Academy Sports + Outdoors — Local services in Edmond

Let me start out by saying i used to buy my shoes, work boots & anything else i need for my kids sports, pool etc. With that being said this is the worst academy i have ever been too. Never have i ever been treat like a criminal until i tried shopping at this academy. Twice i went to shop at this particular academy in Edmond, and both times security followed me around like a criminal. What makes it worse is i had my 2 kids with me, the first time went in to buy some boxing gloves cause my oldest wanted to learn to box. Stood there looking at the gloves trying to decide how much money i wanted to spend on this and of course after about 15 min. there's the security guy, u know the guy that stands about 4 to 5 ft away from u acting like he is looking at product but is just there watching you. I git so angry we just left. Second time went to buy bike tubes for my mountain bike, and some backpack waterpacks. Started mountain biking with my kids and as it happens got a flat and needed to replace the tube. Anyway i was standing trying to decide whether to also but some new brake pads and asking my kids what color if packs they wanted and again just like my first visit there comes the security guy walks up stands about 2 feet away and acts like he is looking at the same stuff. So again i get angry and tell my kids lets go so we walk around to the next isle just to see if he follows and sure enough here he comes around the corner walks up and stands about 2 ft away from again and acts as if he is looking at what i was looking at. At this point i tell my kids again lets go so i go to the middle isle and look back and he acts like he us leaving, we move walking down the middle isle and he moves we walk he walks we stop he stops. At this point i am so angry we go to the register and i tell the cashier i refuse to buy anything and do not appreciate them having security follow me around. After i leave i call the store ask to speak to manager and tell him the same thing i told the cashier. He has the nerve to tell me that they have no store security and apologizes i felt like someone was following me, he said it was probably another customer who was just looking at the same products i was looking at. I WILL NEVER EVER SHOP AT ANY ACADEMY...

I was approached by an employee outside of the store as my kid and his friend got in the car, demanding me to roll down the window, I don’t take orders so I just stood there watching him lose his temper , yelling if my kids go in the store again he will have them arrested, because they assaulted his cashiers, he then stormed away back in the store. I asked the kids about what happened, one threw a ball, the rest can be viewed I am assuming in their security system. They got kicked out like they were the worst offenders, my kid was on the phone with me, he had no idea what’s happening , they told him he must also leave because he is guilty by association. They are 14 yr olds, they had been playing next door, at the sky zone facility, and I was running a few minutes late so they were checking some things in the store, golf, shoes, balls, we shop there. Whatever happened, knowing the kind of kids they are, doesn’t deserve that kind of treatment. After they got kicked out of the store they stood outside waiting for me I was almost there , and told them they can’t stand outside of the store either. What happen to respect and kindness? I understand they work long hours and maybe they have had bad experiences but they should control their temper and be more proper. I was in my car getting yelled at by a stranger, clueless why he is threatening us. With the police. I called and spoke with a kind gentleman in charge of the store. He did hear me out. However at the end he said he knows who that employee is and he is really a nice guy. Yeah right. I know many nice abusers.Let’s define the...

I usually don't shop at Academy, not my type of a store by any means, I went there few weeks ago to buy a pair of shoes for my dad, just because Nordstrom shipment was late, may be because I have a brown skin, Loss and prevention people were hanging around me like I'm going to steal something. This is pretty embarrassing and I determined never to go back. Then once again my wife went there once again for something without listening to me and she came home and told me the loss and prevention guy was hanging around her. We earn good money, and live a pretty nice life not thieves, just don't racially profile people , that's disgusting. If you only look for certain color people, then advertise. I will never go back. We shop at best stores from Neiman Marcus , Bloomingdales to Nordstrom, then visited Academy unexpectedly , somewhere we never set our foot into, and got this crappy experience. Will never go back! Hire loss and prevention employees and train them not to racially discriminate customers. I don't who is the GM in Edmond store, but better hire rational and well trained employees. Will never go back to this...