June 29, 2012

Uniform Manufacturers

Upon looking at the new NCAA Football 13 Teambuilder, I realized that every single team had a manufacturer's logo on it. This is something I hate, more over, I thought to myself who all the manufactures were.

Out of the 124 FBS teams:

78 Nike sponsored teams
31 Addidas sponcered
10 Under Armor
5 Russell

So over 60% of all teams are Nike branded teams. I first see the problem with actually knowing by looking at their uniforms and further, why are these the only four companies? Where is Sportsbell, Gilden, New Balance, Puma, and all the others? How can only four companies have a corner on the market and Nike almost have a monopoly on that market?