What makes it authentic? IS it the stench of all the money Merritt Paulson is making off of wannabe-fútbol fans? Or is it the hand stitching by Third World children?
No. Not $70 either. If I see a copy of a knockoff of the replica somewhere for $10, I might bite. Sure, it won't survive a washing, but I'll just never wash it.
Yeah, that rising sun motif makes no sense. How about a bridge to "demonstrate that soccer bridges languages, religions, nationalities" or some other slightly more relevant pap?
As opposed to actual NASCAR ads? Not even close. Oh, how about the HOURS of commercial advertising during NFL games? I'll gladly take a single logo on a uniform over a McDonald's or Zales commercial every 30 seconds.
Yeah, how dare they have the name of a sponsor on the front of their shirts. I mean, you would never see that anywhere else. Except of course in every other country in the sodding world.
Seriously, some of you people need to look outside our own borders once in a while.
You do realize that 99% of the world soccer/football jerseys have sponsors on them right? Why is this? Well because the game is uninterrupted except for halftime for 90 minutes.
So which would you rather have - 4.5 hour American Football game which 3 of those hours are non stop commercials or a sponsor on a jersey and 1.5 hours with zero commercials?
Sad really how stupid the people in this thread are.
@Stu: Is the name of the sponsor usually five times larger than the team logo? I'm not a sports guy, so I really don't know. Seems a little strange to me. Just change the name of the team to the Portland Alaska Airlines Timbers and be done with it.
Yes, Todd, they are the most prominent thing on the jersey world-wide. Why? Precisely because of what Finnegan mentioned. There are no commercial breaks every couple of minutes. You get an entire game free from interruption by Wal-Mart. The "oh, I didn't know we were called the Portland Alaska Airlines" line is tired and right out of O Live commenters' playbooks.
Not directed at you, Todd, but I get a kick out of the hypocritical soccer basher going on about a sponsor on the front of the jersey. Jesus, is there a more commercialized sporting culture in the world than the United States? Chunty actually tried to use NASCAR in his argument. LOLz of the day. Your ignorance is showing.
Finegan, you failed to notice how I compared MLS jerseys to other American pro sports jerseys. I wasn't comparing it to the rest of the world. And why should I? It's a shit league that only a handful of overgrown man-children care about. And I'm sure as shit that it couldn't survive without millions upon millions of ugly, in-your-face jersey sponsorships.
Oh, your precious, precious corporate team and its precious corporate sponsors! If the mean people keep picking on it, it'll go away and you'll have nothing to live for.
it may be a while...
(Although I will admit, as an ardent timbers fan, $110 is pretty steep).
This is truly the NASCAR of jerseys.
Seriously, some of you people need to look outside our own borders once in a while.
You do realize that 99% of the world soccer/football jerseys have sponsors on them right? Why is this? Well because the game is uninterrupted except for halftime for 90 minutes.
So which would you rather have - 4.5 hour American Football game which 3 of those hours are non stop commercials or a sponsor on a jersey and 1.5 hours with zero commercials?
Sad really how stupid the people in this thread are.
Not directed at you, Todd, but I get a kick out of the hypocritical soccer basher going on about a sponsor on the front of the jersey. Jesus, is there a more commercialized sporting culture in the world than the United States? Chunty actually tried to use NASCAR in his argument. LOLz of the day. Your ignorance is showing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf4eu5y0418
Oh, your precious, precious corporate team and its precious corporate sponsors! If the mean people keep picking on it, it'll go away and you'll have nothing to live for.
I'm sad for you.