How we write our guides

Why a manufacturer publishes guides

A team that understands decoration methods, artwork files, sizing and its league's rules places a better order. It sends usable artwork, collects the right sizes and is not surprised by its own rulebook. That is good for the buyer and it is good for whoever makes the uniforms.

We are a manufacturer, so we have an interest in what you decide. We would rather say so than pretend otherwise. It is the reason every guide lists its sources: you do not have to take our word for anything in it.

How a guide is researched

Each guide starts from published sources: the rulebooks of the bodies that govern a sport, national participation surveys, standards organizations, government agencies, universities and the technical documentation of companies that make inks, threads and fabrics. Where a primary source exists, we use it in preference to anyone's summary of it.

• Every statistic carries its year and its source in the sentence where it appears.
• Every rule is traced to the document it comes from, and the document is listed at the end of the guide.
• Where practice differs between manufacturers, leagues or countries, the guide says so instead of picking one answer.
• A figure that cannot be traced to a source is left out. Nothing is estimated.

How AI is used

Our guides are researched and drafted with the help of AI tools. An AI system can read a long rulebook quickly. It can also be confidently wrong, so nothing it produces is taken on trust.

Each figure and each rule in a guide is checked against the page it came from. The pages are listed at the end of the guide. A claim that could not be verified is removed, or the guide says plainly that it is uncertain and tells you whom to ask.

Before a guide is published, automated checks confirm that it lists its sources, that its links lead to pages that exist, and that it contains no price or delivery promise. Our team then reviews it.

What we will not publish

Some things do not belong in a guide, however useful they would be to our sales.

• A price, a minimum order or a delivery time that is not final.
• A certification or audit without the certificate to show for it.
• Invented customers, reviews, counts or awards.
• An unfair description of another company or another country's factories.
• Legal, customs or tax advice presented as certain.

Dates and updates

Every guide shows the date it was last checked. Rules change from season to season, and trade rules can change faster than that. When we recheck a guide we update its date.

If a rule affects your order, read the current rulebook for your own league before you approve a design. A guide tells you what to look for; your league tells you the answer.

General information, not professional advice

Our guides are general information. Where they touch on law, such as labeling, trademarks or import duties, they describe published guidance so that you know which questions to ask. They do not replace an attorney, a customs broker or your league's own officials.