Comments on: Nike Releases Schools From Bat Obligations

By: MJ

MJ — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:01:55 +0000

How about Uconn? Another northern school that uses them. Have to factor in the ball park too, for instance Duke uses Nike and plays at the Durham Bulls complex for many of their games. I believe Minnesota plays at Target Field quite a bit too. Have to think those parks are a bit larger than normal college parks, even if it's just power alleys.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:51:53 +0000

Heard for a few years from a reliable source that the MN Gopher players can't stand the nike bats. Hopefully this green lights them to change. Personally feel the bats, above and beyond the weather, have significantly hurt their power numbers.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:25:28 +0000

I would disagree and argue that the sample size is actually quite large, if you consider that each team averages 30+ at-bats per game, plays 40+ games, we are talking about a lot of total at-bats. This is pretty strong evidence that the Nike bats are inferior.

By: ScottAZ

ScottAZ — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:48:47 +0000

Doesn't surprise me. Baseball has long been an after thought with Nike. Basketball, Football, track and sometimes even golf seem to get a bigger Nike push

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:38:08 +0000

The article begs the question, which are the preferred bats! I'd like to hear Aaron's report on that subject and/or see some power stats from college programs supporting what manufacturer has the hot BBCOR bats.

By: dt

dt — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:37:05 +0000

Is Oregon also a Nike school? They certainly underperformed. I don't think the same was true for USC.
One thing I found interesting was that the Nike bats still had that loud ping.

By: College_bb_fan

College_bb_fan — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:01:49 +0000

For the last 5 years you could ask a college player about Nike Bats and the issues with performance. Prior to the new bats this past season, Nike bats were prone to split, caps fall off and even have the nob come off. Bats were definitely inferior. In 2011 the bats were perceived to preform worse as well. With Nike holding so much power it taking this long for them to concede is no surprise