What it really comes down to for me is Nike clothes are just 50 times better. Better material and design templates, clothes fit bitter and more true to size. Just go look at some of the Tech Adidas shirts, ignore colors and just look at the designs. Nike shirts are clean, team logo, teams saying or hashtag and a Nike logo. I don’t need a small GT logo with a weird football helmet that looks like an alien would wear it. The. NFL, NBA, and now even MLB are Nike for a reason.
I honestly don’t really see a huge difference in the actual designs provided by Nike or adidas. I’m basing that based on the gear that appears on the bookstore’s website compared to Nike school’s bookstores. There’s basically 4 general designs both companies use, and they’re very similar to each other
- Small logo - small team logo on the left chest of the shirt
- Large logo - large team logo on the center of the shirt
- Team name - ie: (Georgia Tech, Georgia, Alabama, Clemson, Yellow Jackets, Bulldogs, etc.) generally on the center of the shirt, and may be accompanied by a logo as well
- Slogan - ie: “Together We Swarm, Go Dawgs, Roll Tide, etc.” Also may be accompanied by a logo
Essentially every shirt design from both companies fits into one those categories, and they all look very similar in overall design. If you took the brands off the front of the shirt I highly doubt anybody would actually know the difference in a Nike or adidas shirt based on design alone.
Where I do think Nike has a pretty obvious edge over adidas is wit’s sizing. Most Nike shirts will fit relatively the same, regardless of the material they’re made of. Adidas really struggles with size consistency, and I’ve found that 2 different styles of shirts can have a difference of 2 sizes of fit. Some XLs fit like mediums, others fit like 2XLs. I do think the actual quality of the material and design on the products themselves are generally better for adidas than Nike. My adidas shirts tend to hold their quality, color, and design much better and longer than my Nike stuff does.