re: Say Goodbye to Adidas Tennessee

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Our jerseys in 2013 were spot on...perfect. Nike better not f with them

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This. I absolutely LOVED our uni's this year. Nike won't make them the same way - they can't. They may not change the color or even the cut but they will change the textures and design because those features are all proprietary. And what about the checkerboard sleeves and other added touches? How much of that will Nike keep and how much can they keep without running afoul of various design patents/copyrights? Did the university retain control of those design elements etc.?

Adidas did a remarkable job with this year's uniforms even the socks, shoes, and small accessories were sweet as hell. It sucks that we're not going to keep this design around for very long. Just when someone finally gets it all right we change and what worries me is Nike has put out some fugly shite and has in the past demanded far greater control and paid us far less than Adidas did.

I'm not excited about this move at all. I'm afraid Nike is going to do what Nike does: try to fix something that is not only not broken but also functioning at its best.