A MASSIVE Outdoor Store Has A Dark SECRET...

As an outdoor writer and content creator, I try to keep my finger on the pulse of new gear. One such entrepreneur is Vance Z, owner and creator of LineCutterz.

Vance has a fantastic product that will cut any fishing line with minimal effort. I own multiple LineCutterz products because they work. I purchased them myself and don't get paid to say that.
Disclaimer: Vance didn't know I was making this video, and LineCutterz has never sent me any money or free products.

So, one day, while scrolling through LinkedIn, I saw Vance's post about Academy copying one of the LineCutterz products despite his having a patent for it.

I was skeptical and shocked because I didn't want to believe it was true. But I looked at the pictures of Academy's newest product, and sure enough, it looked like Academy had just removed the LineCutterz logo and claimed the product as their own, with no credit to Vance or LineCutterz.

As infuriating as this was, because I genuinely enjoyed using Academy's gear, the bad news didn't stop there.

In the coming days, Vance went on to show that former Academy employees admitted that this was a common strategy that Academy Sports & Outdoors employed.
The company searches out innovative products and rips them off.

I was devastated by this news. I still didn't want to believe the brand I'd grown to love would do such a dishonest thing.

But I guess that's business.

However, business also means I don't have to support a company that acts so terribly.

From now on, I refuse to purchase anything from Academy, whether it's the Academy brand or not.
Let me know in the comments if you think boycotting Academy is an overreaction or justified based on what you've learned in this video.

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