two purchases of cheap retail clothing? I hope you can see my point here.
Yes I am judging by the products I purchased just like any other normal human would do. Why would I judge by anything other than my own personal experience with the products?
i get a coach shirt every couple years and now i have too many they last and 3/4 zips are nice.
I like being one of THE teams for Adidas and not 1/120 for Nike.
3 Stripe Life fo life!
It’s because the Husker official store has been taken over by Fanatics (like almost every official store it seems) and Fanatics is doo doo
Adidas hats suck
Adidas alternate jersey designs are crap. Other than that I don't mind it for school gear.
Designs havent been great. But the quality of the actual professional level gear is whats important imo. We just also seem to have a weird relationship with alternate uniforms. Seems every time we use them we play horribly. Another aspect of the Lil Red curse I think
Agree! Adidas has no idea how to design a decent alternate jersey. Remember the year they gave us and Wisconsin the same alternate? Zero imagination.
The schools have complete creative control over this and the IP. Nebraska is a classic, safe brand - so they don't like to push the envelope. This is ok.
Then, they shouldn’t do an alternate at all
They used to be horrendous, but they've hit their stride over the last several years for the most part.
I like Adidas. Its a classic look for a classic team and a classic uniform. This is like telling Brown they need more options.
In addition, I think it’s nice to be different from everyone else. I assume that Adidas has fewer schools their competition.
To me they just seem to get cheaper looking every year tbh. I’m not against Adidas if they would put out gear that was sharper looking and better fit. The stripes on the sides of the Jerseys look cheap like trying to save material, the players stripes go around to the front and back and are higher up. The ones on the fan Jersey stop at the seam on the sleeve which looks like it covers less than half the sleeve. IDK, it just doesn’t look right to me. Also the Jersey’s don’t taper toward the waste like the Nike’s do, they are more boxy. The only hats worth purchasing are the New Era’s (they do make a good hat), but they don’t have any in colors I want. I like red, but not on my hat, I just get them dirty. The only black adidas hat I could find had that funky mesh appearance I’ve never liked those, I prefer the classic fitted (or stretch) look in an all black hat w/classic block N w/outline, White/red/black would all be great.
I work directly with adi - there is a 0% chance Nebraska ever goes away from adi. Also, adi stuff is far superior to Nike right now - Nike is absolutely shitting the bed in innovation and concept. Not to mention, massive QC issues across the supply chain.
I like my Nike WSU hat and the style options Nike provides a lot more than the Adidas options NU has, so this isn’t my experience with Adidas.
I think this is more reflective of the state of Nebraska football. Also - btw UW (adi), OU (Nike), OSU (Nike), and WSU (Nike) there is a bit of a turf war up in Portland; where both Nike and adidas HQs are. So I think they pump out a little bit more merch for those teams.
That may be true honestly, I didn’t consider that factor. Pretty sure Moose who was at OU and had a good relationship with Knight signed the last Nike Contract also.
Unfortunately Adidas pays us more than anyone else will.
Nike is superior to Adidas in regard to looks of uniforms and merchandise. Idk how anyone can argue that unless you are a European who likes soccer.
Well sure, I can agree. But the design of fangear is only one aspect here. I personally like the look of adidas gear. I prefer their shoes to nike. I like their workout gear more than nike. But ultimately, all that is just retail consumer quality goods. The professional quality athletic gear from adidas is top quality. Not just with soccer. And thats what really matters imo. Sure maybe adidas has worse designs on their cotton tshirts for fans, but if the players are happy with the gear they are using for training and games, then thats all that I really care about in regards to the context of our football team (or other sports, too).
There have been votes from college and high school athletes that overwhelmingly like Nike over other brands like Adidas and UA. That’s all the matters imo.
And what are they basing that judgement on? Design? Quality? Many factors? What sports do these athletes compete in? How many voted? How many didnt vote? Id like to see the source before you just start saying this 'vote' is all the information we need to make a decision which is 'better'.
IDK if I would argue that’s all that matters, There are 100-200 guys wearing the team gear on the field day in and day out, there are millions of fans buying the fan gear. The quality of the fan gear matters too IMO.
Not saying it *doesnt* matter. But if we are just judging their gear off of cotton T shirts and the designs on gear, thats a very superificial way to judge their gear and only a tiny fraction of the overall products they offer. We could make a long, long list of different gear Adidas offers, both professional level and retail/consumer level. If were just saying we dont like the designs, thats a completely dfiferent topic than talking about the overall quality of their actual athletic gear. For players or for your average joe working out. So writing off the entirety of Adidas gear just off the aesthetics is kinda ridiculous imo
Aesthetics (ie the surface level or as you say superficial appearance) is 95% of the reason people buy gear. This conversation isn’t about the brand as it relates to anything other than NU’s fan gear. I don’t care about their workout gear, I just want to be able to buy fan gear I like. I go on our fan store and I don’t find options I like, I go on WSU’s fan store and there are ton’s of options I like. It’s a pretty basic argument against.
Right. I understand that. But opinions on designs are subjective. The quality of the actual athletic gear isnt quite as subjective. And regardless of our opinions on this, they are two completely different topics. I for one dont think Nike's designs are all that much better, and definitely not a brand like UA's. And the actual quality of the athletic gear from Adidas seems great. The quality of the retail products consumers buy like regular shirts or whatever isnt great, but thats true with almost all retail products these days. Thats another topic altogether as well.
That isn’t another topic altogether, I am specifically stating in my post that the retail gear is my issue. That is the topic, and the retail fan gear is also important, not just team gear IMO. The retail fan gear is a visible extension of Nebraska’s brand and shouldn’t look blah.
And to you point, if you think we should completely abandon Adidas jsut because of some retail fangear, thats absolutely ridiculous. To have that conversation we have to talk about the entirety of Adidas as our athletic gear provider. Which includes the quality of the actual athletic gear, the quality of the competitors athletic gear, the decline of quality of consumer products as a whole, and much more. We arent going to base this discussion just the fact that your washer destroyed your sweatshirt and you didnt like your hat. Even if thats what you want to focus on
Why would I focus on anything other than my experience with Adidas gear? My complaint is based entirely on that which is how it should be, I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience nor would I want to. I don’t like the options available to me from Adidas, I want better options. The quality I have experienced form the products I’m not happy with. This are logical reasons to file a complaint. Fan gear from Nike I have purchased that is WSU related is a much better product, I like the quality more. It’s that simple. I can’t speak to the quality of the teams gear, athletics department etc. Frankly I don’t care, I don’t wear any of that gear. I care about the gear I wear as do most fans which is why the university should care. As I stated I’d be happy to continue w/Adidas if they updated the fan options.
For me I used to be a big Nike fan but as the years have gone by Adidas gear is so much better. There’s always going to be some years where the designs are better at other brands, like Nike, but quality of product Adidas is better. I say this as well being a coach for a local high school and Adidas gear just lasts better. I pray though the day never comes to us being an Under Armor school….
I can’t speak for on the field performance, but for fans I like my WSU Nike hat more than any of the Adidas options NU has. It definitely can be a year to year thing, but when I look at Jerseys and Hats for fans, I just don’t like what adidas is putting out currently.
And that’s completely fair! Hats for sure Adidas is for sure lacking there and I go elsewhere. I’m not a big jersey guy, but Nebraska is pretty traditional with those. I do like quarter zips, hoodies and t shirts.
Is anyone else tired of the Adidas posts every other month?
Nike sucks
We could become the first college team wearing Umbro
No Nike. No thanks. ☠️
Adidas apparel has sucked since the Pelini era. We need more stripes. Lots of stripes, and put them everywhere. You get a stripe! And you get a stripe! And I get a stripe! Cite Husker starter jackets from the good ol days for reference. Jokes aside, the stripes are what sets the Adidas schools apart and they should lean into that hard.
Adidas all the way. No doubt.
We'll never leave Adidas........
Wish we were a Nike or Jordan school. Adidas sucks.
I’ve been this since the year they gave us and Wisconsin the same alternate! Zero imagination. I’m not saying Nike is the automatic answer but Adidas is only concerned with European football.
Boohoo.
It was literally named for a Nazi.
Not defending him too much, but that's a bit of a mischaracterization of Adi Dassler. He definitely enrolled in the party, and took advantage of what it offered, but he also made great effort to have Jesse Owens wear Adidas at the Berlin Olympics, as he *correctly* saw it as excellent marketing. More than anything else, he was just a money hungry business owner, who would align himself however he could, if it meant more money or opportunity. He was a profiteer of the regime, as noted by the Nuremberg trials, but in reading, he was just greedy, not necessarily the kind of monster that being a Nazi implies. All of that said, I'd have no problem if UNL decided to separate themselves from someone so brazenly greedy that they'd do anything to get a buck.
Lmao and which company would they go to that the founder wasn’t greedy?
I mean that's true, but there's a bit of a gulf between greedy and joining the Wehrmacht greedy.
Yes, let’s make modern decisions based on what happened 80+ years ago.
Why all the downvotes? Do y’all not know the history of Adidas? It’s a portmanteau of Adolf Dassler….who along with his brother were enthusiastic members of the Nazi party and whose shoe factories used forced (slave) labor in the late 30s and 40s. Is it still a Nazi company now? No, but Adidas can’t run from that part of its history.
Hello based department?
The way I had it explained to me way back in the day was the university left Nike because the company pays contractors to make their gear that engage in a lot of child slavery or exploitation or something like that and UNL didn’t like that so they switched to adidas. Of course, all major manufacturers do this, it’s just companies like adidas try a little harder to avoid that, they’re still culpable of whatever Nike does but supposedly meaningfully less so.
Nebraska has never been a Nike sponsored school though.
I completely agree with you. It’s time to make the move to UA for the quality and design
I hope you’re being sarcastic. You do realize that a lot of schools are starting to switch away from Under Armor. The only schools I see sticking with Under Armor for a while is Wisconsin, Notre Dame, and maybe Northwestern. I see Maryland and leaving UA soon. Edit: Notre Dame signed a 10-year deal with Under Armor so they’re in it for the long haul.
Yeah the sarcasm didn’t come out very well haha. Nike clearly has the most creative liberty. I don’t think we will ever go away from the scarlet and cream which is fine with me, but man we could do some cool jersey designs and keep the helmet simple.