Do NCAA D1 athletes get free shoes?

Terminator X wrote:

oh yeah wrote:

nike just upped our deal so we get 9 pairs of trainers a year, 2 flats and one or two spikes

pretty sweet

I thought it was more spikes than that. But what the hell do I know. Hey, we're doing better than BCS and Big-12 schools, so that's all that matters.

Hopefully none of our clothes come in OK State colors again this year though... hahaha

yes it would make more sense i think its one pair or flats and two pairs of spikes, who are you terminator x, tell me in locker location to keep anonminity

I run for D2 and we get free shoes also.

2 per season.

I ran for a small DI school and received four pairs of shoes (three trainers and one pair of either spikes or flats) a year and some shirts.

I then went to a Nike sponsored school and received more gear in one afternoon as a GA then I did in four years as an athlete. It was a very eye opening experience. Five years later, I still wear some of the gear and some of it is still in the bags that I will wear when this stuff wears out.

I would have even more, but my girlfirend (now wife) started raiding my closet when she realized what I was getting.

I coach an NJCAA school. We have a Brooks contract.

My kids get:

2 pairs of shoes per season (any combo of trainers & spikes).

2 short-sleeve technical.

1 long-sleeve technical.

1 reflective short-sleeve.

1 pair training shorts.

Technical cap.

Stocking cap.

Gloves.

4 pairs socks.

Jacket & pants.

Powerade water bottles.

Powerade towels.

2 cotton Ts.

Shoe bag.

Travel bag.

Plus race uniforms, meet sweats, etc. And when we go to nationals, they get more stuff.

I ran at SUU and we never had to pay for uniforms or windbreakers or sweats. There were things we did have to pay for such as t-shirts and tights as well as travel gear about $200 for a frosh less each year after that as you collect items, but it was a small sacrifice to travel as well as we did for a small DI. Also as for having to buy shoes you could get Adidas for half price and having to wear adidas competition shoes that was never enforced. In fact Baumgartner was wearing Nike at XC nationals last year. The shoe deal was set by the old AD and track and XC were the only sports that didn't get free shoes also the only sports to win conference championships.

ran d1, small school - never got free shoes, just a good discount at a local store the school had an arrangement with

Didn't "The Ol' Ball Coach" once get in Dutch for calling Florida State something along these lines?

http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/1_steve_spurrier/

Play fair!

pair of shoes every month or 5 weeks. we might get a pair of spikes wear them in a race and then not like them and get a different pair.

Interesting subject. If not doing already can you mention school or conference and the shoe company.

Thanks.

I currently run at a Horizon League school. We don't get any free shoes. We have cotton tshirts that we recycle year to year. [quote]tm wrote:

run for a midwest DIII school, 2 trainers that are 'free' and xc and track spikes.

'Free' because the local privately owned stores hand them out like candy to us.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned superiority. The faster runners were always given more training shoes/gear than the slower runners. I was able to go to the running store my school purchased the shoes from and pick out whatever I wanted.

Florida? wrote:

You name it, I've got more of it than I know what to do with...

maybe give it to a college friend eh?

EMU in the MAC gets shoes from Adidas but usually only top 9 guys or so...

NCAA violation say what?

desert rodent wrote:

oh yeah wrote:

nike just upped our deal so we get 9 pairs of trainers a year, 2 flats and one or two spikes

pretty sweet

I call bull (9 trainers???); name the school, or at least the conference.

Also, what in the way of apparel?

Not bull. We've finished in the top-20 several times and top-10 occassionally in the last 15 or so years at NCAA's (DI). But really, for a high milage program, a pair of shoes a month is about right. That's 350-400 miles on each pair for lots of our guys. Apparel is pretty limited, we got a sleeveless dri-fit, sleeved dri-fit, half-zip pullover, and long swishy pants that sucked ass for running in.

Nike, by the way.

I run in a top tier program and we get hooked up. Uniforms, warm-ups, drifit, all kinds of running gear. New shoes that average every 5 weeks or so. Flats and racers for XC and Track. It seems that the better the team, the more gear that comes with it.

Terminator X wrote:

desert rodent wrote:

I call bull (9 trainers???); name the school, or at least the conference.

Also, what in the way of apparel?

Not bull. We've finished in the top-20 several times and top-10 occassionally in the last 15 or so years at NCAA's (DI). But really, for a high milage program, a pair of shoes a month is about right. That's 350-400 miles on each pair for lots of our guys. Apparel is pretty limited, we got a sleeveless dri-fit, sleeved dri-fit, half-zip pullover, and long swishy pants that sucked ass for running in.

Nike, by the way.

Oh the swishy pants. Seems like every school I've seen manages to give you something that you can't run in. Thanks for the sweat-pants, they really help keep the floor of my locker clean.

We got 4-5 pairs of trainers, one flat, and a spike. I was more impressed by the gear we got. We got a bunch of stuff right away, then December comes around, and we got another bunch of winter clothes, and Spring came around, we got more gifts. Then if we made it to Conference, regionals and nationals we got even more stuff. I have more running clothes that could last me a lifetime. I haven't bought a pair of shoes, gloves, shorts, shirt, beanie in four years. All from Nike