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^ I admire the well intentioned but ultimately futile efforts at arguing against something driven entirely by the laws of economics on the basis that it's technically against intellectual property law.

Laws of Economics? Lets see what the Constitution says:

Article I Section VIII (The 7th Enumerated power of Congress)

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

Who cares if it violates economic "law" it violates the law of the country.

Again, nothing personal, but I have to wonder who the real "losers" are here.

The people that had their intellectual property stolen.

Something about the back of the jersey doesn't look right to me.

This may help.

I was a fan of those too.

That opinion is not all that unpopular.

Colorado has a thing for goalies exiting their prime (Theodore, Aebischer, Tommy Salo, Raycroft, Denis) so I guess Giggy in an Avs uniform is a no-brainer.

Aebischer and Denis were Avalanche draft picks iirc

BTW more Giguere

Yeah, I always picture Bure with black, red and yellow. He looks odd with the orca.

and wearing 10.

Wow, apparently Charlie Sheen was already in this thread.

Matt Lienart in a Diamonbacks jersey

Someone make a thread of athletes in other jersey taking BP.

Hell, Gibson in a Diamondbacks jersey

Agreed, I just there that out as to a guess of why it may be wrong.

Probably because it is not what we are traditionally used to?

I love the thick black outline on that Flyers Jagr jersey!

"Money can be exchanged for goods and services" really nipped those guys in the bud.

$20? I wanted a peanut!

just saw it.

WTF?

I just got a friend request from a guy called the_fan. He has zero posts, whats that all about?

Apparently sportsnet.ca knew about this thread.

Don Mattingly.

Wouldn't that be like the Bruins getting an Eastern Conference title ring, a Stanley Cup ring and a NHL Champions ring? lol

3 rings for 1 season?

A conference ring and a National Title right seems like a bit of over kill. But a National Title and BCS ring?

How does once become a Packers shareholder?

Honestly, I'm not a fan. I know they represent the 4 Super Bowls the Packers have won, but something about those four diamonds on the corners of the ring just throws it off.

I'm with you on this.

That is a pro athlete?

Not a wrong uniform in the truest sense (as it relates to this thread) but I would have not been too disapointed to see this:

Gretzky Kings Jersey

That would have been awesome. It's exactly what I thought was going to happen when the trade was made. The uni change had not been announced (or, at least, I did not know about it). Even if it had been for one year, I'd really consider getting the yellow home version.

There is this gem too!

FWIW, I've posted this before, but in order to make the replicas in the NHL for which Rbk charges around $115, it costs them just a little over $8 to produce the jerseys.

Also, as far as NFL replicas go, the cost is about the same, but IIRC, retailers purchase the jerseys for around $35 from Rbk.

While the jersey may only cost $8 to make, how much does say a Dicks or Sports Authority pay to buy them from RBK? How much does it cost to ship the jersey to the retail location? What percentage of the jersey sale go to the paycheck of the check out person etc...

Just because they cost $8 to make there are a lot of hidden costs once it finally gets to the consumer.

Are these considered to be counterfeits? Since the NHL is not producing them at all they are not "Knockoffs" in the truest sense, but I am guessing that they do not have licensing rights to use the logos/name?

They're counterfeits, yes, but they're the only way to get a replica Barons jersey. They're one of the bastard children of the NHL that get no love from the throwbacks department. The only other way would be as mentioned above, to make one yourself but if the replicas aren't out there, good luck finding logo sets.

That was my dilemma. Can something be considered a counterfeit if the item is not produced and sold on the legit market?