ANN ARBOR -- Michigan's contract with Adidas is even richer than originally reported, and the school has no plans to break its pact prematurely despite some turbulence in the relationship.

Athletic director Dave Brandon said recently the deal will net the university "upwards of $80 million of value." Initial reports pegged the eight-year agreement at $60 million to lure Michigan away from Nike in 2008.

Brandon said Michigan will honor the contract, which runs through the 2016-17 season, but could engage in negotiations toward the agreement's end.

"Obviously, as we're always going to do, we're going to honor contracts and obligations we have made as a university," he said last week during the Mott Takover radiothon on WTKA-AM (1050). "This one obviously predated me, but it's in place and it's going to stay in place and we're going to fulfill our obligations.

"Of course, as we near the end of that, negotiations will be under way, Adidas will have decisions to make and so will the University of Michigan. And that's the way business gets done as it relates to apparel contracts."

Michigan has prospered from the deal, believed to be the richest of its kind. But there have been bumps as well, notably allegations that Adidas engaged in unfair labor practices in Indonesia.

University president Mary Sue Coleman sought for months what she said was past-due severance for workers of the now-closed PT Kizone factory in Indonesia. She finally wrote the company a letter in March warning "failure to produce an adequate plan could lead the (University's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights) to examine recommendations concerning the future of our partnership."

A month later, Adidas ponied up the $1.8 million to 2,800 former workers.

Michigan has incurred problems with the company's product as well. Just in the past year, the Wolverines' Outback Bowl football uniforms featured numbers that were difficult to read in the Florida sun, and the men's basketball team had several issues with ripped jerseys.

The team actually had to revert to its 2011-12 away jerseys for a stretch because so many of the 2012-13 tops had ripped, and replacements were slow to arrive.

Of course, there have been successes in the relationship as well, aside from the money. The football team's "Under The Lights" alternate jerseys were highly acclaimed, for example, and remain a staple around Ann Arbor.

Brandon has said the Adidas-designed alternate football jerseys are a draw among players and especially recruits. Although, he said last week there are no plans to wear alternate jerseys during the 2013 regular season.

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