Former NFL linebacker Carl Banks talks about Starter's popularity when he was playing football and a run-in with a celebrity rocking the gear.in sports in the 1980s and 1990s with its iconic jackets and the "S" logo emblazoned on the side. The company had licensing agreements with the NBA, the NFL, the NHL and even the Canadian Football League to propel it to the top of the sports clothing manufacturing industry and give fans the ability to "wear what the pros wear.
"There’s a Starter story in every household. If somebody in your household was born from 1970 up or 1960 up, there’s a Starter story," Banks explained to FOX Business in a recent interview. "And there was a moment in New York that we wanted to capture with the release of the Bronx Bubble. That is the run the Yankees had in the 1990s — their World Series run.
"We brought back the original piece, and all of the original elements that were true to that jacket is in this version of the jacket as well," he said.New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner talks to the media following Game Five of the World Series against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York, on Oct. 26, 2000.linebacker said that when Starter entered the sports realm, he was one of three players on the team who were ambassadors.