ESPN Article: Wearing Sports Jerseys in public

[DrCool]

Bubby Brister and John Friez? For something like that I could see wearing them for comedic purposes. I can almost guarantee you wouldn't see any Friez jerseys at a Seahawks game so you would be unique. I woudn't make those your primary jerseys but you would get some laughs and comments if you wore them to a game.

[TheNoodleMan]

I should clarify that there are rare exceptions where it is ok to wear a kicker's jersey, but to say that you should by a kicker's jersey when you see one is insane.
I have Colts season tickets and my friends and I try to see who can find the most obscure jersey. We have seperate categories for current and formed players. It is a good way to pass some time during TV timeouts. It is pretty easy to find someone wearing a Vanderjagt jersey, a Hunter Smith jersey has yet to be seen.

[DrCool]

The reason I say to buy a kickers jersey when you see one is you will very, very rarely see one for sale. In my years of selling jerseys I have only seen 3 kickers jerseys (Vinitari, Vanderjagt, and Akers) for sale and those were in very limited quantities. If a kicker jersey is available for your team it is probably because you have a top notch kicker. I am not saying you should go out and customize a jersey to get Jay Feeley's or Shayne Graham's name on them but if you have a great kicker on your team and you see that jersey for sale you should snap it up.

[TheRover]

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I have Colts season tickets and my friends and I try to see who can find the most obscure jersey.

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See many Jeff George jerseys? I'm guessing no. It's the only Colts one I have.


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(Vinitari, Vanderjagt, and Akers) for sale and those were in very limited quantities. If a kicker jersey is available for your team it is probably because you have a top notch kicker.

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2 out of 3 ain't bad. Neil Rackers should have his own jersey.

[Bigdaddydvo]

What about funny/ironic value of an XFL jersey?

http://cgi.ebay.com/XFL-Birmingham-Thund...1QQcmdZViewItem

I didn't see any "He Hate Me" jerseys for sale.

[wonderwes]

I am obviously against the consensus here. I find nothing wrong with wearing a sports jersey. I haven't worn my Olajuwon red rockets jersey ever since I met him and he signed it. However I was debating on purchasing a new Rockets Tracy McGrady jersey.

Now when I say this, I haven't worn a jersey in over 4 years, but thats because I never purchased one worth it.

What is the huge crime on wearing a jersey? I mean going to a sporting event makes sense. So if I am reading this right, its wrong to wear a jersey on a non working day? So if its a typical saturday afternoon, and you plan to go eat at a casual resturant, go shopping, do something low key, wearing a jersey is bad taste?

I don't give a damn about fashion but I don't try to look like a goof.

I agree with the other posts, where is all the jersey hate coming from?

[ibankonu]

I don't see a problem doing it in the summer if it is a funny older jersey. Like being from around Detroit, I have an old blue Grant Hill - Pistons jersey that i wear from time to time, or an old Barry Sanders jersey when i play pickup football sometimes, just cuz it is funny to still be wearing it.

EDIT: this being said, I would never buy or wear a new jersey today.

[MyTurn2Raise]

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Neil Rackers should have his own jersey.

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One of my old roommates used to pretend to be Neil Rackers when drinking with members of the Illini football team to get into KAM's without cover. No point to that story, but it seemed interesting when I saw Rackers name.

My roommate did look a bit like Rackers.

[ChipWrecked]

Nice sales pitch on the jerseys. I dated a woman once who had a couple hockey jerseys and did look mighty cute in them.