Awhile ago I had a Brett Favre jersey contest. Come up with the most original comment or pic of a female fan and you’d win a Favre jersey. I’d even let you pick: Jets or Packers. And I selected a winner. But the winner never replied to my contact. So he lost. I’d mentioned that if he didn’t claim his prize I’d get a Donald Driver jersey.
Well, I thought long and hard about it, and decided to get back to my roots. When I was about seven I had a Packers jersey, and it’s the only Packers jersey I’d ever owned. It was a Ray Nitschke jersey, and along with the jersey came stories from both of my parents about the Packers of the sixties and seventies, and about Ray’s toughness.
So it seemed only natural to go Nitschke again. But here’s the thing: one of the sponsors of this site is sportsmemorabilia.com, and I thought it’d only be fair if I got the jersey from them. I wasn’t sure what kind of quality I could expect from an online store, but I was in essence spending the money they gave me for a presence on this site, so it felt like a freebie.
I was really impressed. The delivery was quick, but that’s not such a big deal. Anyone can ship something fast. What I liked was how well made the jersey was. This is not a $13 jersey you can get at Shopko.
How do I know? For starters, it has one of these:
It has this, too:
Though I’m pretty sure I’m old enough now that I don’t need to write my name on my jersey. Or that at my age there’ll be another time when I wake up in an unfamiliar place, among a pile of naked people, and need to figure out which clothes are mine so I can dress and leave. OR, that I’ll be getting Ray Nitschke’s autograph on the jersey anytime soon.
The numbers are stitched. The name is stitched. The jersey is oh, so sweet. I wore it for three days straight. And in case you’re wondering, no, I’m not getting paid for this review. I’m just a nice guy wanting to spread the word about a great experience I had. That’s right, Maggie @ Sports Memorabilia - this one’s on me. Consider it thanks for a jersey well made.
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