Carhartt sponsors work training programs such as Helmets to Hardhats. All wear jeans, t-shirts, boots and hardhats. Later, members began to wear their decorated hardhats to events. Because of the pavilion's state of decay, visitors were required to wear hardhats. He was later drafted by the Mississippi Hardhats of the World Basketball Association (WBA). The Pittsburgh Hardhats were an American Basketball Association team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Youngstown Hardhats were a semi-professional football team who played in the 1970s. To his surprise, the "Hardhats" were not very financially stable. He left the Hardhats after pre-season. The Youngstown Hardhats last season was 1981.