JohnsonsJerseys
Michigan Tech Fan
Re: Michigan Tech 2014-2015
Anyway, the whole thing with jerseys and sales is one of the biggest grey areas in college sports and I think hockey really flies under the radar. D-I football and bouncyball are always under the microscope of the NCAA. I believe the spirit of the rule is to prevent a school like BU from stocking their school store with Jack Eichel jerseys, game worn or otherwise. That would be truly generating a profit off the players name. In my opinion, even stocking the store with jerseys with #9 specificity is pushing the grey area as you know why the school chose that number.
As for selling game worn jerseys, it is tough for teams to sell the common jerseys at anything close to a profit. Most teams are selling them at a loss just to get some money back into the program's cookie jar. Yes, there are a few like North Dakota, BC, etc who seem they can ask whatever they want for a jersey and will get it but they are the exception, rather than the rule. UND is very strict about when they sell jerseys. They ALWAYS have the names on the back, BUT they don't sell them until after the player leaves the program. OSU usually sells every jersey after every season. Returning players have the names stripped off the backs, but if you buy a senior's jersey the name is still in place. Then you have other programs who just sell everything with the names still attached. I'm sure they are under the assumption that it doesn't matter if the name is attached because they are taking a loss selling the jerseys so there is no profit and thus not a violation.
I would say I have a good feel on how about 30 of the NCAA teams deal with their jerseys and they are pretty consistent year to year. The others change frequently and you can't really predict how or when you might even be able to get a jersey from the team in any manner. A good example is AIC. How many people even know they have a D-I team. Want to get a jersey from the team... good luck. I spent years writing and calling before I finally got one. By the end I felt like I was Tim Robbins trying to build a prison library, but I never did get to the point of writing two letters per week.
And as far as classic music goes, well here is a chart topper for you...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dE0DckMHY
Ryan J
I haven't been checking in as often recently due to the fact that we packed up two apartments in CO and MN and finally moved into our new home in CO a couple weekends ago. Last weekend six Uhual containers showed up with our stuff from WI. So pretty much every day is work 8 hours and then come home and work some more unstacking / unpacking boxes... And just for good measure, my company moved me to a new office up one floor. When you're a small company you get to move yourself... more boxes and stairs... Yaaaaaay.
Anyway, the whole thing with jerseys and sales is one of the biggest grey areas in college sports and I think hockey really flies under the radar. D-I football and bouncyball are always under the microscope of the NCAA. I believe the spirit of the rule is to prevent a school like BU from stocking their school store with Jack Eichel jerseys, game worn or otherwise. That would be truly generating a profit off the players name. In my opinion, even stocking the store with jerseys with #9 specificity is pushing the grey area as you know why the school chose that number.
As for selling game worn jerseys, it is tough for teams to sell the common jerseys at anything close to a profit. Most teams are selling them at a loss just to get some money back into the program's cookie jar. Yes, there are a few like North Dakota, BC, etc who seem they can ask whatever they want for a jersey and will get it but they are the exception, rather than the rule. UND is very strict about when they sell jerseys. They ALWAYS have the names on the back, BUT they don't sell them until after the player leaves the program. OSU usually sells every jersey after every season. Returning players have the names stripped off the backs, but if you buy a senior's jersey the name is still in place. Then you have other programs who just sell everything with the names still attached. I'm sure they are under the assumption that it doesn't matter if the name is attached because they are taking a loss selling the jerseys so there is no profit and thus not a violation.
I would say I have a good feel on how about 30 of the NCAA teams deal with their jerseys and they are pretty consistent year to year. The others change frequently and you can't really predict how or when you might even be able to get a jersey from the team in any manner. A good example is AIC. How many people even know they have a D-I team. Want to get a jersey from the team... good luck. I spent years writing and calling before I finally got one. By the end I felt like I was Tim Robbins trying to build a prison library, but I never did get to the point of writing two letters per week.
And as far as classic music goes, well here is a chart topper for you...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dE0DckMHY
Ryan J
