AB,
Not to defend anybody but...
From my experience as a sales rep in a football store in the states...only certain stores have a license for selling certain lines of clothing.
e.g not any and every sports store in the states can sell nike...even if they do sell nike they may be restricted to certain colours and styles. This is based on stock turnover, size of store, marketing gimmick, location etc.
The same goes for adidas and this is why a store like Soccer Locker in FL will have a different line up to Say Stiker Soccer Supply in West Palm.
Now there was a point in time Francis stopped selling Nike in the 90's because they lost their licence. Then Superstar aka Sportsmaster came on board and started selling NIKE exclusively.
Francis has the official licence to sell Adidas in T+T and was the only legit available supplier of all TT shirts apart from the TTFF website when the shirts were released.
Most of the other adidas you seeing around town is a bootleg of some sort or they bring them in small quantities.
Maybe that's why nobody selling the kits...I not 100% sure but is a reason.
2) The next reason is that the kit ent mean shit to nobody...the new shirt has only been worn by LOSERS.
Yes is our national team kit and we should hold it in high regard, but that lil emotional value we placing on that worth only to us on this site.
3) If the side was winning in the kit and going places people woulda buy it.
4) The damn TTFF never properly had the senior team wear the new kit constantly. Imagine World cup qualifiers and friendlies in 2009 and 2010 and our senior team still playing in the 06 gear and national teams at different levels still playing in 06 gear....item and brand confusion. If the players cyar operate in the current kit, how the fan supposed to know and support them and buy the correct one too.
5) The kit was expensive and didnt drop in price. In all big teams...once mid season reach and a year pass the kit does go down by a 20% then a 30% etc....not here is price in yuh tail.
6) The kit is not a fashion statement...yuh not getting no pips wearing dat in a party.
AB I understand where yuh coming from, but is business....why stock a jersey that not selling?
It have costs involved and it sad to say but the players who wearing the kit didn't help its cause one bit or do anything to increase demand...is the players fault.
If we had make the WC which was very doable....not fking up in the first game, beating Costa Rica in Tobago, Holding out for the draw in Mexico, Beating the USA down here, Beating Honduras down here...we coulda more than make it in 2 place.
But Latapy was doing he ting since den...yuh feel Wolfe at right back and Donovan skinning that out was Afro call.
I feel with all the shit we playing these days Adidas should lewwe go....we devaluing they brand and they uniform.