Since a lot of you know about general things about football and have helped me before with nagging questions, I thought I'd try another one.
Years ago, when I was still a kid, one of my friends told me that his dad claims that after the game the players just throw away their jerseys and get a new one for the next game.
So what do you think?
Any idea if that's true or not?
Or any idea how many games, on average, it is until a player replaces his jersey?
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The jerseys are not thrown away I can promise you that. How often they are used depends on the team and on the player. This has all changed over time though.
The packers use to take the jerseys they wore all season then turned them into practice jerseys for the next training camp. I do not believe they still do that.
Currently the packers use the same jerseys all season. Rodgers might have had a few different ones but other than that even the big stars for the packers dont use many jerseys during the season.
The Dolphins big name players get a new jersey every game and so do the Vikings big name players. They are moved around in house to people who work with/for the team, or sold on the private market. Favre frequently would wear two jerseys a game in order to make money selling them.
The Jaguars repackage their jerseys for other players to be used alot of the time. As with other teams no name players, if the jersey is so worn it needs to be replaced the player will get a new one. Those are not thrown out.
The packers are VERY TIGHT with their jerseys since about 2000. I am a collector and I have not seen anything besides favre get out of the locker room since then. I have never seen a legit Driver, Woodson, Rodgers, Jennings, Mathews, or Kampman for sale or in private collection.
All NFL game jerseys are made in New Berlin, Wi.