Jersey Economics (1 Viewer)

[B-Deep]

I was completely fascinated by the following daily email item:

The Oakland Raiders receiver said Wednesday he would have to pay $210,000 to switch his uniform from No. 84 to 81 in order to reimburse the team and Reebok for the cost of the unsold jerseys.

"Man, there's a couple of nice cars I'd like to get for that money," Porter said. "I could buy a nice vacation home, or at least go half on one with someone else."

Does anyone have any information on all the economics of jersey sales? How much does the NFL get per jersey, the team, the player? Are all deals the same or do stars get a better deal? Are there individual player deals, or is this just one deal with the NFL or NFLPA?

I am not sure anyone will have the answers, but I'd love to be educated on how all of this works.

 

[benbadman]

What kind of Raiders fan is buying a Jerry Porter jersey? Probably the same kind of Falcons fan that buys a Roddy White.

I still have a Steve McNair rookie year Houston Oilers jersey (white w/ red & blue), does that count as a throwback jersey nowadays?

 

[mad sweeney]

What kind of Raiders fan is buying a Jerry Porter jersey? Probably the same kind of Falcons fan that buys a Roddy White.

well there's 200K worth of jerseys leftover so I would imagine that few people bought them.

 

[Kleck.]

Interesting.

Too bad for Porter that his jersey was never in high demand. Otherwise Reebok would probably love the idea of changing numbers (Jordan swiching from #23 to #45 after he came back = $$$)

 

[Kleck.]

I wonder if this is more of an Al Davis being cheap thing. I don't remember hearing any other player having to reimburse money to a team or manufacturer after selling or changing numbers.