Auburn and GSU have no bearing whatsoever on UA coming after GT. With only 1 school in the ACC and ND for Hoops being the only ones wearing UA - they would kill to get another team in ACC wearing their gear.
I hope you are correct. I just do not see UA throwing 65M to GT (Some poster stated we could get utah money), when they would be losing money as GT gear only has sales of 10M. (must divide that 10M between all the folks who sell GT gear, not just UA, But Nike, Knights, Champion, RA) SO anyone thinking UA will pay 65M to GT and only sell 8M in gear would be basically calling the UA Leadership STUPID! I am not buying any of that!
Utah does not have a pro team, and the only other Salt Lake City team is the NBA JAzz, so Utah is the "team" in Salt Lake City.
While I do think UA would sign GT I just think they want to pay 1.5M a year. Which would be a 1M dollar loss per year on the GTAA who does not have the same donor support at Auburn, UGA, Clemson, FSU, UF. So we need UA or Nike to pay us 65M per year.
But all I have heard is nike and UA is interested in siging at 1M to 2M range,(that would be last in the ACC and would would lose $$ from RA deal) So if the NEW AD can get UA or Nike, Adidas to pay 2.5M -3M I would be happy, but we will still have the worst deal in the ACC. A Shame as RA was willing to pay 5M per year. I want the most money for the GTAA so we can try and keep pace with other ACC teams!