The cost of new unis?

Does anyone know how much the throwback unis or different color schemes - like the gold LSU helmets or THE Ohio State throwback unis - cost?
And who pays for it? Alumni? Boosters? Athletic Department?
What about the new high tech pads Ohio State was wearing for their game with Iowa? Any idea how much that stuff costs and who paid for it?
I don't imagine it is cheap.
I would be pissed off if the school is paying for each new helmet, and uniform based on a coach or players' whim.


And one more thing.... kind of off topic ...
Who pays for the military flyovers at sporting events, such as NASCAR .. and what does that cost?


Thanks

 

Or, Nike could absorb the cost to offset the sheep who will buy them once available to the general public... the cost of doing business, as they say

 

I would be shocked if Nike didn't pay for every dime of the "alternate" uniform designs. They'll more than make that back in sales.

A new basketball uniform set usually runs $60-75 per set for a high-quality tackle-twill design (sewn-on numbers, et al). I would assume a football uniform set, plus pads, plus helmets, is probably $500-1000 per player.

The shoe/uniform companies often pay for the uniforms at the college/pro level, in exchange for marketing rights (they can spend $50-100K outfitting all a college's sports teams in a year, but they'll make much more than that selling licensed apparel).

Not sure who is paying for the military flyovers, but those tickets aren't cheap for a reason . I think the taxpayers of the U.S. might pay for flyovers at big events because they provide good, free advertising for the military. The flyover at the Indianapolis 500 gets 250,000+ live viewers plus 3-4 million on TV, and that's a lower-rated major sporting event. The cost of a flyover is not significantly more than the cost of three or four 30-second spots on a broadcast.

 

Nike did indeed foot the bill for the "Pro Combat" series. And I know MU is auctioning off some helmets, jerseys and gloves.

 

Those helmets looked like they were sprayed with primer and the glossy coat was accidentally left off.

 

Why would any of this matter?

Schools have budgets and donors (and the uniforms are either re-sold or given to the kids).

The flyovers are advertisements for the military.

 

That should raise about $20. Those were without a doubt the ugliest uniforms I've ever seen, even worse than anything Oregon has donned, and that's saying a lot.

 

The cost of Uni's are nothing compared to the 20 mil check ND will be writing fat Charlie.

 

If I need to explain it ... you need to stick to gamers.

 

I do believe I recall reading Georgia spent $13,000 on the black helmets it wore this season.

If that's true, at 105 guys, that's about $125 a helmet.

 

They got a pretty good group discount then. Football helmets run about $200 a pop at a minimum.

I've always been told it costs about $200 to outfit one kid in a game jersey, pants & socks. Not sure of the cost of pads, helmet, shoes, etc. but I could see how you could get up to $800-$900 per kid real quick.

 

That's a lot of money. I'd like to know where it comes from.