ADW77

One of the best things about the vinyl patch is that the counterfeiters will obviously make them embroidered, and then we'll see about a million more fakes that are even easier to spot than before... not that they were all that hard before.

Honestly, I have considered getting business cards printed up that say, "Your jersey is fake/counterfeit" and pass them out at the games & events I go to.

This made me laugh, I think it's a fantastic idea. 'Fake' jerseys look so bad that I lean over to my girlfriend at every sporting event and point out each single one that I see, either because I can't resist or I want her to know what a real jersey looks like in case she buys me one. Can't people tell when the numbers, logos, and/or colors are off like that?? If you buy a jersey, do it right! Even a replica is fine for God's sake

Funny, I do the same exact thing with my friends, brother & my mother... every one of them tells me to shut the hell up. Apparently, I do it so often, it's gotten to the point where I drive them all crazy by just mentioning it. I do it anytime I see one, whether it be at the stadium, out at the store, on the streets, or even just on the television.

One of the best things about the vinyl patch is that the counterfeiters will obviously make them embroidered, and then we'll see about a million more fakes that are even easier to spot than before... not that they were all that hard before.

Honestly, I have considered getting business cards printed up that say, "Your jersey is fake/counterfeit" and pass them out at the games & events I go to.

I'm fairly certain the vast majority of people would laugh at you and throw the card in the air as they walk away.

Honestly, I don't care what they would do. As long as it worked with a few people, which I figure it would, who would ask how I knew or any number of various questions because they didn't know, then it would be worth it.

It drives me crazy, the amount of fake jerseys I see at any Broncos event I go to. It seems like that's where the most of them are. I see considerably less Nuggets & Avalanche fakes compared to the Broncos.

One of the best things about the vinyl patch is that the counterfeiters will obviously make them embroidered, and then we'll see about a million more fakes that are even easier to spot than before... not that they were all that hard before.

Honestly, I have considered getting business cards printed up that say, "Your jersey is fake/counterfeit" and pass them out at the games & events I go to.

Been looking without any luck. I would like to know what the United In Orange/TIme To Ride font is.

It was only used for a year, and other then the mothership, the only other place I've seen it was a Walt Bellamy rookie card, so it'd be really nice if you could do this Chicago Packers logo please:

Here's my update on the other one I promised...Chicago Packers. Hope you like!

Looks good!

The Packers team colors were orange and blue, so you might want to incorporate them in order to differentiate this from the Bulls logo a bit more.

I was just going by what I had to work with, which looks like thin black outlines around the logo. Also that color is a deep orange, not red.

Here are a couple better looks at the Denver Rockets logos...

Seeing that, I'm curious as to how this one would come out...

How about a crack at this oldie but goodie?

The font is not identical but pretty close & I couldn't make out the small detail under CHARGERS.

This actually looks better without the small detail under the logo.

The detail under on the left/yellow side is actually the AFL logo. No idea what the strip on the right side is though.

I'm pretty sure those aren't China fakes.

Every fake I've ever seen in my life has sewn numbers. Those are all screen printed.

I think they are wal-mart/generic mistakes. The wal-mart jerseys are plain with the team's font and the primary logo on the sleeves and/or under the collar.

How about an update for Huffy, the now retired mascot of The University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane?

Just renewing the request for an update for Huffy in case it got lost among the subsequent requests. Thanks!

Just and FYI for you, and everyone else making requests... He does them in the order which he chooses to, not in the order of which was requested.

I may start helping out with this, just depends on my free time and whatnot.

Anyway, with Ren's permission, here's my contribution to the thread.

I did this back in '09 when the AFL Legacy uniforms were announced.

Been watching some Manning jerseys on ebay. I can spot the RBK fakes a lot better than the Nikes. Thinking this is fake but can you guys let me know what about it looks bad? Trying to get a deal, and pick up on the errors the counterfeiters make. Realize I'm not getting one for $20 but Hoping I can swing one for a somewhat significant discount.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Denver-Broncos-Peyton-Manning-18-Nike-On-Field-White-NFL-Jersey-XL-/231111767465?pt=US_Football_Fan_Shop&hash=item35cf55b5a9

It looks real, except that it is not kiss cut, but I'm not sure if bronco jerseys are kiss cut to begin with, I know my patriots jerseys are and that's the best way i can tell if its real or fake

Broncos jerseys are in fact kiss cut.

Also, there are two other tells, even though that is a very good fake, it's still a fake.

Look closely at the G in MANNING. The bottom right serif curves downward when the actual one has no serif and is squared off. Also the N's have a serif on both vertical parts whereas the actual N's only have them on the right one.

The last thing, and this is the one thing most all of them never do manage to correct. The Nike swoosh on the sleeves is embroidered. The actual ones are a sewn on patch that's a bit thicker than embroidery.

Seeing the fantastic work you did on the Bills, I have a few old AFL requests.

Chiefs

Oilers

I am a huge jersey collector. You know what? Spending $200 on a replica stinks. But that doesn't justify buying a "Reebko" fake. There are so many ways to get quality jerseys for cheap: eBay/Kijiji, thrift stores, end-of-season team clearances, websites such as SportsK.com, etc. It's not like the only way to get a jersey is to spend $200 on a brand new one. I own 22 jerseys (all licensed). Take out inherited/gifted ones, and I have 14 (jerseys I purchased myself). Eleven of those were bought for less than $100. You can build up a nice jersey collection without burning a hole in your wallet.

This. I have a personal limit of $50 per jersey. I have 15 jerseys (all licensed), and have never gone over my $50 limit. Highlights include a free Leafs jersey, a $3 Opera-Dog Coyotes jersey, a $5 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles jersey, and a $15 Robo-Pen jersey.

Agreed 1000 times over. I have 196 Hockey jerseys in my collection and due to ebay, sales and bargain hunting I have not paid full price in years.

The only jersey I've ever paid full price for was the AFL Legacy yellow Champ Bailey jersey, and that's simply because that was my only avenue to getting it.

Every single jersey I have beyond that I've not paid full price for. I've even bought brand new ones from the Broncos store at the stadium for 50% on Black Friday. I actually bought four jerseys that morning.

eBay is really the best place to find real jerseys for cheaper prices.

I have never and will never buy a counterfeit jersey.

the internet is easy to order from and people don't want to pay triple digits for something as trivial as a sports jersey

You can order authentics from the Internet, too.

that are around 300 versus a 25-50 dollar jersey that if you can find a good one is virtually identical to the 300 authentic

If you believe that, maybe you should buy some counterfeit glasses too.

i said if you get a good one, i have been given fakes before that i had to search for the inconsistancy to reveal it's a fake because my dad got me a 50 bruins and patriots jersey both were virtually real except the manufacturers logos were embroidered and not patches, and the pats jersey wasn't water resistant, other than that everything else was right, then there was another bruins winter classic i got that was an obvious fake. it just depends what you get.

I seriously doubt they were virtually real.

I've seen maybe 1% of fake jerseys that are anywhere near 'virtually real' and not clearly fakes. Pretty much all fakes are plainly fakes.

Going to games, events, rallys, and other places where jerseys are aplenty, all the fakes have been easily identifiable.

Dicks like this...

https://www.facebook.com/mark.selling.1232?ref=m_notif&notif_t=friend_confirmed&__user=506082630

$35 football, $25 baseball, $45 hockey. Yeah real legit.

I like how he mentions "considering getting some half and half Vikings jerseys". Yeah nothing says legit like those crappy half and half jerseys that are faker than fake lol

The only true half and half jersey I've ever seen was an Avs/Bruins Ray Bourque jersey from 2001. CCM made them, I just wish I'd gotten one of them.

Can anyone tell me what font is used in the World Football League Logo?

And it is one with the Avs in white helmets with white jerseys. I seem to recall they had black helmets with white helmets in their first season

Is that true? I can't seem to find any pictures of it and NHLUniforms doesn't have anything that claims they did.

It's partially true. Through a search on Getty, it appears they wore black helmets with their white jerseys for the preseason, and not during the regular season. That does in fact make the previous photo I posted quite rare, since he's wearing a white jersey with the white helmet AND the captains patch.

Him wearing the C is a fantastic find. Sakic out with long-term injury?

It's one of only two images I was able to find of him in an Avs jersey, and from the site it came from, it says it was a pre-season game and the C was worn by him for the 'inaugural' season in Colorado for the pre-season only.

Found this scrolling on Tumblr... don't know where the picture came from but I have never seen this Knick's Jersey in my entire life... Any ideas what this may be? Based on my research this image is from 1996 Antoine Walker's rookie year, this was the 96'-'97 season where these Knicks jersey's template were last used as the next season they introduced the Black and Orange wide side panels. Could this image been altered or is this real?

I also found this http://catalog.greyf...spx?lotid=23450 i'm not sure what to make of all of this...

From Getty:

BOSTON - 1997: Marty Conlan #30 of the Boston Celtics drives to the basket against Buck Williams #52 of the New York Knicks during a game played in 1997 at the Fleet Center in Boston' date=' Massachusetts.[/quote']

Nike era Seahawks, 2000's jags, dolphins and vikes

The 2012 Seahawks didn't play the Jaguars. Though they did play both the Dolphins & Vikings.

I think you are right, at least with that Baltimore helmet and the Houston Oilers. The Ravens played the Tennessee Oilers on a few occasions.

The Tennessee oilers only existed for 1 season and that's what the picture is of. The only other way the ravens played the oilers is if it was in 1996 (the ravens first year) when they were still in Houston. But I don't think that happened

The Oilers were in Tennessee in 1997 & 1998. To add to that, both the Oilers and Ravens were in the AFC Central. They played one another twice each of those two seasons.

They also played each other twice in 1996 in the Oilers last season in Houston.

Can anyone tell if this is a legit Elite jersey on EBAY?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-Houston-Texans-ARIAN-FOSTER-23-Nike-Elite-Jersey-MEDIUM-40-/110952411940?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D2139896148279348793%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26

It's fake, but what scares me is how good it is. The two things that allow me to identify it as such are; on the NFL shield on the collar, you cannot see the stitching that attaches it to the jersey and you definitely can't see the holes in the shield, and the stitching on the twill is too heavy, the stitches are way too close together, they should be spread apart more.

I have a quick question for those who are on the Pro-Buying-Fakes side of this argument, especially with regards to NFL jerseys. What's the appeal of buying them over the $75 replicas? Is it 100% the fact that the fakes are cheaper, or is the authentic look just that much preferred over the replica look?

This is for research purposes for my Sports Law paper. As mentioned before, I'm writing a law school paper on counterfeit jerseys, and I plan to have a so-called "Reasons people buy them" section. I'm not actually going to quote anyone, but I just want the general feeling.

I'll use NFL as an example beacuse that where it seems to be bad:

I think knockoffs are populare because people are pissed off with Reebok. Reebok charges $80 for a jersey where the logos, numbers, and stripes are screen printed. You could also get an authentic jersey for $250. Then, there are the Chinese made jerseys which are meant to be the equivalent to an authentic. They may be knockoff, but for the most part it looks accurate and everything is nicely embroidered and go for $20-60. Which would you buy?

Not to mention there's rumors of Nike upping the prices on NFL replicas when they take over for Reebok in April. Over $100 for a replica is bullsheet.

If the logos numbers and striping are embroidered, I would be okay with that price.

That's yet another glaring error in the counterfeits.

The numbers aren't and haven't ever been embroidered. In fact, the only thing that's embroidered on an authentic jersey are if the team has a logo on the sleeve or chest.