Buying a cheap NFL jerseys as an anniversary

Buying a cheap NFL jerseys as an anniversary or birthday gift generates clicks on E-Bay, individual team websites, and numerous other on-line retailers. But depending on where you search for these, you might learn that they are cheap for a reason. The ability to know the difference between an authentic jersey and a fake can be the difference between money well-spent and money wasted. The differences are few but they make knock-offs easy to spot.

Letters and Numbers on NFL Jerseys

While the tiny holes or "mesh" in jerseys add a certain appeal to the apparel, they appear for a reason. The holes are meant to give the player ventilation during a game and therefore part of what makes the jersey authentic. If they jersey does not have this mesh then it is fake.

The names and letters should be stitched onto the jersey and not pressed. The term for names and letters on a pirated jersey is "screened". Real jerseys worn by players, including throwback jerseys, always have names and letters stitched on. Some styles may vary, such as jerseys worn in the 80s. This is the exception to the rule, as those jerseys had a thick screen printing, and not all of the jerseys were stitched.