How do you feel about wearing players names on your back?

[NinerFan1983]

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The only issue I have is the people who wear Packers jersey to a Bears/Vikings game. Why even go?

I hate that. I still don't understand why people do that sort of stuff.

[Dog]

I don't know about you guys, but if I moved to another city and went to the local sports teams football game, I'd wear an Eagles jersey over something that isn't football related, unless I have something like a throwback jersey from that team

[Altimus]

I wear them. I wear them on casual Fridays sometimes. I work in IT so they're no rules cause everyone's kind of they're own boss. Unless of course there's a meeting with some important people then no jersey.

I wore my Chelsea jersey just last week and here's a reply I got. Man you must really like Samsung (ad on jersey). I'm like ugh...

Sent from my HTC EVO

[IlliniM1ke]

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The best way around the fear of a player getting traded/released/whatever when buying a jersey? Throwbacks.

Yup, I love my throwbacks, I have:

Browns:
Tim Couch - Brown
Kellen Winslow - Brown
Brady Quinn - White

Cardinals:
Scott Rolen - Home
Albert Pujols - Home

In all seriousness though you are correct, and my track record for buying jerseys is pretty bad, at least got about 7 years out of the Pujols before he left in FA.

Only jersey I own at the moment that the player is actually still on the team is my Dave Bolland Blackhawks jersey, thats the only one I've purcahsed within the last 4 years though also.

I'm tempted to buy a Trent Richardson but after looking at my 3 previous Browns jersey purchases I might be better off not doing so!

[IlliniM1ke]

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I used to wear jerseys everywhere fast forward a little over 10 years and I'll only wear my jerseys to games or when I go out to watch the game somewhere. I have a Jay Bruce shiresy and wear that all the time, I'm not a Reds fan at all just liked Bruce when he played in Louisville so i figured I'd buy the shiresy. I can see myself buying some football shiresys this year. I will wear my soccer jerseys anytime though, it's kinda weird.

Yeah I've never purchased a shirsey before but I want to get a couple this year if I ever see them posted anywhere online, being an Illini fan I'm wanting to pickup a Whitney Mercilus #59 Texans and AJ Jenkins #17 49ers shirsey.

Not a fan of either team (don't dislike either team though) so don't want to buy a regular jersey but I definitely want to get those if I can find them. It's weird because some teams (like the Browns for example) already have their rookies shirsey's posted online, so I'm hoping Mercilus and Jenkins will be put up for sale as well.

I wear them. I wear them on casual Fridays sometimes. I work in IT so they're no rules cause everyone's kind of they're own boss. Unless of course there's a meeting with some important people then no jersey.

I wore my Chelsea jersey just last week and here's a reply I got. Man you must really like Samsung (ad on jersey). I'm like ugh...

Sent from my HTC EVO

That's pretty awesome

[geisterhome]

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Recently, I was thinking about buying some Player Tees. I had a Nick Markakis and Derek Jeter one, and some old jerseys. I like the look of them and the players game. But I got to thinking... I'm 22 now, isn't it kinda weird for me to wear grown mens names on my back now? I was thinking of getting like a John Wall tee, but in reality, he's technically younger then me.

I'm not coming down on anyone that still does this, but it was different when these guys were my idols when I was growing up, now I'm a man, and it seems a bit childish to me now. It's one thing to admire their game, but donning their name on your back, I don't know, it seemed strange.

Your thoughts on this OS

i get you man, im kinda feeling the same abt the age thing. when i was young i was admiring players, now that they are younger than me it just feels weird. see some interviews and i thought omg what bs is he talking lol, when i was 10 it all sounded great to me regardless

[IlliniM1ke]

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i get you man, im kinda feeling the same abt the age thing. when i was young i was admiring players, now that they are younger than me it just feels weird. see some interviews and i thought omg what bs is he talking lol, when i was 10 it all sounded great to me regardless

I believe Robert said it best in Step Brothers, "don't lose your dinosaur".

Gotta keep that inner child alive!

[DamnYanks2]

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People who think like this are too full of themselves

Yeaaaaaa, that wasn't my intent.

Perhaps, I'm the one that's lame (waits for everyone and their mom to like this post now)

I shouldn't of said lame though. I'm not passing judgement on anybody, I was just curious to see if it would be deemed childish.

I understood that people still do this. I just feel like I personally am past my "Hero worship days"

I'm just not cool with wearing other grown men's names on my back anymore. But, I can see I'm not the norm.

[DamnYanks2]

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i get you man, im kinda feeling the same abt the age thing. when i was young i was admiring players, now that they are younger than me it just feels weird. see some interviews and i thought omg what bs is he talking lol, when i was 10 it all sounded great to me regardless

Exactly man, They were my God's growing up. I had to have posters of them in my room, and memorabilia, and their trading cards. Damn, I had jerseys everywhere too. Kobe's, McGrady's, Thome's, Jeter's, Giambi's, Vinsanity's, Iverson's, and it just goes on.

And like you were saying, When I was a kid, I always took up for the players, they were my idols, I defended Barry Bonds on everything he was accused of. Now it's just.. Well, There grown men and they make mistakes like me, so now I just admire their talents. It's just like that now for me.

[ryan36]

I remember when we had Mariners season tickets a guy that would sit in front of us had a Mariners jersey #99 "Locutus" ... So I guess grown *** fans of the Borg collective do it too.

[jhogan3132]

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I used to be an avid jersey buyer until I hit a cold streak of buying a Lavaar Arrington, Tiki Barber, Brandon Jacobs, and Tiki Barber jersey and they retired or left the Giants the next year. The next jersey I buy will have my name on the back!

[mgoblue]

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I used to be an avid jersey buyer until I hit a cold streak of buying a Lavaar Arrington, Tiki Barber, Brandon Jacobs, and Tiki Barber jersey and they retired or left the Giants the next year. The next jersey I buy will have my name on the back!

This is why I only have a Steve Yzerman Red Wings jersey. He'll never be "out of style"

I don't really see myself buying any other named jerseys though. NFL, NBA, or MLB jerseys don't really appeal to me, and I have a nameless Michigan jersey for those games.

[ehh]

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People can do whatever they want but I do laugh a little on the inside when I see a grown man wearing another grown man's jersey. They're cool as hell to look at (dumb, I know) but IMO they just look weird on an adult.

I owned a ton of screen printed NBA jerseys in the late 80's/early 90's. I think the only authentic jersey I've ever owned was Paul O'Neil home that I sold on eBay about a 5 years ago.

Authentic basketball shorts on the other hand, well let's just say I have an addiction.

[mgoblue]

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People can do whatever they want but I do laugh a little on the inside when I see a grown man wearing another grown man's jersey. They're cool as hell to look at (dumb, I know) but IMO they just look weird on an adult.

I owned a ton of screen printed NBA jerseys in the late 80's/early 90's. I think the only authentic jersey I've ever owned was Paul O'Neil home that I sold on eBay about a 5 years ago.

Authentic basketball shorts on the other hand, well let's just say I have an addiction.

Do you have the same laughter when it comes to basketball shoes? Just wondering, seems the same to me (you're a grown man wearing another grown man's shoes)...

I don't do it as much for the "grown man's name" aspect, but more just because style wise I never really have a situation to wear a jersey (especially NBA).

Honestly, 99% of people wearing a NBA jersey in public look kinda trashy/foolish IMO. I don't wanna see some random guy's armpits in a Rockets jersey lol. It's a tough look to pull off if you're not a kid.

[ehh]

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I wear them. I wear them on casual Fridays sometimes. I work in IT so they're no rules cause everyone's kind of they're own boss. Unless of course there's a meeting with some important people then no jersey.

I wore my Chelsea jersey just last week and here's a reply I got. Man you must really like Samsung (ad on jersey). I'm like ugh...

Sent from my HTC EVO

The joys of working in IT

I've yet to find a co-worker that I can talk about basketball with.