I called B&C Sportswear, Inc. They are indeed a manufacturer that makes t-shirts for companies to sell wholesale. When they make shirts for companies they source the labels for the company. They place the company’s logo on the label, but put THEIR (B&C) RN# on the label.
Also, they do make shirts for John Son, and Pro Team as well. They also make them for numerous other companies. This is why the two companies have never heard of each other, and aren’t affiliated.
The guy tried to sell me on their services, but their minimums are HUGE! The minimum is a container. Which he told me was 4,000 dozen. Yes, if you’re counting, that’s 48,000 shirts! Which he said I could get made for as little as $120,000. Still counting? $2.50/shirt. I would have expected much less per shirt for such a large investment and quantity.
But, at any rate, this is why both shirts have the same RN#. If you want the ProTeam shirts, you can contact B&C (I got their number from the FTC RN# search on the left menu). I was curious as to both shirts, so he said he would have the wholesalers from both companies call me later. He could not give out the info.
Once they call me, I will post their contact info, or like I said, you can call B&C and tell them you want the wholesaler for ProTeam to call you.
On another note, I’m guessing this may be why a lot of the shirts that people ask about don’t have an RN#, but are very similar to other brands. RN#’s are not required. But if a company is going the same route as John Son and Pro Team, they may not have an RN# placed on the tag, but the shirt is very similar to other shirts because the same manufacturer is making them, using the same fabrics and basic styles.
