Politician who supports his base

Half of NBA Jerseys Produced by ACO

Approximately 50% of NBA jerseys are produced at ACO's Perry facility and all of the WNBA game jerseys and jerseys worn by the NBA's development league.  Adding insult to injury, in 2008 Adidas signed an exclusive 11-year contract with ACO to provide customized sports apparel.  ACO then invested over $1 million in facility improvements and eqipment in order to produce the game day jersery.  If Adidas follows through with its plans to not honor its contractual commitment and manufacture all jerseys at a factory in Thailand, the move would cost ACO $7 million in annual revenue. 

According to Senatory Schumer, "It is flat wrong for Adidas to move the production of jerseys worn by NBA players outside the United States when there are U.S. companies that have done this work so well for so long.  And to do it in this economic climate adds insult to injury ... A short-sighted decision to destroy over a hundred years of history by moving production of game jerseys overseas cannot stand.  The jerseys the the NBA players wear should be made in the USA, plain and simple ... Adidas must do the right thing and reverse this decision, and continue to produce all these jerseys domestically at ACO.  To do anything else is an insult to the American worker ans sports fans everywhere in America."  Go here http://clicky.me/7za for more on Senator Schumer vs. Adidas.  FINALLY ... A POLITICIAN WHO SUPPORTS HIS BASE!