{"id":166,"date":"2014-08-24T01:27:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T01:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2016-07-15T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T20:17:01","slug":"champion-historical-timeline-1990-1991-to-2001-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Champion NBA Licensing Timeline (1990-1991 through 2001-2002)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a\u00a0the follow-up to my recent posts on NBA uniform licensing. The following just focuses on recapping\u00a0Champion&#8217;s NBA licensing history&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For 12 seasons (1990-1991 to 2001-2002), Champion was involved in NBA uniform licensing in some capacity<\/li>\n<li>Champion produced replica jerseys for all NBA teams for 11 seasons (1991-1992 through 2001-2002)<\/li>\n<li>Champion was the official uniform provider for\u00a0all NBA teams for 7 seasons (1990-1991 through 1996-1997).<\/li>\n<li>For the next 4 seasons (1997-1998 to 2000-2001), Champion was the official uniform provider for\u00a010 NBA teams.<\/li>\n<li>In 2001-2002, Champion was the official uniform provider for 8 NBA\u00a0teams.<\/li>\n<li>At the conclusion of 2001-2002 season, Champion&#8217;s license with the NBA expired and it no longer provided uniforms nor produced replica or authentic jerseys for any NBA teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 1990<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Champion signs a 4-year licensing agreement to become the exclusive NBA uniform provider for all 27 teams through the 1993-1994 season<\/li>\n<li>The agreement also gives Champion the exclusive right to produce and sell NBA replica jerseys for all 27 teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1990-1991<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Champion&#8217;s licensing agreement begins<\/li>\n<li>Champion is the exclusive NBA uniform provider for all 27 teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1991-1992 through 1993-1994 (3 seasons)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Champion begins producing\u00a0replica jerseys for all 27 teams<\/li>\n<li>Champion begins producing authentic jerseys for all 27 teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1994-1995 through 1996-1997 (3 seasons)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior to the start of the 1994-1995 season, Champion signs a 3-year extension to remain the exclusive NBA uniform provider for all 27 teams through the 1996-1997 season<\/li>\n<li>Champion continues to produce\u00a0replica jerseys for all 27 teams<\/li>\n<li>Champion continues to produce\u00a0authentic jerseys for all 27 team<\/li>\n<li>Champion&#8217;s licensing agreement\u00a0as the NBA&#8217;s exclusive uniform provider ends at the conclusion of the 1996-1997 season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1997-1998 through 1998-1999 (2 seasons)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nike and Starter are granted multi-year uniform licenses. Nike gets 10 teams and Starter gets 9 teams.<\/li>\n<li>Champion signs a 5-year licensing deal that runs through the 2001-2002 season.<\/li>\n<li>Champion is now the uniform provider for 10 teams:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #5d5d5d;\">Atlanta, Indiana, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah and Vancouver<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Champion produces authentic jerseys for these 10 teams<\/li>\n<li>Champion continues to produce replica jerseys for all 29 NBA teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1999-2000 through 2000-2001 (2 seasons)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Starter declares bankruptcy and Puma takes over Starter&#8217;s 9 teams. Puma then takes Indiana from Champion in exchange for Charlotte (Champion was based in Charlotte)<\/li>\n<li>Champion is the uniform provider for 10 teams:\u00a0Atlanta, Charlotte, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah and Vancouver<\/li>\n<li>Champion produces authentic jerseys for these 10 teams<\/li>\n<li>Champion continues to produce replica jerseys for all 29 NBA teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2001-2002<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reebok signs a licensing agreement with the NBA and takes over Puma&#8217;s 9 teams. In addition, Reebok takes Memphis (Vancouver) and Seattle from Champion.<\/li>\n<li>Champion is the uniform provider for 8 teams:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #5d5d5d;\">Atlanta, Charlotte, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix,\u00a0and Utah<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Champion produces authentic jerseys for these 8 teams<\/li>\n<li>Champion continues to produce replica jerseys for all 29 NBA teams<\/li>\n<li>Champion&#8217;s licensing agreement\u00a0as an NBA\u00a0uniform provider ends at the conclusion of the 2001-2002 season and Champion no longer produces on-court uniforms for any teams, nor do they produce authentic jerseys or replica jerseys for any teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Champion Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1991-1992 through 2009-2010 (19 seasons)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Champion Europe held the exclusive license with the NBA to produce authentic and replica jerseys for overseas markets from 1991-1992 through 2009-2010.<\/li>\n<li>Champion Europe extended the licensing agreement with the NBA twice, once in June 1997 and again in May 2005.<\/li>\n<li>Champion Europe&#8217;s licensing agreement was supposed to run through the 2010-2011 season. But in March 2010 it was announced that Adidas would be taking over the licensing in the European market from Champion for the 2010-2011 season. At the time of the announcement, Adidas was finishing its 4th season on an 11-year licensing agreement as the NBA&#8217;s exclusive uniform provider for all 30 teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a\u00a0the follow-up to my recent posts on NBA uniform licensing. The following just focuses on recapping\u00a0Champion&#8217;s NBA licensing history&#8230;. 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