vman Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Can anyone explain how Nike got exclusive rights for all the Olympic hockey sweaters? Is it because they are an official Olympic sponsor, or did they negotiate separately with each country taking part? A little variation in manufacturer would be nice.It has nothing to do with the Olympics. Nike has the exclusive contract with the IIHF, which gives them the right to produce all of the jerseys for every top level IIHF sanctioned tournament, which the Olympics is one of. The national teams don't get a choice in who produces their jerseys for these events, although they obviously are consulted in the design and development process. The only time the teams can wear jerseys made by other manufacturers is during exhibition games and tournaments not affiliated with the IIHF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Can anyone explain how Nike got exclusive rights for all the Olympic hockey sweaters? Is it because they are an official Olympic sponsor, or did they negotiate separately with each country taking part? A little variation in manufacturer would be nice.It has nothing to do with the Olympics. Nike has the exclusive contract with the IIHF, which gives them the right to produce all of the jerseys for every top level IIHF sanctioned tournament, which the Olympics is one of. The national teams don't get a choice in who produces their jerseys for these events, although they obviously are consulted in the design and development process. The only time the teams can wear jerseys made by other manufacturers is during exhibition games and tournaments not affiliated with the IIHF. Interesting, thanks. When does this contract expire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I think history has shown us pretty clearly that Sweden wants to look basically like this:I would love to know the give-and-take between Sweden and Nike about all of Nike's latest "innovations". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I think history has shown us pretty clearly that Sweden wants to look basically like this:I would love to know the give-and-take between Sweden and Nike about all of Nike's latest "innovations".I've always imagined that for European team certainly, the manufacturer would ask what the team wants, and then fit around that. The only things that are missing from the Swedish jerseys are relatively minor striping and trim. 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 The sublimated ship is dumb. I get putting sublimated maple leafs or stars - simple, iconic symbols - but a detailed ship? So stupid.Anyways, no arm stripes sucks, but considering that Nike probably wanted crown-shaped striping with some sublimated viking on the front, they look great. Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vman Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 The sublimated ship is dumb. I get putting sublimated maple leafs or stars - simple, iconic symbols - but a detailed ship? So stupid.Anyways, no arm stripes sucks, but considering that Nike probably wanted crown-shaped striping with some sublimated viking on the front, they look great.It's simply a nod to the Swedish Hockey Federation's logo, which contains a ship and traditionally appears on that shoulder. Since the logo is not allowed in the Olympics, this was a way of fitting it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi_canadian Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Can anyone explain how Nike got exclusive rights for all the Olympic hockey sweaters? Is it because they are an official Olympic sponsor, or did they negotiate separately with each country taking part? A little variation in manufacturer would be nice.It has nothing to do with the Olympics. Nike has the exclusive contract with the IIHF, which gives them the right to produce all of the jerseys for every top level IIHF sanctioned tournament, which the Olympics is one of. The national teams don't get a choice in who produces their jerseys for these events, although they obviously are consulted in the design and development process. The only time the teams can wear jerseys made by other manufacturers is during exhibition games and tournaments not affiliated with the IIHF. Interesting, thanks. When does this contract expire?I don't know when it expires but I do know that Tackla produces all other jerseys in the lower level tournaments and those jerseys (especially teams in Div 1A and are just the Nike Swift template without the Nike fabric and swoosh. I know that Reebok does do the Sweden jersey outside of non IIHF games (as seen on the exhibition games for the world juniors). I mean we aren't really left with any choice of who we want to produce our nations jerseys. Everyone has had numerous issues with Reebok's designs and now Nike's latest, we aren't left with much choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 They're SO CLOSE to perfect. All they need is sleeve stripes. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi_canadian Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Slovakia's are out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayP Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 The white one is a little too similar to the U.S. ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockey week Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 They look like some kind of sweater...not a hockey one, but one by izod or polo or something like that I'll respect any opinion that you can defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Slovakia's are out:That design is so top-heavy. Blue shoulders/red stripe balancing on top of the crest..... and then nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Slovakia's are out:That design is so top-heavy. Blue shoulders/red stripe balancing on top of the crest..... and then nothing.That's the biggest problem with 90% of these jerseys. THEY HAVE NO HEM STRIPES!!!!!! It's ridiculous. Some hockey jerseys look great without hem stripes, but the lack of the hem stripes on all of these jerseys is keeping them from looking great. Some one needs to slap some sense into Nike, and they need to learn from the mistake the Sharks made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 But think about it this way, the Olympics are going to be SO FAST! | ANAÂ | LAA | LARÂ | LAL | ASU | CSULB |Â USMNTÂ | USWNT |Â LAFCÂ | OCSC |Â MAN UTDÂ | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsim1 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 But think about it this way, the Olympics are going to be SO FAST!Exactly. I hear that in 2016, they're just going to ditch the jerseys all together, to improve the performance of their players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 The white one looks like a hockey jersey drawn onto a mummy Halloween costume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I can't believe they moved Slovakia over to navy blue from royal. Makes them look even more like USA knockoffs.And of course, you can have any custom font you want on your Nike hockey jersey, as long as it's Agency.Nike's got this contract on lockdown and they'll put in the minimum amount of effort required to keep it. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I love the creativity. To those complaining about the unorthadox approaches of certain teams, it's just the olympics. After 2 weeks, we won't see them anymore.Nothing wrong with thinking outside the box, sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vman Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 After 2 weeks, we won't see them anymore.Yes we will. They'll be around until the next Olympics during the Worlds and World Juniors (and possibly the World Cup, if it actually makes a comeback, although I can see them making special jerseys for that, at least for the bigger teams). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodsep Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I think history has shown us pretty clearly that Sweden wants to look basically like this:I would love to know the give-and-take between Sweden and Nike about all of Nike's latest "innovations".Would love to see Buffalo to copy that look. Love those two colors together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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