An athletic necessity, poorly made

I need this style sweatpant for my workouts and sports. Russell used to make a quality product. Unfortunately, Russell's quality has plummeted. The drawstrings in their athletic pants now regularly snap, break, and fail, and I have to return many of these and order new ones. And there are no other companies to order them from; Champion's inexpensive models also routinely fail. I do not want to buy the professional models which cost around $45-55-75 dollars. So I am stuck ordering these and returning them when they fail. And they fail often. It wouldn't cost much more to use a higher-quality drawstring, but obviously Russell and Champion have chosen not to do this. The fabric on these pants is fine; the drawstrings are just terrible. Forewarned is forarmed.