OK, I guess I’m just crazy then. Myself, all my friends and about 10 local bars bought “authentic” jerseys from a Chinese site last year and I’ve never found much of a difference. There are slight imperfections but the sizes, etc are completely fine. They also continue to email me afterward to make sure I’m completely satisfied and I’d be able to return them for any reason.

Lastly, the jerseys also came with the official logo of the NFL with the original price of the jersey in American dollars. I said before and I’ll say it again. All these jerseys are made in China. These are the ones that don’t make the “perfection” cut. The ones that do are simply marked up 10X what you pay from there. My jersey was an official Barry Sanders jersey and the only problem was the numbers were all silver instead of having two colors. That’s it and most people wouldn’t know any different.

Trust me, the NFL is selling these imperfect jerseys through these “illegal” sites. How else do you still make money off the screw ups? That’s how, I guarantee it.

Would I rather buy an official legit one? Sure, but not at the ridiculous prices they want for them. Those screen printed jersey’s aren’t worth more than 20 bucks in my opinion especially since the last one I bought one of the numbers wore off after washing it twice. Now I’d rather just give the money directly to the Chinese labor that Reebok/Nike exploit then mark up 1000% of the cost.

I have stopped watching the NFL network…I will not go to NFL.com even for NFL news. I will spend no $$ on Cable or Dish packages which allow me to watch my favorite team.

When the NFL comes back in 2013, I will not watch games on TV or the internet. I might look at the scores in the paper…but that’s going to be the level of my interests in pro football if things don’t get settled soon!

I usually mock grown men who wear the NFL jerseys of other grown men…

Now I can also mock them for paying $84.99 for the “honor” of wearing the shirt of another grown man

Can we mock you for living in the basement of your Grandma’s house?

Umm…..did anyone say anything about not letting their kids wear jerseys?

What does the thinking grown adults wearing football jerseys is a little silly have to do with parenting skills?

Ummm… Chinese factory-direct jersey’s (just like the “real” ones for $200+) can be found online for $25-50 a piece.
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Got both a hockey and football authentic for $75 total. They’re some great jerseys. $200 for an authentic is outrageous.

I wore replica jerseys way back when…they were OK. When I was able to afford it I stepped up to tthe authentic jersey. They are great…they are all I wear…yeah they cost more…but a Mercedes costs more than a Ford Escort…to each his own.

You guys getting those jerseys off the internet from Japan are getting FAKES. I sell jerseys for a living…and if the price is too good to be true it PROBABLY is. The real issue is with NIKE taking over the rights in 2012 nobody should be buying a REEBOK this year…hell the REEBOK will probably be on sale next season when NIKE takes over.

It’s the same thing with jerseys, game tickets, Sunday Ticket, concessions at games, etc. etc. etc.

It’s the same thing with every good and service sold in America.

Sellers charge what buyers will pay. Why wouldn’t they? Why would anyone take less money than they can get for anything?

The ugly truth is that if prices have gone up, it’s because sales have gone up. Which tells you all you need to know about fanboy america.

Consumers have ultimate control of the market. If you want to drive prices down, stop buying the product. It really is that simple.

I applaud the posters on here who have used the internet to find alternate sources at lower prices. If everyone would do this, the Licensees would have to lower their prices or go out of business.

As for why the NFL is not confronting the licensees about their pricing policies- they have no standing to do so. They sold the licenses under agreements that allow those purchasing the license to charge whatever they can get.

The NFL can attempt to punish these licensees by looking to replace them when their contracts are up, but no self respecting business is going to buy a license that includes price controls.

I hope no one on here who claims to be “pro-business” in the CBA dispute would support the league putting restrictions on what the “businesses” who sell their product can charge for them.

Because that would be decidedly “anti-business”.