Roughing The Kicker – Bye Week
Since the Dawgs are laying low, so am I. Heck, I need to make some money. It’s letter jacket time and basketball and wrestling seasons are right around the corner. I gotta get busy.
Come back soon.
Total Team Sports, From Georgia to Germany
I don’t want to annoy readers with posts about my businesses. But if I don’t sometimes, I will not be able to afford to keep them going or keep this blogging experiment alive. For those of you that don’t know, I sell sporting goods, uniforms and other athletic apparel. Congressman Phil Gingrey is seen wearing a baseball uniform I provided for him recently. I started Total Team Sports to try and provide an alternative to traditional dealers and the same old products they provide. I have posted a link for the first time to my online catalog for corporate apparel. My primary customers have always been schools and youth organizations, but when I started Total Team Sports in January I wanted to do more with small businesses. I can do all types of screen-printing and custom embroidery. I have a couple of great companies that I contract with to do these services for me. Both have top-notch artists and production people. Traditional sporting goods dealers are usually very limited in their screen-printing capabilities and with their artwork.
I have virtually no limitations on artwork…try me!
Many smaller screen-printers may only provide up to four to six colors in their printing options, if that. How many do you need? 10…12…14? Okay, I can do that with no problem. No matter where you are located, I am as close as the computer. Emailing of orders is common place. From Georgia to Germany, I can help. That’s right I have customers at the American schools in Germany. A few years ago I had the opportunity to coach at a football camp in Wurzburg, Germany. The camp was for the Department of Defense schools in Europe. There were over 400 campers and I worked with 25-30 kickers, including Lones Seiber, who now is the the kicker for the University of Kentucky. Now several of those “DoDDS” teams are customers.
I sell a lot of hats, including custom hats. A few months ago I established a new relationship with a hat manufacturer that allows me to obtain custom hats at a ridiculous price. How about $5.99 for a custom hat. Not just some generic hat with your logo slapped on, but truly custom. The price can go even lower for larger purchases. It’s almost factory direct from China, where most of the world’s quality hats are made. This supplier is great option for booster club purchases and corporate applications where you need greater quantities. Custom hats made by The Game will always be my mainstay. You just cannot beat the quality and the minimum is just eighteen hats.
Lastly the newest addition to my product mix is a new type of lettermen’s jacket. Although these are not shown in the catalog, they warrant a mention. They soon will be a major part of what I do. From traditional looks to an awesome hooded version, these are some great award jackets, something your school or team or even company will be proud of. I have already gotten commitments from two new schools for these great jackets and one local company in Roswell will buy them as Christmas gifts for employees. Great idea!
The Crons Brand…a story worth telling.
The Crons Brand™ creator, Pat Cavanaugh, grew up hearing all the garbage…”Too small.” “Too slow”. “Can’t compete.” ”You want to play in the NBA?” ”You’re crazy!” “Forget about it.” “It’ll never happen.”
He heard all the noise…and used it to motivate him.
When other kids were playing video games, he was shoveling snow from the courts to shoot baskets with his gloves. He cut the finger tips off so his hands wouldn’t freeze.
He outworked the competition growing up and walked-on to the University of Pittsburgh basketball team despite scholarship offers from other Division 1-AA schools, because his goal was to play Division 1. Pat earned a scholarship and led Pitt to its first Big East win at Madison Square Garden as a freshman, prompting one courtside observer (the legendary Red Auerbach) to observe, “Who was that skinny white kid!” Pat went on to become the first walk-on to be named team captain not one but two years in a row for Top 10-ranked Panther teams.
After graduation he heard it again.
“You still won’t play in the NBA, give it up.”
He refused and worked even harder.
He worked himself into an invitation by the Philadelphia 76ers to play on their summer league team. The Orlando Magic invited him to tryout and play with their starters the following summer.
Where one road ends, another begins. Although Pat’s playing days came to an end, his competitive fire continued to burn brightly. He approached the business world with the same passion and drive that led him to succeed in athletics.
Pat went on to found his own company The Cavanaugh Marketing Network and guided it through a period of 8,000% growth on its way to being named an Inc. 500 company. It is currently ranked in the Top 1% of firms in its industry. Pat has been featured in numerous national business publications like Inc. Magazine and has been inducted into the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Pat Cavanaugh’s life experience in setting and achieving his athletic and non-athletic goals provided the backdrop for his founding of The Crons Brand™.
This bio is from www.crons.com. Total Team Sports, LLC is proud to represent The Crons Brand in Georgia. Come Ready or Never Start!
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