Colleges with endorsement deals are nothing new so it has almost become expected for their affiliated sportswear company to provide products in color markups to coincide with team colors. Because of their geographical location one school that will constantly be on our radar is Oregon State. With the founder of Nike, Bill Bowerman, being an alumni of rival University of Oregon the team at Jordan Brand decided to spark a new type of competition between the two by providing OSU basketball team members this Jordan IX Player Exclusive”. The majority of this shoe shows white leather with orange seen on the 23 and O branding on the heel as well as the pulltab. All of this is set off by a entirely black sole and black counter-stitching around the entire shoe.
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