"Ted Kupczyk" wrote in message news:XVIQa.63400$H17.19749@sccrnsc02...
From ESPN.com

http://msn.espn.go.com/sportsbusines...1/1579655.html

Nothing memorable about this special "event"
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By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

LOS ANGELES -- Behind the end zone at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Terrell
Suggs stands in front of a table stacked with Baltimore Ravens jerseys. One
by one, he slips them over his head and shoulder pads, then quickly back off
again as if on a quest to find one that fits.

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I saw this report on Outside the Lines last week and it was pretty
embarrassing all around. They were trying to make a big deal out of
event-used material, with some innuendoes about it not being
"legitimate" because it's only been worn for a minute. They had on
the guy that sued Topps because of 9 extra Jagr cards, and some other
collector. The whole thing was steered to question the practice of
wearing these items for a short time. But no one got into the
game-used thing, which is what I wanted to hear. They should have
gotten Richard McWilliams on there to explain how they call a
polyester jersey an "official game-used jersey" when worn by Joe
DiMaggio in an old-timers game, or the Reggie Jackson cork bat card.
Or where their Christy Mathewson jersey came from. But the premise,
that somehow there's something almost fraudulent about these
"event-worn" items when that's all they are ever claimed to be, but
without ever coming out and saying it, was very squirmy.

I should say, though, that even though they lay this at the card
companies doorstep, they were the originators of the idea. Gaylord
Perry used to sell his jerseys, and he realized that you can sell
twice as many if you change jerseys midway through a game. This just
takes it a step further.