Cougs + Nike

[CougSinceBirth]

Extension until 2025. I wonder if we hadn't been so futile (especially in football) if more money would've come down the pipe?

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland...ike-corners-pacific-northwest-university.html

 

[M-I-Coug]

Well, I have mixed feelings about this. Good for the university, or athletics, in terms of $$$.
I honestly feel the Nike swoosh is completely saturated, and has peaked. I prefer that it's not on my COUG gear and clothing, (if so that the swoosh is small and subtle), and the shirt is indeed CRIMSON in color, and not Cardinal Red, or Candy Apple Red.

 

[Coug95man2]

Well, I have mixed feelings about this. Good for the university, or athletics, in terms of $$$.
I honestly feel the Nike swoosh is completely saturated, and has peaked. I prefer that it's not on my COUG gear and clothing, (if so that the swoosh is small and subtle), and the shirt is indeed CRIMSON in color, and not Cardinal Red, or Candy Apple Red.

Agreed on the color. One thing that I love that Moos did was make our "crimson" a hard fact with Pantone. There shouldn't be any variation in crimson color (or gray, for that matter) between a shirt made last year and one made in 2020. Another little thing that gets me riled...

 

[425cougfan]

I'm just thankful that we didn't go with Adidas, although I thought we'd be able to get more money out of Nike. Adidas is absolutely horrendous with football uniforms.

 

[chipdouglas]

I'm just thankful that we didn't go with Adidas, although I thought we'd be able to get more money out of Nike. Adidas is absolutely horrendous with football uniforms.

You mean you didn't get excited about these?

 

[425cougfan]

You mean you didn't get excited about these?

What an embarrassment. Even in its own promo pictures, Adidas couldn't match the blue on the jersey with the blue on the pants (it's not even close). The font looks like it's from some kind of 90s space pajamas, that stunt of putting the shoulder numbers on the undershirt is just silly, and the helmet goes beyond any comment I could provide. Amazing.

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

Well, I have mixed feelings about this. Good for the university, or athletics, in terms of $$$.
I honestly feel the Nike swoosh is completely saturated, and has peaked. I prefer that it's not on my COUG gear and clothing, (if so that the swoosh is small and subtle), and the shirt is indeed CRIMSON in color, and not Cardinal Red, or Candy Apple Red.

Nike worked exclusively with Moos, the Ath Dept, and marketing to get our crimson right for all apparel. 69W is what it is called, and when it comes to Nike it should be consistent.

Optimistically it should be consistent across all vendors, and it has gotten a lot better, but we know how that goes.

 

[M-I-Coug]

Frankly, last Saturday at the Crimson & Grey and The Bookie, about 70% of all men's clothing was not Pantone, or Crimson. (Yes, Nike, Cutter & Buck are spot on). I just can't believe that Purchasing accept this stuff from their vendors. Literally looks like Stanford Red, or Candy Apple Red, nothing Crimson. If I we're in purchasing, I would reject it all, and send it all back. And of all places, you'd think The Bookie would get it right. This has been an issue for 30 years. It's beyond me.

 

[CougSinceBirth]

^this is what happens when you're no longer independently owned. The Bookie selling out to B&N was a huge biggest mistake.

 

[M-I-Coug]

^this is what happens when you're no longer independently owned. The Bookie selling out to B&N was a huge biggest mistake.

They're were bringing in Candy Apple Red and Cardinal Red when it was independently owned. Back then, they gave me some lame excuse. I agree though, it's not the same. But what is? Everything is always changing, right?

 

[kayak15]

Well, I just learned something. Had always assumed that the Bookie was a property of WSU. This would explain the discrepancy in coloring. Not sure what Moos can do about it if the Bookie and Crimson and Grey are not school properties.

 

[wazzucougs96]

If we are a Nike school, then why do we sell gear from UA and other suppliers?

 

[CougSinceBirth]

They're were bringing in Candy Apple Red and Cardinal Red when it was independently owned. Back then, they gave me some lame excuse. I agree though, it's not the same. But what is? Everything is always changing, right?

True; however, I think it would've been easier to push the correct colored product if they're independently owned. C&G (I believe) was started by people who ran the original Bookie - which is why they tend to have more variation in product.

When I visited friends at Oregon a few years back and went with them to their Duck Store they had such a high variation of all clothing, Nike branded, student branded, etc. and it all looked well done.

 

[425cougfan]

If we are a Nike school, then why do we sell gear from UA and other suppliers?

Nike has a contract with the school to supply its uniforms and sideline gear, along with some other rights (e.g., the right to market "official" gear exclusively, since Nike is the one supplying it). That agreement doesn't give Nike the exclusive right to produce or sell all officially licensed gear with WSU's logo or other trademarks, though. Other companies can still obtain the right to produce and sell WSU gear, and they wholesale that stuff to outlets like the Bookie (owned by Barnes & Noble) and Crimson and Gray (not owned by the university), along with various others.