Didn't UL just sign a HUGE
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Yes they did and you should read the yahoo finance article. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ncaa-bribery-scandal-not-come-worse-time-adidas-221429860.html
By connecting the dots there is a lot of telling assumptions in the article.
I found this statement very interesting:
While Nike has an obvious “flagship program” in the University of Oregon and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank started his company at the University of Maryland, Adidas has no clear flagship school. Some argued the Louisville deal effectively made the school the Germany-based company’s flagship.
By connecting the dots there is a lot of telling assumptions in the article.
I found this statement very interesting:
While Nike has an obvious “flagship program” in the University of Oregon and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank started his company at the University of Maryland, Adidas has no clear flagship school. Some argued the Louisville deal effectively made the school the Germany-based company’s flagship.
Interesting. looks like they might need a new flagship....
There's no "Land Hoe" On that horizon.
Adidas hired Tom Jurich's daughter months before $160 million deal with University of Louisville
Posted: Sep 27, 2017 8:13 AM <em class="wnDate">Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:13 AM EDT</em>Updated: Sep 27, 2017 10:24 AM <em class="wnDate">Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:24 PM EDT</em> time.prefixdate:before{content:'Posted: ';}time.prefixdate:before{content:'Updated: ';}
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Tom Jurich, left, announced the Adidas extension in August.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Just months before the U of L Athletics Association signed a 10-year, $160 million extension of its lucrative apparel deal with Adidas, the company hired athletics director Tom Jurich's daughter Haley as an "NCAA brand communications manager," according to her LinkedIn profile.
Jurich's future at U of L may be imperiled after federal authorities alleged in a sweeping indictment Tuesday that two assistant basketball coaches at U of L were involved in steering thousands of dollars in payments from Adidas, the school’s apparel provider, to the families of recruits.
Kenny Klein, a spokesman for U of L athletics, said Haley Jurich obtained the position on her own accord and that her hiring was unrelated to U of L's business with adidas.
"She was in a good position at the Air Force Academy athletics department prior, applied for and earned the position on her own merits," Klein said in an email. "The contract discussions with adidas were over a long period and unrelated to her position."
The university also did not immediately respond to a request seeking copies of conflict of interest forms that Jurich may have had to file disclosing the relationship.
Jurich executed the long-term extension with Adidas in August without approval of the university’s athletics board or board of trustees.
U of L interim President Greg Postel, who chairs the athletics board, said in a statement that Jurich had the authority to execute the deal without board approval.
This story will be updated.
Copyright 2017 WDRB News. All rights reserved.
Posted: Sep 27, 2017 8:13 AM <em class="wnDate">Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:13 AM EDT</em>Updated: Sep 27, 2017 10:24 AM <em class="wnDate">Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:24 PM EDT</em> time.prefixdate:before{content:'Posted: ';}time.prefixdate:before{content:'Updated: ';}
By Chris Otts
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Tom Jurich, left, announced the Adidas extension in August.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Just months before the U of L Athletics Association signed a 10-year, $160 million extension of its lucrative apparel deal with Adidas, the company hired athletics director Tom Jurich's daughter Haley as an "NCAA brand communications manager," according to her LinkedIn profile.
Jurich's future at U of L may be imperiled after federal authorities alleged in a sweeping indictment Tuesday that two assistant basketball coaches at U of L were involved in steering thousands of dollars in payments from Adidas, the school’s apparel provider, to the families of recruits.
Kenny Klein, a spokesman for U of L athletics, said Haley Jurich obtained the position on her own accord and that her hiring was unrelated to U of L's business with adidas.
"She was in a good position at the Air Force Academy athletics department prior, applied for and earned the position on her own merits," Klein said in an email. "The contract discussions with adidas were over a long period and unrelated to her position."
The university also did not immediately respond to a request seeking copies of conflict of interest forms that Jurich may have had to file disclosing the relationship.
Jurich executed the long-term extension with Adidas in August without approval of the university’s athletics board or board of trustees.
U of L interim President Greg Postel, who chairs the athletics board, said in a statement that Jurich had the authority to execute the deal without board approval.
This story will be updated.
Copyright 2017 WDRB News. All rights reserved.
