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Louisville has signed a five-year, $40 million shoe and apparel deal to remain with adidas, sources told ESPN.com on Thursday.

The deal, through the 2018-19 school year, ranks among the nation's top five shoe and apparel deals for all college programs. Louisville has been affiliated with adidas for the past 16 years.

Louisville, which has been with adidas for 16 years, has signed the shoe and apparel company to a new five-year deal worth $40 million.
In January, Notre Dame and Under Armour announced a 10-year deal worth $90 million, the nation's most valuable, sources told ESPN.com.

Louisville's $8 million per year deal is slightly below Notre Dame's, but similar to that which adidas signed with Michigan (10 years, $82 million).

Louisville's brand has increased dramatically with the Cardinals' recent on-field success. In the 2012-13 school year, Louisville became the first school to win a BCS bowl game (Sugar), have both its men's and women's basketball teams in the Final Four (the men were NCAA champions) and have its baseball team reach the College World Series in the same season.

On July 1, Louisville will move to the Atlantic Coast Conference.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...eal-adidas

An amazing contract ... what was the Big East's annual payouts to football playing members? I think that this adidas deal is bigger than those were, but I could be mistaken.

(04-17-2014 05:17 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  An amazing contract ... what was the Big East's annual payouts to football playing members? I think that this adidas deal is bigger than those were, but I could be mistaken.

I think including Media Rights/Bowl $$$$ it was roughly $5 Million....the worth of this is $8 Million a year....

And good for Louisville. Take it while you can get it...

What does this have to do with realignment?

(04-20-2014 02:52 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  What does this have to do with realignment?

Enjoy your pennies from Nike!

(04-20-2014 03:40 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(04-20-2014 02:52 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  What does this have to do with realignment?

Enjoy your pennies from Nike!

In case he didn't realize the name of the board is "College Sports and Realignment"...

(04-20-2014 03:40 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(04-20-2014 02:52 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  What does this have to do with realignment?

Enjoy your pennies from Nike!

And what does that have to do with realignment?

(04-20-2014 05:32 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(04-20-2014 03:40 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(04-20-2014 02:52 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  What does this have to do with realignment?

Enjoy your pennies from Nike!

And what does that have to do with realignment?

Look at the Title of the Board...it changed from just being a "Realignment" Board about a year ago....enjoy the pennies from. Nike....

(04-20-2014 05:34 AM)Maize Wrote:  

(04-20-2014 05:32 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(04-20-2014 03:40 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(04-20-2014 02:52 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  What does this have to do with realignment?

Enjoy your pennies from Nike!

And what does that have to do with realignment?

Look at the Title of the Board...it changed from just being a "Realignment" Board about a year ago....enjoy the pennies from. Nike....

Oh so you were just bragging as usual. Gotcha!!!

No, we were answering a stupid question.

(04-20-2014 07:28 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:   No, we were answering a stupid question.

I doubt he did the same when Terry D posted about the Notre Dame Under Armour Deal worth $9 Million a year...this new deal/agreement with Adidas will put Louisville in the Top 5 as far as Apparel Deals in the Nation with Notre Dame & Michigan....not bragging but it is/was College Sports News which is in the Title of this board along with Realignment...