At last we will see the back of the hideous British uniforms of the last few years.
When the original Adidas uniform was appeared I thought it was just something produced at very short notice following the announcement of the contract. A later update included a fading of the colours from top to bottom, which made it look the vest had been put in with the whites and some bleach by mistake!
I certainly don't have a "dog in the show", but I always thought that the 3 stripes looked very classy, and no one since has come up with anything that's close to matching it. I also have a hankering for the old 3 hoops (red, white and blue) that went around the vest - there's no doubt that would be distinctive now.
Adidas must be hurting now - I can't think of a major athletics nation now sponsored by them; Germany has been with Nike for a couple of years (that must really sting!), and this year has seen France switch to Asics. Adidas went to court to claiming a clause in their contract with UK:a allowed them the right to match any other bid prior to renewal - as the figures quoted are 7m.GBP for the old contract, and 14m.GBP paid by Nike - it seems a stretch to believe Adidas would have come up with the goods.
My fear with Nike is we end up with a vest that is one colour on the front and another on the back (see US and Kenyan kit as examples).
When the original Adidas uniform was appeared I thought it was just something produced at very short notice following the announcement of the contract. A later update included a fading of the colours from top to bottom, which made it look the vest had been put in with the whites and some bleach by mistake!
I certainly don't have a "dog in the show", but I always thought that the 3 stripes looked very classy, and no one since has come up with anything that's close to matching it. I also have a hankering for the old 3 hoops (red, white and blue) that went around the vest - there's no doubt that would be distinctive now.
Adidas must be hurting now - I can't think of a major athletics nation now sponsored by them; Germany has been with Nike for a couple of years (that must really sting!), and this year has seen France switch to Asics. Adidas went to court to claiming a clause in their contract with UK:a allowed them the right to match any other bid prior to renewal - as the figures quoted are 7m.GBP for the old contract, and 14m.GBP paid by Nike - it seems a stretch to believe Adidas would have come up with the goods.
My fear with Nike is we end up with a vest that is one colour on the front and another on the back (see US and Kenyan kit as examples).
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