of vf corporation industry sportswear founded 1976 ; 40 years ago 1976 founder faust capobianco iii 1 headquarters tampa florida u.s. products sportswear parent vf website majesticathletic.com majestic athletic is an american company that designs markets and manufactures performance athletic apparel team uniforms outerwear and licensed athletic wear . the company is headquartered in tampa florida with manufacturing facilities in easton pennsylvania . majestic is the official on field uniform of major league baseball mlb . majestic also manufactures sports apparel under license of other american professional leagues such as nfl nhl nba and some association football teams as well . contents 1 history 2 licenses 3 references 4 external links history edit majestic athletic was founded in 1976 by faust capobianco iii . prior to that time the capobianco family operated maria rose fashions . as fashion apparel production shifted from the lehigh valley to the south the company shifted focus to the athletic teamwear business . majestic invented the batting practice jersey a lighter weight pullover jersey designed for use in the heat of day . in 1982 majestic batting practice jersey made its debut with mlb . two years later the company signed its first national licensing agreement with mlb . the company made its nfl fan wear debut in 1989 . in 2004 after 22 years of producing mlb batting practice jerseys and fan fashions majestic became the sole provider of on field uniforms for all 30 major league baseball teams . vf corporation acquired majestic in 2007 and two years later the vf licensed sports group was created . majestic renewed its contract with mlb in 2015 . in january 2016 majestic finalized a contract extension with the nfl . 2 licenses edit official on field uniforms mlb mlbpa fukuoka softbank hawks saitama seibu lions tohoku rakuten golden eagles tokyo yakult swallows kia tigers other apparel under license nfl nflpa nba nhl manchester city liverpool nippon professional baseball cricket australia bbl references edit majestic athletic in businessweek website call the morning . majestic athletic scores contract for nfl fan apparel . retrieved 2016 07 19 . external links edit official website facebook twitter instagram retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title majestic athletic & oldid 740859799 categories clothing companies of the united statessporting goods manufacturers of the united statessportswear brandsmanufacturing companies based in pennsylvaniaclothing companies established in 1976hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 19 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view