CupidStunt
Well-Known Member
Had actually forgotten all about this - posted in the Megastore thread and thought getting wider opinions would be good.
We actually did this before.
We bought ourselves out of the Nike contract to bring it all in house.
Diadora were a second sponsor that paid to have their Logo on those strips, they didn't make them.
Same with the first Umbro strips (that had the word umbro instead of the Umbro logo)
We outsourced the player kits to Mitre and the replica manufacturing to China and the distribution to JJB iirc.
The figures were them used to sell JJB the 48m 10 year contract on that model.
It was JJB that brought Umbro back on board as manufacturer.
It can be done. The quality suffers though.
I'd definitely take the lower quality if it meant higher profits going to the club to bridge the gap - as long as the designs were good.
What thinks FF?
We actually did this before.
We bought ourselves out of the Nike contract to bring it all in house.
Diadora were a second sponsor that paid to have their Logo on those strips, they didn't make them.
Same with the first Umbro strips (that had the word umbro instead of the Umbro logo)
We outsourced the player kits to Mitre and the replica manufacturing to China and the distribution to JJB iirc.
The figures were them used to sell JJB the 48m 10 year contract on that model.
It was JJB that brought Umbro back on board as manufacturer.
It can be done. The quality suffers though.
I'd definitely take the lower quality if it meant higher profits going to the club to bridge the gap - as long as the designs were good.
What thinks FF?