1. By: Anthony Harris and John Robertson

2. What do these companies do?  Sell sports apparel and equipment.

3.  Sports Authority was founded in 1928 as Gart Spots then in 1987 as Sports Authority. It was built to provide sports wear for athletes.  Academy Sports + Outdoors was founded in 1938 by Max Gochman and was originally made to support the military

4. Employees and Locations  Sports Authority has 14,250 locations and 450 + employees.  Academy sports and outdoors is located mostly in southern region and has 526 + employees and 115 job titles.

5. Products  The products are Nike, Under Armor, and Adidas. Camping and outdoors, apparel, electronics, and sports equipment.

6. Stores Position  An entry level position is a stocker and a senior position is a manager.

7. Salary  At Spots Authority an entry level makes $9.61.  At Academy Sports an entry level position makes $8.38.

8. Benefits  Employee Discount, 401k Plan, and Heath Insurance.

9. Owners  Leonard Green and Partners are the owners of Sports Authority.  David Gochman and Gochman family owner of Academy Sport + Outdoors

10. Questions  Are there stores in other counties?  Are they hiring?

11. Work Cited  Sports Authority Website  Academy Spots Website