Should all team 🇺🇸 national teams only have American made equipment/jerseys and American sponsors?

[Buzz Rules]

Should all team national teams only have American made equipment/jerseys and American sponsors? Or should the honor simply go to who pays the most for rights?

 

[ralphie]

America all the way!!

 

[CdnCarrie]

Hey Buzz are you watching the Grey Cup? Big sports night!

 

[Buzz Rules]

Hey Buzz are you watching the Grey Cup? Big sports night!

I'm watching NY Rangers at the moment.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I'm watching NY Rangers at the moment.

FYI the Riders won.

 

[ronandannette]

Should all team national teams only have American made equipment/jerseys and American sponsors? Or should the honor simply go to who pays the most for rights?

Answering from a non-American point of view, I’d say yes - both our national teams should “shop local”. I’m sure it could be achieved with the apparel but honestly, I don’t even know if we produce baseball gloves, goalie masks basketballs and soccer cleats in Canada.

 

[lanejudy]

I agree with the above post. Jerseys/apparel could probably be US. But I'm not sure the "best" equipment for all sports is made here. So such a rule would actually be putting our team(s) at a disadvantage if the US doesn't produce the high-quality competition level equipment.

 

[Dug720]

IDK, but no women's sports should use any Nike gear. Their track record with how they treat the women signed with them is HORRIBLE.

 

[MICKIMINI]

USA!!

 

[disneyseniors]

I'd say USA too, but it's not always possible to do so.
For ex: When I was a pre teen in the early 60's, my Dad tried to find me a transistor radio for my birthday that was made in the USA. He got frustrated looking because he couldn't find any portable transistor radios made in the USA. I was pretty young and dont' remember just what he bought, but just that he was very frustrated trying to find one made in America in the early 60's.

 

[EACarlson]

Uniforms and sponsors I would say yes, if it's available. Equipment can be a different thing because there may be quality differences and individual athlete preferences that aren't made in the US.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I do not believe any of it should be a requirement. If you're competing at the highest level of competition, regardless of sport, you should be able to use/wear the best...which isn't always a US product. We shouldn't let national pride get in the way of having the best gear to produce the most superior performance.

 

[tvguy]

Do such things actually exist? Everything seems to be Multinational these days.

 

[jimmymc]

I'm gonna say no for hockey because all the best gear is made in Canada or China. You could get local jersey shops to make those, but that would be it.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Do such things actually exist? Everything seems to be Multinational these days.

This is true. I know my daughter's preferred softball bats are produced in Kentucky, but if we want to be purists, surely...at the very least...components and machines on which they're produced may not be made in the USA. At some point, most everything has a global tie, even if it's just a cog in the "how" vs. the "where."

 

[_19disnA]

No, I don't think it matters. If Toyota or BMW wants to provide courtesy cars made in a US plant would you turn those down since their headquarters are in some other country? How everyone defines 'American Made' probably also differs. We live in a global economy and even if final assembly is in the US, many components come from other countries. I often wonder if those opposed to imports realize how much of the US economy relates to things we EXPORT all over the globe?

Tooling/machinery/production equipment can be made in any number of other countries. Doubt there are many companies in the US who even make clothing or shoes nowadays.

 

[Rogue1677x]

My grandmother was a seamstress and told me how they were actually forced to send the Made in the USA label to overseas shops, where the products were made, then shipped back to fulfill orders.

 

[tvguy]

This is true. I know my daughter's preferred softball bats are produced in Kentucky, but if we want to be purists, surely...at the very least...components and machines on which they're produced may not be made in the USA. At some point, most everything has a global tie, even if it's just a cog in the "how" vs. the "where."

We bought our first Toyota in 2020, made in Kentucky. It replaced a 2000 Mercury, made in KENTUCKY.
Our Ford, a 2018, made in Canada. It replaced a 1987 Suburban made in Texas.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

My grandmother was a seamstress and told me how they were actually forced to send the Made in the USA label to overseas shops, where the products were made, then shipped back to fulfill orders.

Well, at the least the labels didn't lie - the labels were made in the US! It's all about perception. Agree with above thoughts that so much of what we do and buy is multinational in some way....