AT A GLANCE
Where Utahs deal ranks
Utah gets $2.4M from Under Armour per year $1.8M in product allowance and $600K in cash. Heres where the Utes rank among other Pac-12 schools for which the information is public record:
1. UCLA, $7.5M ($4M allowance, $3.5M cash), Adidas; 2. Washington, $3.5M ($2.7M/$700K), Nike; 3. Oregon, $3M ($2.2M/$600K), Nike; 4. Arizona St., $4.2M (breakdown unknown), Adidas; 5. Utah; 6. Washington St., $2.2M ($2M/$200K), Nike; 7. Oregon St., $2.2M (all allowance), Nike; 8. Arizona, $2.2M (all allowance), Nike; 9. Cal, $2.2M ($2M/$150K), Nike; 10. Colorado, $2.1M ($1.6M, $400K, Nike.
Under Armour schools ahead of Utah 1. Cincinnati, $4.9M total, $1M cash; 2. Maryland, $4.4M total, $1.6M cash; 3. Auburn, $4.4M total, $1.9M cash; 4. South Carolina, $3.4M total, $1.2M cash; 5. Texas Tech, $2.4M, $750,000 cash.
Source: The Portland Business Journal
What does Under Armour have in store for the Utes?
Next years Utah football and mens basketball uniforms have already been designed.
But thats about all Under Armour creative director Adam Clement is allowed to say about them.
We have a few tricks up our sleeve, Clement said. Asked to elaborate, he said after a thoughtful pause: Were always looking for opportunities to tell stories about Utah.
In the past, thats meant mountain basketball shorts and football sleeves a polarizing design among Utah fans but one that came at the request of the school. His creative team wanted to know what set Utah apart from other schools, he said, and the U. chose to highlight the mountains.
Clement said it was a particular treat to design the throwback jersey that Utah will wear for its homecoming game against Cal on Oct. 10.
Utah football has a tradition that dates back, but throughout the course of time, theyre one of the teams that really have changed uniforms a lot, he said.
The interlocking U.s on the sleeve are from the 60s, the number styling is from the 70s, the black outline on the numbers is from the 80s and the stripe on the sleeves and pants is the Utah stripe, a popular industry term along with the Northwestern stripe and UCLA stripe.
Clement enjoys working with Utah, he said. Red, white and black is a popular, well-balanced color palette red a color of power, black a color of intimidation that make a bold, aggressive statement.
And Utah empowers his creative team, he said.
We have some partners that just want to be the same. They dont want to change, thats their tradition. Then, we have other schools that really want to have the ability to be different, like Utah.
Source: http://www.sltrib.com/home/2986896-155/utah-football-in-nike-territory-the
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