Football is always in season. If it’s not the regular season, then it’s the pre-season, the post-season, the off-season. And, of course there is the tried and true belief in the football-mad southern states that there are only two seasons in sports: Football and Spring Football.

After more than a year of dealing with pandemic-mandated school closings, season cancellations and social distancing that decimated brick-and-mortar sales in most parts of the country, there is finally some good news for team dealers selling big-ticket items such as goals and nets...

Never have socks been more important in the world of team sports — not because navigating the ever-changing landscape brought on by COVID-19 has been so difficult, but because this simple staple of a player’s uniform seems to offer a sense of stability and reliability.

Amy Watts’ journey in team sales began in 1995 in Wichita, KS, working for Athletic Attic Team Sales. Over a span of 10 years she sold team, licensed and corporate apparel prior to her division being sold to Nebraska Sports Industries.

Going back an extra season for accurate numbers, the big-picture participation numbers for tackle football in the U.S. remain solid, if not spectacular. (COVID-19’s impact was so severe that the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) didn’t conduct...

Taking advantage of local conditions, including the sale of Johnny Mac’s and Nill Bros. to BSN Sports, the owner of St. Louis-based soccer specialty store Soccer Madness has taken the unusual (these days) step to expand into becoming a full-line team dealer.