College player forced to sit out due to shoes

[Voltron87]

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im definitely with the kid. if its one kid with a legitimate knee problem, let him switch. adidas looks really bad here.

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Here's the problem with that. If I'm Adidas or Nike or any company negotiating contracts with universities that haven't honored previous contracts, I'm either not going to deal with them or lowball them. Either way, this really hurts the university.

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you are totally overreacting to this

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Not true. It's important for universities to maintain good standing business relations otherwise they won't have that funding and will have to get it elsewhere.

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fine, adidas is overreacting to this

[kschellenger]

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im definitely with the kid. if its one kid with a legitimate knee problem, let him switch. adidas looks really bad here.

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Here's the problem with that. If I'm Adidas or Nike or any company negotiating contracts with universities that haven't honored previous contracts, I'm either not going to deal with them or lowball them. Either way, this really hurts the university.

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you are totally overreacting to this

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Not true. It's important for universities to maintain good standing business relations otherwise they won't have that funding and will have to get it elsewhere.

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fine, adidas is overreacting to this

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Again, I have to disagree. Adidas paid the university so the players would wear their gear and the university would be in violation of their contract if the kid didn't wear the gear. Adidas can't be out of line. They have a contract.

[PhatTBoll]

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College athletics needs to decide if it's an educational event or a business event.

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College athletics made this decision about 50 years ago. Either accept it and learn to enjoy it or start rooting for Dartmouth.