OT: authentic white basketball jerseys

Submitted by Sleepy on
Anyone know if Nike ever made authentic white basketball jerseys available for sale? I can easily find the replicas ($75) in white/blue/maize, but the authentics ($120) appear to have only been produced in blue/maize. I've checked all the usual spots (M Den, Fanatics, Nike) to no avail...

Wolverine Devotee

March 26th, 2017 at 1:25 PM ^

I was actually going to buy my jerseys in the $120 authentic version.

But by the time the season rolled around in November, all they had was replica so I settled with those.

MDen said that the home white were only made available by Jordan in replica when I asked. They lost $135 from this guy because of it.

Something else that annoyed me was the #17 being the only option in white. #17 is an illegal number in college basketball, so no player will ever wear it unless they change the rules. My Blue and Maize jerseys are both #1s which will obviously be worn for years to come.

HarmonHowardWoodson

March 26th, 2017 at 5:10 PM ^

You'd have the most popular players/numbers be for sale because those are the ones people would want to buy...others would be available for order as they are with pro sports.

I'm not saying it is perfect (what about players with same number?) but it is past time that the NCAA start passing on the mountains of money that they are making on the backs of the athletes.

I'm not saying there should be million dollar contracts to go to college...but why not look at revenue streams that could easily be funneled to the players?

jayburn23

March 26th, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^

Did you buy a pair of the shorts? I bought the replica white ones. The pictures don't really show a difference between replica and authentic for the blue or maize ones. Just curious. I would pay good money for a pair of legit shorts.

The Krusty Kra…

March 27th, 2017 at 1:03 PM ^

But am thinking about returning it. I often wear basketball jerseys in the summer to the beach or concerts and the problem is, the chain stitching for the letters has no protective backing, which could lead to some Andy Bernard-like chafing issues. I will probably return it and get a replica blue jersey Also re: 17 - illegal number aside, it also represents the season (2017...)