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<blockquote data-quote="chris975d" data-source="post: 691845" data-attributes="member: 3766"><p>You TRULY believe that a company that specializes in SELLING apparel is going to make a team’s apparel in colors they (the fans) don’t like or prefer? So you think that adidas is making lots of navy (surprise, most companies making GT stuff make the majority in navy), despite the majority of the fans not wanting that color? That’s not how it works at all. Look around you at any/all GT games. I guarantee you that you will see more navy (or any other dark/neutral color) than you will see gold. As supersize says above, GT fans don’t wear gold to games, almost to an embarrassing level compared to other teams’ fans that do wear their primary color to games. Go to a home basketball game. Almost every visiting team is wearing more of their primary color than GT fans are wearing gold. </p><p></p><p>Again, just to clarify, I DO prefer gold and buy the vast majority of my GT gear in it. But most of GT fans don’t. I can point to numerous manufacturers of collegiate gear and their sales reps to validate this. Actually, if you want the complete truth, GT gear (in the manufacturer’s and retail circles) doesn’t sell well at all, in any color. Many companies drop, or never pick up GT licensed gear at all. We (GT fans) are thought of as notoriously cheap and/or not supportive of our sports teams/school. GT apparel is almost always on apparel maker’s closeout lists (updated wholesale lists we get at the end of a product lifecycle) season after season, until some companies drop it altogether. Typically it’s only GT alums that buy much, and even then they don’t buy a lot. Compare that to even a sidewalk fan (no direct tie to the university) of UGA, Clemson, Alabama, Florida, Miami, ND, etc. Go into their homes and there’s stuff from their favorite team everywhere. UGA fans can wear a different article of clothing every day for a month it seems. Even people/fans that don’t make a lot of money. Same with those other schools. </p><p></p><p>Most GT people/fans don’t do that. I get comments all the time from friends and customers that I own (and sell at retail) “more Tech stuff than anyone has ever seen”. That’s kinda sad, as I don’t own THAT much of it, and it’s hard to find it to sell. I have more UGA, Clemson, and Bama stuff in the shop than GT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chris975d, post: 691845, member: 3766"] You TRULY believe that a company that specializes in SELLING apparel is going to make a team’s apparel in colors they (the fans) don’t like or prefer? So you think that adidas is making lots of navy (surprise, most companies making GT stuff make the majority in navy), despite the majority of the fans not wanting that color? That’s not how it works at all. Look around you at any/all GT games. I guarantee you that you will see more navy (or any other dark/neutral color) than you will see gold. As supersize says above, GT fans don’t wear gold to games, almost to an embarrassing level compared to other teams’ fans that do wear their primary color to games. Go to a home basketball game. Almost every visiting team is wearing more of their primary color than GT fans are wearing gold. Again, just to clarify, I DO prefer gold and buy the vast majority of my GT gear in it. But most of GT fans don’t. I can point to numerous manufacturers of collegiate gear and their sales reps to validate this. Actually, if you want the complete truth, GT gear (in the manufacturer’s and retail circles) doesn’t sell well at all, in any color. Many companies drop, or never pick up GT licensed gear at all. We (GT fans) are thought of as notoriously cheap and/or not supportive of our sports teams/school. GT apparel is almost always on apparel maker’s closeout lists (updated wholesale lists we get at the end of a product lifecycle) season after season, until some companies drop it altogether. Typically it’s only GT alums that buy much, and even then they don’t buy a lot. Compare that to even a sidewalk fan (no direct tie to the university) of UGA, Clemson, Alabama, Florida, Miami, ND, etc. Go into their homes and there’s stuff from their favorite team everywhere. UGA fans can wear a different article of clothing every day for a month it seems. Even people/fans that don’t make a lot of money. Same with those other schools. Most GT people/fans don’t do that. I get comments all the time from friends and customers that I own (and sell at retail) “more Tech stuff than anyone has ever seen”. That’s kinda sad, as I don’t own THAT much of it, and it’s hard to find it to sell. I have more UGA, Clemson, and Bama stuff in the shop than GT. [/QUOTE]
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