No. The school signs a deal with Nike to provide all of their athletic uniforms. They hand them their colors and Nike goes "well, you don't sell that much stuff, so we'll just let a couple of teams have those colors. The rest have to pick from what we have." It's not that big a deal to mix colors. Why can't Nike use the actual colors of the school? Imagine if they did this with a pro team. "We don't have that exact shade, but we'll give you something close enough." Teams and schools and even most businesses are very exact in what their colors are and a supplier gets to dictate what they will and will not make. What if you went to a resturant and ordered a nice steak and they gave you a hamburger patty and told you "close enough, it's beef."
Plus, Iowa State wants to present a good image to potential athletes. You don't want to look like a bunch of misfits because no two teams are wearing the same colors. You know schools like Michigan and Ohio State don't deal with this BS.
Plus, Iowa State wants to present a good image to potential athletes. You don't want to look like a bunch of misfits because no two teams are wearing the same colors. You know schools like Michigan and Ohio State don't deal with this BS.
Will it blend? That is the question.