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...now you say...Originally Posted by AKA LONGSTROKE
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...then you said...Originally Posted by DNeou20
jordan schools get those team jordans free along with like running shoes or whatnot, but retros and other shoes are from their own pocket/collection
DNeou20 wrote:
DNeou20 wrote:
what i meant is like sporatic retros. of course they'll get PEs of that year's model, and on occasion that year's retros...
MJ/Nike/JB also know which teams have potential to be championship caliber teams so they also hook em up with that year's retros in a PE colorway...
as for the oregon 3s, have u not heard of the football team for the past few years? phil knight has the hookups and is treating hte players.
There is a tier system in regard to who gets what. Depending on the profile of the school, that is who'll get the majority of product from sneaker companies. High profile Nike endorsed schools like UNC and Duke will have more product thrown at them due to television exposure, then appearances in tournaments. Looking at preseason tournaments and games such as the Maui Classic, Nike prepares for those tourneys by having a special makeup of their platform shoe to drum up interest,Originally Posted by hoops4hire
Ok, so here is the deal with kicks the players get throughout the season. Generally speaking, the team will get the Nike specific team shoes (hyperdunk, kobe's, hyperfuse) as team issued gear. Of course, the equipment room will have some leftovers from the year which can also go to the players. As the season progresses Nike will send out some of the newer styles to some of the teams. Then, when the conference tourneys start they might send out another shipment (a la what Nike did during the Big East tourney when the Air Force 1 turned 25). Once, the NCAA tournament starts each team will get a "special" colorway from Nike basically as a gift for making the tourney. I also know a few years ago when Duke, Butler, WVU, and Michigan State made the Final Four, each player got a pair of Kobe's that I believe are black and grey with a white sole that you couldn't get anywhere. I believe Devin Ebanks wore them for the Duke game.
There are also places like Oregon that will get certain shoes and gear with their logo on it. The same goes for their non-revenue sports as well. They are essentially Nike's test dummy for a lot of their products. Now, Kentucky got LBJ's last year that you couldn't find. That is just a special makeup for that make specifically for the players of that school. You'll rarely see a team like Rutgers or Iowa with a special colorway unless they are ID's. I'm not exactly sure how the whole ID's work for each school.
Now, as far as the Jordan Brand schools go, a lot of retros that the guys wear will be out of their own collection. I highly doubt Tony Wroten (and many others) is paying for his Jordan's but they aren't team issued (let's just leave it at that). The JB schools will get a special pair based on them making the NCAA tourney like you saw with the Cal and UNC 2011's you saw on the previous page. I believe Georgetown and Marquette got similar ones as well.
I hope this clears up the confusion.
Melo got the 9's at Oak Hill. He wore them there before SyracuseOriginally Posted by hoops4hire
If shoes are special makeup - like all the JB schools get then obviously the kids don't have to pay for them but the Concords or the True Blue 3's aren't those type of shoes. UNC wore the Concords back when Julius Peppers played for them but that was a super rare occasion where a team all got a pair. And yes, it is great advertising.
Does anyone remember when Melo wore the Retro 9's in the first couple of games playing for 'Cuse? I believe they were the same ones that came out within the past year. JB definitely sent those to him, no one else on the team had those. Same type of things for LBJ when he was in high school.
Originally Posted by jeffgdula
Entire Texas basketball team minus 2 players wearing Texas CW KD4s