USA Sports Uniforms For Our Top Athletes Considered

By Lance Winslow

Before I got fully into my business career I was a high-performance track and field athlete, and even back then I realized how important my sports equipment was, even as a runner. There were the shoes, socks, shorts, and jersey - it all mattered, you'd be surprised. Even back then those shoes, shorts, and shirts weren't made in the USA, but that wasn't going to stop me. Okay so, let's talk, because it seems to me not much has changed since then, and this was 20 years ago.

You see, recently, there was a piece in the Wall Street Journal on July 20, 2012, which asked; "Does It Matter China Made the US Olympic Uniforms," by John Bussey, which discussed the media sensation brouhaha over the not "made in America" controversy of the uniforms worn at the 2012 London Olympic Games by American athletes. The article stated; "The flap over uniforms has a lot to do with the US's fraught relations with China and a sense the US is losing the race to the Chinese."

You know, in many regards it's true, but we haven't made apparel in our country for a while now, most of that textile industry went to Mexico due to NAFTA, and then got outsourced to the Chinese, and eventually, well, they make most of the clothes we buy there now, and the shoes, even if they say Nike, Adidas, or some other well-known brand. If you own Nike apparel, the running shorts I am wearing right now, well, they are made in Singapore, not China, but what the heck; it's still not made in the USA. Secondly, there is nothing wrong with them, they fit snug, feel great, and look sharp.

Let me ask you something; did these athletes practice in USA Made sportswear - most likely not. In fact, in their life as an athlete, only on rare occasions did they wear any sports attire made in the USA, but now I guess because it is an election year, high unemployment numbers, and the unions want to elect a democrat, I guess it's news worthy, as outsourcing of American Jobs seems to be a big pet peeve for this political season.

Now then, let me ask you something else; tell me when you celebrated your Fourth of July, I bet you had a BBQ, a really cool unit, that you bought at Lowes or Home Depot and I bet it wasn't made in America. Nor were the paper plates, plastic cups, or plastic American Flags - you see all that was made in China. Further, who do you think invented fireworks in the first place - yep, the Chinese some 2,000 years ago in fact. Think about it. All we should focus on in winning Gold Metals - lots of them!

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Sports Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net

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