"I
want to welcome my first
football team to the Jordan
family. Go Blue!"
That's how former Chicago Bulls
star Michael Jordan announced that
Michigan football would be wear-
ing his Nike Jordan Jumpman gear
for the foreseeable future.
Michigan signed a deal with
Nike in July to receive $169 mil-
lion over 15 years, with $12 mil-
lion up front, $76.8 million in ad-
ditional cash over the course of the
deal and $80.2 million in apparel
Inside Michigan
ATHLETICS
Michigan Football Will Be First
To Wear Nike Jordan Brand
Part of the historic apparel deal that interim athletic director Jim Hackett signed with Nike
included making Michigan the first football team to wear the Jordan brand.
PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN
