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From the Daily Press article in the OP:
In the ACC, Virginia Tech's Nike deal runs through 2022 at $1.98 million a year
That's different from what some are saying. They're saying that there is a deal in place until 2022.
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# | Hokies Hype the "Battle at Bristol," Even as the OSU Matchup and an Uncertain Future Loom My bad. Knoxville and the surrounding area is a million.
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# | Hokies Use Preseason Practice to Retool the Secondary in the Wake of CJ Reavis' Dismissal I heard Facyson was in blue yesterday...is this true?
Fwiw, the old UVA deal was supposed to end 6/30/16. They signed a new one early.
It's been rumored that we are templating (yeah, I made that up) our unis across all sports to make them unified in look, color, logo. When this happens, most likely next year, I can imagine there will be a new deal for us. Thusly signing a new deal before our current one expires on 6/30/18.
And while this is in the works, we are operating under the old deal. Nothing has been done to trigger a new deal. So, we are working on a new one, and when it's done, the details will come out. Until then, nobody is going to leak the amounts or length of a new contract.
Here's a link for the contracts as of mid 2014. The box at the bottom provides the searchable stuff.
Nike Adidas UA (Russell)
On an unrelated note, Do any of you vaguely remember a crash test dummy tv show from the mid 90's?
You said it!
Freek is a national treasure.
🏝NO BAD DAYS🏖🤙
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# | Hokies Use Preseason Practice to Retool the Secondary in the Wake of CJ Reavis' Dismissal For some reason, I immediately thought of this after reading your comment
There weren't any defensive backs in that drill... don't know how much that contributed to our running backs success
perfect time to bring this gem back
NBA will be moving to Nike in the 2017-2018 season. FWIW
I love my Maryland flag.
But their unis remind me of this
Not that money is the great motivator, at sports especially. But it sets the tone in my opinion
This sort of freeks me out
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# | Hokies Use Preseason Practice to Retool the Secondary in the Wake of CJ Reavis' Dismissal Kif, In the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces.
SET THE TONE!
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# | Hokies Hype the "Battle at Bristol," Even as the OSU Matchup and an Uncertain Future Loom Also, Knoxville has about 180,000 residents. Nowhere close to a million people. But your point still stands. There are a lot more UT fans in the Knoxville area/region that foam at the mouth over anything UT related.
Edit: After reading about this, it's pretty clear that Under Armour was making a play for UVA, and that was likely a big driver for this. But it doesn't really change my feelings about it.
Just more spokes in the wheel on why signing an extension instead of negotiating for a new deal was so stupid. Didn't even try to allow UA or Adidas to bid on our contract. Didn't even try to artificially inflate our value due to a bidding war.
SET THE TONE!
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# | Hokies Hype the "Battle at Bristol," Even as the OSU Matchup and an Uncertain Future Loom then throw in the potential drawbacks of seeing a game at Bristol (sight lines, distance from field, UT fans)
HA! Nice one.
I'd LOVE for that to become a problem.
Assuming the states of the programs is comparable then, we've still had 7 years to settle down from the initial outrage and they've minimized backlash while getting a good deal.
I don't think anybody is going to overlook a discrepancy of this size even after seven years. I'd be mentioning this with Nike. I wouldn't expect them to redo the deal, but I'd let them know that "I noticed". Should UVa's deal be double that of Virginia Tech? They'd better have a pretty good rationale for that.
When you've got long-term relationships, it's better not to completely take advantage of your partners.
Edit: After reading about this, it's pretty clear that Under Armour was making a play for UVA, and that was likely a big driver for this. But it doesn't really change my feelings about it.
Yea, But football will need a huge makeover. Beamer gets 250k for winning ACC and National Championship. Buzz gets 475k for the same.
SET THE TONE!
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# | 2015 Virginia Tech Opponent Q&A Preview: North Carolina State Welcome to TKP. Which side of Bristol are you on?
the article referenced in the original post says 2022.