Vitello explains why Adidas is better for recruiting

[TopDog4TN]

I know this is the football forum but this surely happens in all of the sports. So since the apparel deal has been discussed here I decided to post it here.

Vitello interview with Swain

 

[Voltopia]

This is interesting, if only because I have seen multiple people on VolNation assert that Nike does not give Oregon any special treatment, and does not represent or create an advantage for Oregon in recruiting. For Vitello to openly state that Nike attempted to steer someone from Tennessee to Oregon would seem to contradict that claim.

That said, as I understand it, all the different external entities steer these players to varying degrees, and there can be a "pecking order" where they reward certain schools or relationships before others. The ability to steer players is paramount to their ability to negotiate and earn money - you work with me, I push this player to consider or visit you, etc. It's just that Nike, being the apparel and sports marketing juggernaut they are, has an incredibly long and powerful reach.

 

[TopDog4TN]

This is interesting, if only because I have seen multiple people on VolNation assert that Nike does not give Oregon any special treatment, and does not represent or create an advantage for Oregon in recruiting. For Vitello to openly state that Nike attempted to steer someone from Tennessee to Oregon would seem to contradict that claim.

Indeed, very interesting, and not something I would see Vitello as just saying to say it without there being actual validity to it.

 

[PACKERVOL]

I know this is the football forum but this surely happens in all of the sports. So since the apparel deal has been discussed here I decided to post it here.

Vitello interview with Swain

This is actually a forum for all UT sports.

 

[Volfan76]

This is interesting, if only because I have seen multiple people on VolNation assert that Nike does not give Oregon any special treatment, and does not represent or create an advantage for Oregon in recruiting. For Vitello to openly state that Nike attempted to steer someone from Tennessee to Oregon would seem to contradict that claim.

That said, as I understand it, all the different external entities steer these players to varying degrees, and there can be a "pecking order" where they reward certain schools or relationships before others. The ability to steer players is paramount to their ability to negotiate and earn money - you work with me, I push this player to consider or visit you, etc. It's just that Nike, being the apparel and sports marketing juggernaut they are, has an incredibly long and powerful reach.

Interesting. We have lost a few head scratching recruiting battles to Oregon in the last few years.

 

[TopDog4TN]

i was thinking the same thing when listening this. Makes you say "hmmmm".

 

[ACvol3]

So it came down to being a second class citizen to Nike, with them having all control vs more money and being the adidas flagship school with us having control of customization. Nobody with Nike will ever have the control that Oregon does. Adidas was wide open. Now we are the Oregon for adidas

 

[obxvol]

Nike is a nasty company. I’m not a fan. Glad we left them.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

Believe Nike HQ's in Portland so makes sense Oregon Ducks get special treatment. Never thought there was any question about it.

 

[Hacksaw]

Now we are the Oregon for adidas

Uh, no...

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Interesting. We have lost a few head scratching recruiting battles to Oregon in the last few years.

Well they are a good team in a **** conference, so I guess the big fish small pond theorem applies.

 

[Volfan76]

Well they are a good team in a **** conference, so I guess the big fish small pond theorem applies.

Meh, you can go to acc or whatever big 12 is now and get that. Eugene is cold, dirty drug infested rat hole. Not Portland bad ,but it's not somewhere to vacation. There has to be some heavy monetary incentives to get kids from the south there.