The player you choose will get a portion of the proceeds of the sale.
Honestly, I'm glad we are now a part of this. I haven't bought a jersey in years but to know it'll benefit a player directly would probably push me to do it again.
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I'm glad that we're getting in on this too but hope that there is another company in the future that offers a better deal for the athletes. After Fanatics and OneTeam take their cut, each athlete is making less than $4 for the sale of each jersey ($140 sale total, priced even higher than most of their NFL jerseys). This just reeks of Fanatics looking to make cash off the backs of the athletes.
This was gonna be my question. 140 and the kid gets 4? That's ridiculous. I'd rather give money straight to the players.
Yeah I didn't know it was only $4 per sale. That's
kindabullshit, especially when the jerseys that aren't customized are priced at $100. That's $35 in straight profit for Fanatics while only giving the player $5. That should at the very least be the other way around.there is some cost associated with the customization itself, and the investment in the system to take custom orders. But not enough to eat $30 of the additional $40 dollars. (generously assuming a 50-50 marginal profit split between Fanatics & the player)
Here's a tweet of the reported breakdown. I also agree there's a lot of room for disruption here but Fanatics has proven time and time again that they own sports licensing and don't give a shit about the quality of their products so it'll be a steep entry.
Fanatics adds a 40% surcharge for a customizable jersey ($99->$139)
The players receive 2.8% of the proceeds of the $139 sale.
That right there shows everything that is wrong with Fanatics. Price gouging bastards that provide a marginal product to the customer, pays pennies to the brand being sold, and pockets an absurd amount because they've been able to create a monopoly by literally buying up all the competition.
Marginal is a nice way to put it. I've never bought a jersey from them but I did buy the VT ACC championship shirt. The seam split down the shoulder the first time I wore it.
I've bought a jersey from them, but I felt bad afterwards, like I needed a shower.
Their products are OK, but overpriced.
How is it that they don't have more competition?
They've literally bought all the competition. Even smaller brands, like Mitchell & Ness, are now under the Fanatics umbrella.
The sizes on those shirts ran way small too. I know a little more cardio wouldn't be a bad idea for me, but I own plenty of large t-shirts that aren't so short. The thing is practically a belly shirt on me.
I agree. If you find this to be true and order anything from Homefiled get an XL. Their shirts are higher quality but certainly run very tight and a bit short.
They are only a monopoly because school bookstores wanted to save the time and money selling their own stuff. Hokie shop for example- and most others- used to sell independent of fanatics- but couldn't justify the cost vs. partnering with fanatics.
I think years for now there is going to be a massive investigation into NIL and all of the rackets set up to charge fees for licensing and other ways of taking the money out of the athlete's hands. Always follow the money. This is also what happens when you deregulate something and don't have a plan in place other than the Wild West apparently.
This is great, too bad the jersey design isn't worth buying.
I hope this field gets more competitive. For these prices, seems like they could make the shirts in the U.S.
I'll be a better customer when VT starts getting a better contract with Nike, at least one that's competitive with that of UVA.
This needs to happen with basketball ASAP. If this had went live a few years ago I would have a closet full of official hoops jerseys that I would wear while taking my work calls. This also needs to give the player more than pennies on the dollar IMO.
As clown show as our football Nike products are, the basketball ones are 10X worse. YOu might see hoops stuff available in 5 years or if we switch apparel companies.
I will be getting my Dwayne Lawson jersey ordered right away.
Back when Vick was playing in Atlanta and that girl sued him over the herpes I remember the NFL site having to shut down the personalized jersey sales for a while because so many people got Ron Mexico #7 jerseys.
I've got a white Khalil Herbert jersey on the way over from China as we speak. Will probably get one of these once (if) we get a new design.
I just want a '99 Vick Jersey. All Maroon. No extra lines.
There's rarely a shortage of them available on eBay.... Sometimes you can find a good deal, too.
I got one off depop for $40 two years ago, full Nike embroidery and all.
I'd love to find another embroidered VT jersey. I hate how the screen prints just disintegrate over time
You can try DHgate, it's Chinese knock offs but the few I have are embroidered and it's how I started collecting NFL Hokie jerseys
I'll be honest, jerseys are one of the few things I'm snobby or picky about. I don't think I could buy a DHGate one.
Same. I've ordered quite a few from DH gate and I've only been happy with a couple of them. On one hand it's great to have a Zach Leday jersey but on the other it doesn't really look like anything he actually wore unless you squint really hard.
Avoid DH gate for the simple fact that at any time the shit could and will get siezed at customs and you have no recourse. If you jersey is in the container that randomly gets checked, customs will sieze all sports apparel in a heart beat.
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Because it's a Chinese knock off that did not actually pay the licensing fee?
Pissed my man Jalen Stroman isn't a choice on there. Boo
Player gets less than 3%, nah I'm good
I asked Zion DeBose last night if he still saw any money if someone were to order a custom VT jersey with his name and he said yes, he gets the cut from Kansas and VT jerseys. I'm not sure how the reporting works since they use a drop down of current players.
He was very appreciative of the support. I didn't ask how much the cut was but now that I know how small it is, I'm mad for him and all the other players.
So can the VT bookstore set up the same option and have the cut go the players way with the bookstore taking a small piece to cover the customization?
Boy if we think Fanatics is greedy, VT isn't very far behind
Maybe, but at least it's OUR crooks.
this is a hell of a perspective...
Seriously, they need to do this.
Sweet jesus this is awful. We're partnering with fanatics for some 2002 era costco looking ass jerseys for $99.99
Wow. This is just embarrassing.
So, based on the fanatics page, it looks like there are 'replica jerseys' available (for football), but not for basketball.
For what it's worth, this seems to be something with the brand ProSphere. All of their jerseys (including UGA, USC, etc) look like cheap imitator jerseys.
My guess is that ProSphere was launched specifically for NIL purposes (or at least they are trying to capitalize on this part of the jersey market). If you want a 'replica' jersey, you have to go through Nike. Nike may not be playing nicely with NIL (speculating here).
TL:DR - looks like multiple 'big dawg' Nike schools are using the same company for NIL jerseys. I don't like them either, but I don't think is a failing of VT/Athletics/Collectives. Just my $0.02 after 5-10 min of googling.
Nike is absolutely terrible. Really wish we would explore Adidas now that our deal with Nike is up this year, if Adidas is interested. Nike is a terrible company and has really screwed us on the apparel.
I'd be more okay with it if VT just accepted that these exist and didn't promote them, lol...got the email an hour ago "NEW! NIL Basketball Player Jerseys are HERE!"
What, you think its a joke that VT is promoting crap like this:
Oh, and then you see the $100 price tag
Pretty sure I've seen something similar at TJ Maxx for $15
Nike isn't playing along nicely with anyone, but they especially don't play along nicely with us.
Honestly I would ok with those Nike NIL Replicas if they were for hoops as well. Sure the football jerseys aren't the best, but they're a hell of a lot better than *gestures around wildly at the ProSphere unis* ALL OF THAT.
Randomly giving you legs when I see you to help offset the bot downvoting you.
Fireman is second on the big board. He's only 55k behind. I bet he is trying to squeeze into first place through downvotes.
I know this is tongue in cheek but there's nothing to substantiate it fwiw. Dont wanna have someone think it's true or rankle anyone
The only part that is true is that someone really is stalking my comments and downvoting.
I have seen the complaints about downvotes but have never seen your comments with negative votes...
However, maybe there is a tkp mechanic to allow the rest of us to catchup similar to those in racing video games /s
Well that's because there's enough other people who like the things I say that they usually get canceled out pretty quick... lol
And you might have a point there. Goddamn rubber banding is holdin me bak!
Can we not get that person dealt with? It makes me irrationally irritated someone spends their time hunting your posts down.
Correct - completely tongue in cheek. No disrespect to Fireman or any other first responders intended.
Imagine being a recruit and someone from VT shows you those and says "If you sell a lot of these specific jerseys with your name on it you can get a slice of the money."
It's embarrassing.
And if it is anything like the deal for the Nike jersey, the cut they get won't even get 'em a big mac
I'll take what looks like a Russell jersey for $5 Alex.
What a fucking joke. Fucking joke. not only is this nothing like our current template/uniforms. this has NEVER been our fucking uniform. This is walmart champion brand knock off shit. Where is Nike? working with JMU and Liberty on their next designs? Fucking pathetic weak shit. We are in the best hoops conference in the country and we get this bullshit
Unpopular opinion: If you are old enough to have graduated, or create an account on this site, you're too old to wear a jersey anyway, so nbd.
The only time we old farts should buy jerseys now is to frame them and hang them in a man cave.
But, it sucks for the players, I will agree there.
Like an Old School Len Bias (yellow) and Dell Curry (orange) Jersey for the office/man cave?
I'm 27, not married, with no kids, I can feel the crushing despair of 30 looming over my shoulder. Let me have jerseys for just a little while longer and I promise I'll wear Peter Millar and loafers for the 2026 season
I'm 31, I got the peter millar VT embroidered polo, can say I love it very comfy and will always support VT as kids come and go. Come to the dark side 😂
Eh agree to disagree. Professional jerseys are always cool IMO but where I will agree is that wearing the jersey of an 18 year old kid will almost always be strange
I'm 32 and I'm really hoping to get more mileage out of my Lamar jersey, not sure if that's going to happen tho...
Hockey jerseys are always cool after that well maybe do some more situps and buy a good fit t-shirt
I'm fine with wearing jersey's, but usually you need to buy them one to two sizes smaller so they fit more like an actual shirt.
The baggy look of a jersey with the sleeves going down to your elbow is a bad look.
Baseball jerseys: these work nice because they are already more "shirt like"
Soccer "jerseys": these are basically just fancy shirts already = nice look
Basketball jerseys: work nice in the summer time / on the boat drinking
Hockey jerseys/sweaters: meant to be big, can wear over stuff in winter = look cool regardless
I just turned 31 and have no plans to stop wearing my tyrod and MV7 jerseys
That's okay because those guys are older than you. It's weird if you're wearing a jersey of someone younger than you.
Okay, who is gonna tell this guy he gotta stop wearing his jersey...
You don't know his age. Don't shame him for 'looking' old.
To be fair, he pretty much rocks it.
The wife and I are both old enough to have graduated and/or created an account on this site, and we still wear our VT hoops jerseys to every game we go to.
Soooo....
My rule of thumb:
- Jerseys to sporting events is definitely OK. Be a fan, support your team and their players.
- Wearing jerseys on gameday to a bar or other location to watch the game is OK in the right settings. Depends on the importance of the game (preseason vs. postseason) and the actual location (random martini bar vs. team bar).
- Wearing jerseys in virtually in any other setting is awkward.
Ha. Joke's on you. I'm already awkward in every setting anyway.
....have you considered not always wearing a jersey?
I believe he's saying that it goes deeper than the jersey.
I mean that one time in bed with my wife she mentioned it and it crossed my mind but she's obviously the one who sucks
#HokieFanOfTheDay
...probably she's not if you're wearing a jersey tho
Does it make it more or less awkward if you're only wearing a jersey at all times?