Your view on wearing jerseys
i've had a feeling for a long time that this is a topic that needs its own arena, if you will. It has broken out in other threads about adults wearing jerseys vs. those against it. Time for one discussion.
What is your view on wearing jerseys to sporting events/while watching sporting events (and nothing more) and why?
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March 18th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
name on my back. If others like to wear them though that's fine by me.
March 18th, 2015 at 11:15 PM ^
No names are OK? Most of the jerseys Michigan sells come with no names.
March 18th, 2015 at 11:32 PM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 12:29 AM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 12:51 AM ^
I think we can all agree there is one Michigan Legend jersey with a name on the back that anyone would be proud to wear.
has always been no names on the back. Then I see this. Maybe TacoPants is acceptable after all. I have yet to buy my #4 jersey but I will.
I do view fans as an extended part of the team.
March 19th, 2015 at 10:12 AM ^
I came to a similar decision recently about contemporary players, when I realized that many of the players whose jerseys I would once have liked to wear are younger than I am. In some cases, younger than my younger brothers.
Only vintage jerseys for me now, thank you. I'm still on the hunt for a Chris Webber Bullets jersey.
March 19th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
I'm dead serious, I have one. It's kind of small and Champion brand, maybe a men's M.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
March 18th, 2015 at 10:01 PM ^
Simple question for you. Why?
March 18th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
This just in: jerseys are nothing but shirts. Why some ppl have the holier than thou attitude towards others who don jerseys is beyond my comprehension.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^
March 18th, 2015 at 10:22 PM ^
March 18th, 2015 at 10:29 PM ^
A "sweater" still looks ridiculous if you are wearing it at the supermarket on a random Saturday.
March 18th, 2015 at 11:35 PM ^
Also I just turned 25 so according to Moe I cant wear either. Guess I'm in jersey purgatory until next winter...
Wearing a Harbaugh jersey is rated E for Everyone.
I have two separate policies:
1) At the actual game of the team you are supporting, I guess it's okay for a grown man though I think it looks silly and I would never do it.
2) When I see grown men wearing a team's/player's apparel as a fashion item during daily life, I can't help but think they look like little boys wearing pajamas.
March 19th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
What makes a hockey sweater more appropriate than say, a football jersey? Both are huge and baggy.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
In my opinion:
Wearing to game...perfectly fine. And age and sport don't matter.
Wearing it out in public at places with nothing to do with sports...a little weird.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:05 PM ^
There are more than 2 options there. I might wear my jersey if I'm going to a sports bar to watch it. And I sometimes do when I'm just at home watching it, like if it's a big game. However, I do agree it seems a little weird if I'm wearing a jersey in April while grocery shopping on a Tuesday.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:07 PM ^
Those seem perfectly ok to me.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:12 PM ^
Hmmm...the Tigers open April 1, 2015 a Wednesday. Acceptable!?!?!?!?
March 19th, 2015 at 11:04 AM ^
Come on. Obviously not.
March 18th, 2015 at 11:17 PM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
Try going anywhere in Wisconsin on a Sunday (even church) and old men wearing jerseys are everywhere. I'm in the "don't wear it" crowd.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
Disagree a little bit. I think Soccer jerseys are perfectly applicable in other settings other than soccer matches just b/c they're pretty much TShirts.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^
I think saying it's immature for an adult to wear a jersey is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard about sports fandom where our moods rise and fall on the whims of kids playing games. I didn't even know this was a sentiment people had until a couple years ago.
March 18th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
Yes, that people find wearing jerseys to be juvenile is one of those things I have never been able to wrap my head around.
March 18th, 2015 at 11:26 PM ^
Underoos are just underwear. Why is it weird for an adult to wear underoos?
March 18th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
March 18th, 2015 at 10:46 PM ^
I have an unlucky jersey bought before my michigan vs. Alabama house party...
that jersey has known little joy... very litte...
jdon
March 18th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
For the purposes you listed it's fine. I would not want to walk around looking like Turtle.
It does start to look dumber the older you get. Jay Z should not be rocking a Nets Jersey at how old he is. Then again he's Jay Z.
Edit: nice tags OP.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:06 PM ^
March 18th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
Huh. I don't know if I've ever looked at tags on board posts. I do sometimes on the front page posts though.
March 18th, 2015 at 11:01 PM ^
Thanks. I would have never noticed that if you hadn't pointed it out
March 18th, 2015 at 11:41 PM ^
I'm giggling like a little boy!
"Fart butts and bewbs"
good job, OP!
March 18th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
Because why wouldn't it be?
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March 18th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
It's acceptable to wear anything you want. There's already a shit ton of Michigan people who wear them. My only quip with it is when people wear them on maize out days.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
I don't wear them and haven't for many years, mainly because I no longer believe they look particularly flattering on me at 36 - it seemed to make much more sense when I was an undergrad, but now, I can't see myself wearing one . I own a few for collection purposes - I don't have very many, and the ones I do have are framed and signed and will never be worn anyway. For games, the t-shirts and hoodies and street gear will do just fine for me.
Personal view? I really don't care what people wear at games, but I admit to looking at people my age or older wearing jerseys with a somewhat perplexed look.
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March 18th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
Do whatever you want and when Michigan wins no one will care what you were wearing.
March 18th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
Wear what you like and what makes you feel good. If someone doesn't like that, fuck them. Personally I spend my money elsewhere, but that's just my choice.
For all of the "canon" out there saying grown men don't wear jerseys, GQ is currently pimping 90's NBA throwbacks on their website. There was a time men didn't wear shorts, there was a time a hat was required outdoor apparel and eventually all "rules" come to an end.