Spain Kills Adidas Kit Deal

[Eco]

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Spain Kills Adidas Kit Deal

In shocking news, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) just announced that it will terminate its contract with Adidas, which usually would be valid until the 2026 World Cup. In the statement issued by the Federation, other sports brands are urged to contact the federation to find a new collaboration agreement.

Full statement:

"The contract with Adidas was valid until 2026. The conditions that were agreed upon when it was signed years ago do not conform to the criteria of legality, transparency and equity that the RFEF considers minimally acceptable.
The RFEF will continue to comply with the agreement with Adidas until the date on which the contractual resolution takes effect.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) is starting negotiations today to sign a new technical supplier of sportswear. All those brands of the sector that decide so, will have the opportunity to address the RFEF with the aim of being the next technical supplier of their selections, championships, sports equipment, etc ...

After months of unsuccessful conversations with Adidas and the impossibility of an understanding, the RFEF begins from this precise moment the proceedings for the hiring of a new technical brand. In the meantime, and until a new contract begins in an executive way, the commitments acquired with this clothing brand will be maintained from this institution."

 

[SirBalon]

All of that means nothing and sounds like a ploy from the RFEF. Unless they provide more info (which they won’t) then it sounds like “I want more money because I’ve been offered more somewhere else”

[Eco]

2 minutes ago, SirBalon said:

All of that means nothing and sounds like a ploy from the RFEF. Unless they provide more info (which they won’t) then it sounds like “I want more money because I’ve been offered more somewhere else”

We'll see. 

Adidas is in a massive shit storm here for paying college athletes, and has been in the fire here. 

Probably has zero things to do with it, but still...

[SirBalon]

15 minutes ago, Eco said:

We'll see. 

Adidas is in a massive shit storm here for paying college athletes, and has been in the fire here. 

Probably has zero things to do with it, but still...

What’s all that about?  Seems I’m not upto date on these things.

[Eco]

15 minutes ago, SirBalon said:

What’s all that about?  Seems I’m not upto date on these things.

It's illegal here to pay college athletes, and there is a massive scandal at the moment where it was reveled that Adidas agents were paying players to go to Adidas sponsored schools. 

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26141993/three-sentenced-adidas-recruiting-scandal

[Dr. Gonzo]

4 hours ago, Eco said:

It's illegal here to pay college athletes, and there is a massive scandal at the moment where it was reveled that Adidas agents were paying players to go to Adidas sponsored schools. 

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26141993/three-sentenced-adidas-recruiting-scandal

Why is it that college athletes can't get paid?

These athletes bring in so much money for their schools, it seems a bit ridiculous they don't get to profit off their own athletic achievements.

[Dr. Gonzo]

1 minute ago, José said:

Bunch of excuses but it comes down to the number of student athletes and how to fairly split the money among all of them. 

Seems like bollocks to me. If you don't want to have some students paid less than the "superstar" athletes who will actually go on to play professionally... then just pay every student equally.

I imagine the schools themselves would be the biggest impediment to this sort of change, though. "We don't want to pay the athletes, we would like to pay ourselves."

[SirBalon]

2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Seems like bollocks to me. If you don't want to have some students paid less than the "superstar" athletes who will actually go on to play professionally... then just pay every student equally.

I imagine the schools themselves would be the biggest impediment to this sort of change, though. "We don't want to pay the athletes, we would like to pay ourselves."

That's just a "socialist" view on the view on ethics in the wrong country mate.

[Dr. Gonzo]

2 minutes ago, SirBalon said:

That's just a "socialist" view on the view on ethics in the wrong country mate.

"You said the word EQUAL? BuT tHaT's SoCiAlIsM!!!!!!!"

[SirBalon]

4 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

"You said the word EQUAL? BuT tHaT's SoCiAlIsM!!!!!!!"

It's "equal" in most other places mate, but I'm not so sure it is in the US. hahaha

But I don't want to paint every American with the same brush because I know plenty that feel more equality is very much in need in the US... They used to call these peope I know Communists.  (not that they are obviously)

[SirBalon]

7 minutes ago, José said:

What about the education that the schools provide to them via scholarship and the leadership skills? Trust me, most top stars get paid under the table (a very reliable source once told me an assistant of Auburn football would put money on a tissue box and when the athlete would shut the door, he would tell him grab a tissue and look away. ) 

That actually proves how the system needs to be reformed to be honest.

[Dr. Gonzo]

10 minutes ago, José said:

What about the education that the schools provide to them via scholarship and the leadership skills? Trust me, most top stars get paid under the table (a very reliable source once told me an assistant of Auburn football would put money on a tissue box and when the athlete would shut the door, he would tell him grab a tissue and look away. ) 

What about the education the schools provide to them? I don't know about the education that the schools provide to them. My friend who went to USC said it's a crap school with a great athletics program. I'm sure there are plenty of schools in America that are athletic institutions first and foremost, and places of learning as a secondary function; there's so many universities in America, the odds are that most of them are shite schools.

Since America has been a service economy, a university degree isn't anywhere near as valuable as it once was. That's basically true of most western countries, it's certainly true of the UK and the US. So many people are now just expected to go to university and get a degree, that doesn't really distinguish these athletes from any other uni graduate tbh.

And that's after these athletes have made millions for their schools and, in many instances (especially for American football) put their bodies on the line for their schools. Given how few of these kids actually go on to become pros, it seems like the vast majority of them don't get anything very special for what they've done for their schools other than their scholarships.

And I know that American schooling is really expensive (it's artificially overpriced, imo - a giant scandal in itself) and these scholarships are saving kids from hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt. Yet when you consider how much these players bring in to their universities and the physical sacrifice these students are making... I think they deserve more than what they get from going to the schools.

And on the paying them under the table... that's fine (I suppose) but do we really want to be encouraging students and staff to be breaking rules (even if the rules are stupid) because the staff has realised the students deserve more than the rules allow?

[Dr. Gonzo]

5 minutes ago, SirBalon said:

It's "equal" in most other places mate, but I'm not so sure it is in the US. hahaha

But I don't want to paint every American with the same brush because I know plenty that feel more equality is very much in need in the US... They used to call these peope I know Communists.  (not that they are obviously)

Oh yeah, there's no way we can paint every American with that brush... obviously. I know it's a sweeping generalisation in itself to say this, and I've said it before on here and I'll say it again: sweeping generalisations are stupid. But by the same token, why not mock elements of any society that can be mocked pretty easily? Like the conservative fella I work with who told me, "We don't need state provided universal healthcare, we need to follow the Canadian model... or do what they do back in your country." I remember thinking "wait what the fuck?", rolling my eyes, telling him to Google the NHS, and then mocking him mercilessly after he'd googled it 

[SirBalon]

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Oh yeah, there's no way we can paint every American with that brush... obviously. I know it's a sweeping generalisation in itself to say this, and I've said it before on here and I'll say it again: sweeping generalisations are stupid. But by the same token, why not mock elements of any society that can be mocked pretty easily? Like the conservative fella I work with who told me, "We don't need state provided universal healthcare, we need to follow the Canadian model... or do what they do back in your country." I remember thinking "wait what the fuck?", rolling my eyes, telling him to Google the NHS, and then mocking him mercilessly after he'd googled it 

We're turning into that here but with a rhetoric saying the opposite which I know is difficult to believe mate.

[Spike]

3 hours ago, SirBalon said:

That's just a "socialist" view on the view on ethics in the wrong country mate.

That's funny because the professional sports live for parity in the USA. Oh, the ironing.

[SirBalon]

4 hours ago, Spike said:

That's funny because the professional sports live for parity in the USA. Oh, the ironing.

I know, they make us believe many things and many believe them to be true.

[Dr. Gonzo]

11 hours ago, Spike said:

That's funny because the professional sports live for parity in the USA. Oh, the ironing.

Meanwhile the Golden State Warriors have reached their 5th NBA finals in a row, the Patriots remain eternal Super Bowl favorites, and in baseball it always seems the old money teams are good