Under Armour has completed with other leading garments makers for arrangements with significant intercollegiate sports programs.
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In May 2016 the business had actually hailed the arrangement, which took result in 2017, as “the biggest apparel offer in the history of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), declaring UCLAs status as a world-class institution and Under Armours position as a global leader devoted to collegiate sports.”
Under Armour also has garments offers with schools including Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Auburn, Texas Tech and Utah, according to its website.
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Business officials could not right away be reached to discuss whether it would seek to end comparable handle other universities.
Major peers that likewise have clothing deals with schools consist of Nike and Adidas. Representatives of those 2 business were not instantly available for comment outside normal company hours.
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As part of the partnership, Under Armour was to have actually exclusively created and provided the footwear, clothing and equipment for training and game-day uniforms for all UCLAs maless and ladiess varsity athletic teams, the business had said.
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( Reporting by Juby Babu and Ann Maria Shibu in Bengaluru; Editing by Diane Craft, Will Dunham and Daniel Wallis).
( Reuters) – Athletic clothing maker Under Armour said on Saturday it will stop its partnership with UCLA– a 15-year, $280 million accord revealed in 2016 that was billed as the biggest clothing offer in the history of American collegiate sports.
SUBMIT PHOTO: An Under Armour sign is seen outside a shop in Chicago, October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
The University of California, Los Angeles promised to fight the move.
The Baltimore-based business stated in an emailed statement that it decided to terminate the contract with UCLA – a member of the Pac-12 athletics conference– due to the fact that “we have actually been paying for marketing advantages that we have actually not received for an extended period.”
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The arrangement with UCLA allowed the company to terminate the handle such an occasion and it is exercising its right, Under Armour added.
” We are checking out all our alternatives to withstand Under Armours actions,” UCLA stated in a statement. “We stay dedicated to providing our hard-working personnel and student-athletes with the devices, apparel and shoes needed to contend and train at the highest level.”
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