adidas is buying reebok. that's crazy shizit

[Devastation]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050803/germany_adidas_reebok.html?.v=8

 

[pintoca]

Adidas sucks nowadays... it is more a fashion line than an sporting line... what with all the retro stuff...

Reebok is decent though.

 

[KillahBee]

You know that Adidas has been in a pretty major battle with some of the larger sports properties (Olympics, USTA) because of their stripes? Most of these leagues have pretty tight restrictions on logos and logo sizes and colors, etc. Anyway, for years now the famous adidas 3-stripe has been considered a design, not a logo. Nike and a few other companies began arguing that the stripes are in fact a logo and these properties are beginning to force adidas to get rid of the stripes during some major events. that's pretty big for their branding

 

[fistfullofsteel]

wow

 

[pintoca]

You know that Adidas has been in a pretty major battle with some of the larger sports properties (Olympics, USTA) because of their stripes? Most of these leagues have pretty tight restrictions on logos and logo sizes and colors, etc. Anyway, for years now the famous adidas 3-stripe has been considered a design, not a logo. Nike and a few other companies began arguing that the stripes are in fact a logo and these properties are beginning to force adidas to get rid of the stripes during some major events. that's pretty big for their branding

they actually use 2 logos, right??? the old-school one (which was gone and came back with all the retro-styled stuff) and the triangle one with the 3 stripes... which tried to look more stylized and modern.

 

[KillahBee]

they actually use 2 logos, right??? the old-school one (which was gone and came back with all the retro-styled stuff) and the triangle one with the 3 stripes... which tried to look more stylized and modern.

yeah, which is what I figured they would have to go to (the triangle) cause that is more along the lines of the size requirements. I am kind of amazed they got along with it this long. All these other sponsors have 2-inch logos while friggin adidas has stripes going from the neck to the elbow of their players!

 

[Whiskey]

All
Day
I
Dream
About
Sex

WooHoo, ain't i special

Whiskey

 

[KillahBee]

All
Day
I
Dream
About
Soccer

 

[split endz]

Adidas sucks nowadays... it is more a fashion line than an sporting line... what with all the retro stuff...

Reebok is decent though.

I disagree. Having played competitive tennis for 20+ years, and having tried every single tennis shoe out there, & even done independent testing for one major company (not Adidas); I think Adidas makes overall the best tennis shoes available. Hell, everyone is on the retro bandwagon right now, Nike, Puma, Reebok, etc. Talk about a fashion line, look at Puma... that is now their largest market, especially w/ hip-hop crowd.

 

[slat1]

I could care less about any of those companies...