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City Connect is a brand name for a line of alternate uniforms made by Nike, Inc. for Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The uniforms feature different color schemes, typefaces, and graphic elements compared with the teams' typical home and away uniforms. The uniforms are designed to reflect the cultural aspects of each team's home city. [1]
Starter was founded in New Haven, Connecticut by David Beckerman, a University of New Haven alumnus, to manufacture team uniforms for high school athletic programs. [6]In 1976, the company entered into non-exclusive licensing agreements with a number of professional sports leagues, paying royalties of 8–10% for the right to manufacture and market copies of professional athletic apparel.
Majestic Athletic is an American textile company headquartered in Easton, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing facilities in Easton, Pennsylvania.Majestic currently designs, manufactures and markets licensed casual wear, such as t-shirts, hoodies, pants and hats, through its licenses of several amateur and professional sports leagues of the US, such as the NCAA at the amateur level, and the NFL ...
Nike offered previews of the Vapor Premier uniforms in prior years, including at last season's All-Star game. The design changes were intended to enhance performance. Instead, they invited scorn.
A comparison between an old Majestic template jersey (left) and a new Nike template jersey (right). Beginning in the 2024 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) adopted a new template for its uniforms, designed by Nike and produced by Fanatics, officially titled the Nike Vapor Premier. The new uniforms have been subject to much controversy and ...
Davidson continued working for Blue Ribbon Sports (it officially became Nike, Inc. in 1972) until the design demands of the growing company exceeded one person's capacity. In 1976, the company hired its first external advertising agency, John Brown and Partners, and Davidson went on to work on other clients' needs.
In 2024, Nike and Fanatics received harsh criticism after modifying the template of each Major League uniform to the new Vapor Premier chassis. The most notable changes included lowering the MLB "batterman" logo below the neck piping (on some teams), shrinking the size of the letters on each player's name, and lack of customization options.
Nike has responded to growing pushback from female athletes who have condemned the company for using transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in an advertisement featuring sports bras and leggings.