# Dickssportinggoods (dickssportinggoods.com): agent-readiness 20/100, grade F

> Rank 975 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-10-10T00:20:15.893Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/dickssportinggoods-com  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/dickssportinggoods-com

## Summary

{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "Dick's Sporting Goods is a prominent American sporting goods retail company. It offers a broad selection of athletic apparel, footwear, and equipment for a wide array of individual and team sports, as well as outdoor activities.",
  "offerings": [
    "Sporting goods",
    "Athletic apparel",
    "Footwear",
    "Outdoor equipment",
    "Fitness equipment",
    "Team sports gear"
  ],
  "audience": "Athletes, sports enthusiasts, outdoor adventurers, fitness consumers, and families in general.",
  "geography": "United States",
  "strengths": [
    "Extensive product selection across many sports and activities",
    "Strong brand recognition and reputation",
    "Availability of major athletic and outdoor brands",
    "Omnichannel presence with both online and physical stores",
    "Frequent promotions and sales events"
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Specific details of current employee benefits",
    "Exact number of current physical store locations",
    "Specific market share data for private label brands",
    "Long-term strategic investments in emerging sports technologies",
    "Detailed breakdown of international sourcing practices"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "dicks.com",
    "dickssports.com",
    "dickssportinggood.com",
    "dick's.com"
  ],
  "business": "Large-format retailer of sporting goods, apparel, and footwear for general consumers and athletes, primarily in the United States.",
  "competitors": [
    "academy.com",
    "scheels.com",
    "big5sportinggoods.com",
    "basspro.com",
    "sportsmans.com",
    "reishop.com",
    "hibbett.com"
  ]
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 10/24
- Content legibility: 5/26
- Discovery surface: 0/20
- Identity & policy: 0/12
- Agent-facing performance: 5/8
- Agent protocols: 0/10
Failing checks:
- [blocker] No discoverable sitemap
- [blocker] No llms.txt
- [blocker] The site does not say who it is
- [blocker] Content is buried in boilerplate
- [blocker] Bot protection blocks declared agents

## AI mentions and rivals
Named in 7 AI assistant answers.
- academy.com: not measured
- reishop.com: not measured

## Named for
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## FAQ
Q: Is Dickssportinggoods readable by AI agents?
A: Dickssportinggoods (dickssportinggoods.com) scores 20 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade F, measured today, on 10.10.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 8 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using dickssportinggoods.com?
A: The heaviest problems are: No discoverable sitemap; No llms.txt; The site does not say who it is; Content is buried in boilerplate; Bot protection blocks declared agents. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.

Q: How is the Dickssportinggoods agent-readiness score calculated?
A: Qomvia fetches public pages of dickssportinggoods.com as an AI agent would and runs the core checks every site gets across 6 groups: Machine access, Content legibility, Discovery surface, Identity & policy, Agent-facing performance, Agent protocols. Checks are weighted by how much an agent loses when they fail, and the score is expressed out of 100.

Q: How often is this score updated?
A: Public scores are re-checked when the site is re-scanned; tracked domains are re-scanned weekly and their owners are alerted when a check regresses. This page shows the scan from today, on 10.10.2026.

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