The Athletic Department hosted its first “garage sale” in Renaissance Coliseum Dec. 1 and 2. The sale featured discounted athletic clothing and equipment.
When Athletic Director Michael Cross announced the apparel signing of Adidas in February of 2013, Bradley student athletes came under one brand for the first time in school history.
According to Senior Associate Athletic Director for Finance & Administration Craig Dahlquist, there was an overflow of old equipment when the Braves officially switched over to Adidas, and the perfect solution was to give Bradley fans a shopping spree.
“Between changing our new logo and switching to Adidas, we’ve now rotated out our apparel with the wrong brand and logo,” Dalquist said. “The brand and logo issue, along with [the Athletic Department] having storage issues, we decided it’s time to get rid of things.”
Dahlquist said that the Athletic Department made close to $15,000 throughout the two-day event that occurred Monday and Tuesday. The first day was open strictly to faculty and staff, and the second day was open to students and the general public.
Junior finance major Adam Miller said he was thrilled with the selection of Bradley apparel available for such low costs.
“The garage sale seemed to be a huge success,” Miller said. “There were some very cool Bradley soccer shirts from a few years ago that I picked up, including an elite 8 one. I know a few of my friends bought someone awesome Bradley basketball gear.”
