News ISC remain, (for this year at least).

[spartan-magpie]

The Audi Centre would have 4 nice rings to it.

Touché.

forgot about Audi.Don’t they sponsor Clarko?

 

[Eddie Van Halen]

Given that Liverpool are now set to sign a record breaking deal with Nike, my two clubs will both be with the same manufacturer. Vaguely interesting I guess.

That said, Nike's soccer uniforms are pretty bloody bland so I hope they lift their game.

The Nike Croatia away jersey is brilliant. Home one is great too.

 

[Cory]

Touché.

forgot about Audi.Don’t they sponsor Clarko?

Nah they don’t sponsor Hawthorn anymore. Nissan do. Talk about a step down.

 

[Rorzza]

I was told by a reliable 'sauce' two or three months ago that it had come down to two options, Puma and Nike.

 

[Scodog10]

I’d prefer Adidas or Under Armour, however I’d settle for Nike. Shifting from Adidas to Star is one of the biggest Pert ups this club has ever made...

 

[caloschwaby]

 

[caloschwaby]

I hope Nike don't stick with the same s**t quality jumpers they've done with Carlton. Their logos are stickers heat-pressed on to the jumper rather than sublimated like every other team and their range of colours are apparently bad (Guess this wouldn't matter with Collingwood though).

 

[caloschwaby]

The Audi Centre would have 4 nice rings to it.

No good enough. Olympic Park has 5 nice rings to it.

 

[magpienato]

The biggest sporting team in the country and still go with crap merchandise providers.

Nike is where it's at.

Would also be open to Adidas or Under Armour.

ISC are at least competent, Nike are far from that. Just look at what they've done to Carlton's kit; huge quality issues, ironed on logos, ugly grey clash. If they pull the same s**t on us I will never buy a guernsey from them, which is huge coming from a guy who is a footy guernsey fanatic.

I am willing to give them a shot but if they don't treat the jumper with respect I have no need to give them my money. ISC have been good, the material is comfortable and they've put out some good gear over the years, far better than Star Athletic.

 

[Go Woods]

Why the change? We’ve only been with ISC for a short period.

 

[Eddie Van Halen]

As much as I would love to go back to Adidas, I'd be OK with Nike.
I actually don't mind the ISC stuff, some of it looks really good. Anything is better than the garbage Star Athletic was dishing up.

 

[unplugged]

I was told by a reliable 'sauce' two or three months ago that it had come down to two options, Puma and Nike.

I could handle Puma but with Carlton dropping or being dropped by Nike, it'd be cool to be the only team sponsored by them.

 

[golazo]

Good. Our kits have been shitful since we stopped using Adidas

 

[HFF]

The merch provided by adidas was top shelf.
I’d much prefer if we went back with them but I’d settle for Nike.

Club has gone backwards with our kit and merch sponsors since we departed adidas.

 

[PREETY_FLY]

Nah they don’t sponsor Hawthorn anymore. Nissan do. Talk about a step down.

big step. Clarko needs to start winning premierships again

 

[TKiL]

Please fix spelling in thread title - cheers

 

[Optimax]

I didn't mind the ISC gear, lasted with regular wear and looked alright.
The only issue I had with them is that it seemed like half the league had ISC gear

 

[magpienato]

If we do go with Nike, I hope they base it off what they've done for Eintracht FC in the Bundesliga. Visually similar to the Pies design and the one on the left would make an awesome training jumper.

 

[magpienato]

Why do we need a name brand that you all talk about?

Maybe we should back an Oz company for quality over paying high prices because of brand.

Shouldn't quality be the difference over "three stripes or just do it?"

ISC are Australia-based but the way manufacturing deals work means it's very hard for them to make money off it. That's why we saw BLK (formerly Kooga) go into receivership despite having a handful of deals with AFL clubs. As a result of the tough profit margin there isn't really a way for them to charge any less than the market price for apparel. The price of jumpers has gone up steadily over the decades and having Australian brands hasn't decreased it for the reasons given before. Essentially, the AFL just make it hard for teams and suppliers to make money off apparel sales.

One thing the Australian brands do have is the care for jumpers. ISC were brilliant in terms of quality, and looking at how Nike handled Carlton, I think it can only go down.

 

[partypie]

The biggest sporting team in the country and still go with crap merchandise providers.

Nike is where it's at.

Would also be open to Adidas or Under Armour.

Is Under Armour still a little bit edgier like they were when they first came on the scene, or are they just vanilla mainstream same same like your Adidas, Nike, Puma etc types now?

 

[dook]

I’d prefer Adidas or Under Armour, however I’d settle for Nike. Shifting from Adidas to Star is one of the biggest Pert ups this club has ever made...

Under armour signed with Essendon.

 

[ZEV]

Someone call Adidas. Tell them we need sponsors/uniforms. Ask them to send Reebok stuff, at least it will be fresher than all the other gear.

Imagine Degoey pumping his boots up before kicking a set shot ala Dee Brown...

 

[Quicky]

Nike did my favourite Socceroos kit. I don't think you can mess up a Collingwood kit. Reckon they'd be good.

 

[Nuwanda]

If we do go with Nike, I hope they base it off what they've done for Eintracht FC in the Bundesliga. Visually similar to the Pies design and the one on the left would make an awesome training jumper.

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That bottom kit would make for an interesting clash kit. Can just imagine the ‘darkness’ coming into the ground.

 

[Scodog10]

Under armour signed with Essendon.

Of course they did..

Are ISC downgrading their investment in AFL? Given the markup on merch I’d have thought it would be a very positive revenue stream.