Did adidas make all their money from sponsoring European football?
I've  noticed that Adidas bought Reebok, sponsors the NBA, sponsor the NY  Yankees and some major college football teams.   I know their based in Germany, but how did they make all this money? I  assume it has to be from sponsoring European football, but I'd like to  know more about it. 
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Accually your right! when they were in Germany they sponsored football teams and made their start!
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Adidas  started as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe  Factory) which was run by two German brothers.  The two brothers split  after world war two forming their own seperate sporting companies, one  came up with Adidas and the other Puma.  Adidas went through a period of  great expansion during the 80's and 90's and made decisive moves by  incorporating other companies into the brand, expanding the scope of  their business and moved manufacturing into Asia whcih led to the  company becoming a major International brand.    Adidas now has many fingers in many pies by providing clothing and  equipment for a vast range of sports and markets its goods by sponsoring  famous names, teams and events across the globe.  These include Rugby with the likes of New Zealand's All Blacks and the  French national team,  Cricket with the Australian and England national  sides as well as the London marathon and Olympic games.  But as you predicted by far their largest sponsorship interest is in  football (soccer), sponsoring major national teams such as Germany,  Argentina, France, Mexico and the world champions, Spain, as well as  providing the kits for a number large number of European football clubs  including Real Madrid, AC Milan, Chelsea, Liverpool and Bayer Munich.  And now they are expanding into the United Stated with sponsorship deals  with MLS, NBA and so on.  Hope this answered your question.
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They are advertising themselves by sponsoring all the sports like basketball, football and etc.