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The exclusive supplier of game jerseys for the National Basketball Association is moving all of its production contracts to Asia, a decision that may idle a sports uniform factory in Perry and its 100 employees.

Adidas, the global sportswear powerhouse that manufactures game jerseys for the NBA and several National Football League teams — including the Buffalo Bills — notified the owners of the American Classic Outfitters factory in Perry about six weeks ago that it was canceling a contract that began in 2008 and was supposed to run through the end of 2014.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is among those calling on Adidas to change its mind and continue to produce NBA uniforms in the United States rather than move the work from ACO and two other U.S. suppliers to factories in Thailand. He made an appearance at the factory Tuesday afternoon to urge such a change in plans.

“It is flat wrong for Adidas to take away the production of NBA game jerseys from the company and workers here in New York who have done so well for the NBA for so long,” Schumer said in a statement issued by his office Tuesday morning. “And to do it in this economic climate adds insult to injury. Basketball is a marquee American sport and the NBA is its premier stage.” continue reading…

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