Are MLB's New Fanatics Jerseys a Window Into the NHL's Future?

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  • The new baseball jerseys have not been received well at all. The NHL will be selling Fanatics jerseys as authentics starting next year.
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  • @tehbeernerd
    @tehbeernerd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +481

    The answer is a very emphatic, very loud “yes.” Anyone who thought Fanatics would suddenly flip a switch and start making quality merchandise once they got a big-boy deal was naive. Making cheap crap that falls apart from a slight breeze is part of their business model.

    • @AmokCanuck
      @AmokCanuck 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the saddest thing is the business model works. They're making money hand over fist swindling consumers and producing landfill food.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      For real. Screw Fanatics and their scummy practices.

    • @mat5473
      @mat5473 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Yeah there is no chance they improve the product. The on-ice version they may be forced to improve by the player's union but that product will never be sold to consumers.

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      MLB players are speaking out show they may go for on field quality there a chance

  • @chrisbelos2834
    @chrisbelos2834 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +251

    i have CCM jerseys that are still in greater shape than anything i got from fanatics. thoses CCM jerseys were demos from 1992 btw.

    • @seanpoulton2446
      @seanpoulton2446 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I got a custom Giguere jersey recently that’s a CCM. Still better than anything Fanatics.

    • @onikwa
      @onikwa 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The CCM replicas from 2000-2005 are honestly better quality than anything today, the material is thicker and more substantial than the nearly $300 made in Indonesia adidas. Yeah they're replicas so not exactly period correct, and often they had glued on logos, but the glue somehow kept all my logos attached throughout the last two decades, and you can get it stitched anyway. And importantly back then they cost a fraction of what even a fanatics knockoff does today. Now there's nowhere to avoid buying pure shite unless you shell out hundreds to get an actual stitched adidas, gamble if you can even get a limited run of that jersey you want, or buy game issued or vintage. Dark days have already come for hockey fans I think it's just getting worse.

  • @tomservo9254
    @tomservo9254 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    Wish it was more like soccer where teams can pick their own uniform suppliers. Being allowed to have an alternate uniform that didn't have to be white would be pretty great too.

    • @LSA30
      @LSA30 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      1) In the 90's teams had multiple options for their jersey manufacturer. CCM, Pro Player, Starter and Nike (I may be forgetting someone). The on-ice quality was said to be somewhat uneven between these brands, which is why CCM was chosen to make all uniforms during the late 90's/eary 00's.
      2) Between 1970 and 2003 NHL teams wore light at home, and some teams chose to wear other than white. Notably the Canucks and Golden Seals wore gold for a few years.

    • @TheSportsBoffin
      @TheSportsBoffin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Got some bad news for you buddy Fanatics has agreements in place over here in Europe to manafactuer jerseys under licence just like the MLB and has done since around 2017....Aston Villa and Newcastle Utd have had issues with their On-Field product....Castore design them Fanatics make them...Same issues for Sydney Roosters in NRL/NRLW down in Australia.

    • @tomservo9254
      @tomservo9254 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@LSA30 I know they flipped the home/away whites, I mean having it so that a team like the Canucks have a blue home and maybe a green alternate that they wear if the away team's primary colour is also blue.

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like unifromity within the sport

    • @williamford9564
      @williamford9564 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Eventually that will change. MLS will sell out to get the rights fees from Fanatics.

  • @igolffff
    @igolffff 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +202

    Devils Stadium jerseys are $500 USD. We're all doomed.

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Bro wtf 💀

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      ​ @choppergunner8650 fucking flippers bought out all of the most popular sizes and sell them for double the price. Same despicable shit is happening with the rangers stadium series, it's obsurdoooo

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@shawklan27 man, fuck fanatics

    • @HarrisonHollers
      @HarrisonHollers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s the only option? Isn’t this the last year of Adidas?

    • @jma.87
      @jma.87 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I was lucky enough to snag a blank and a Hischier Adidas SS during their brief windows of availability. Those resellers make me sick. Adidas dropped the ball, and they're taking full advantage.

  • @awildermode
    @awildermode 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

    $50-60 for a T-shirt? You used to be able to buy a good CCM replica jersey for $60.

    • @tripsaplenty1227
      @tripsaplenty1227 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Back in my day a dime bag cost a dime

    • @karimkassam6874
      @karimkassam6874 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      "Yo, that's 50 dollars for a t-shirt"

    • @5purplecups
      @5purplecups 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tripsaplenty1227back in 95 it was 95 cents- Gucci

  • @bradgavel9991
    @bradgavel9991 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    Fanatics has basically ruined the jersey industry, they've begun their destruction of the sportscard industry...everything they get involved in has turned to crap...why should we expect anything different from them?! Maybe if they didn't hike the prices of every single thing they get into, people maybhave a different opinion of them, but the proof is in the pricing.

    • @goalski134
      @goalski134 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      this, this and this. across the board, they are the worst thing to happen to sports merchandise.

  • @natemiller6802
    @natemiller6802 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    I miss when Majestic was making MLB jerseys, they had quality authentic jerseys and locally made in the Lehigh Valley

    • @scotthouston6621
      @scotthouston6621 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Nike Authentics are still made at the same plant in PA. It's just owned by Fanatics.

    • @Hakuna65Matata
      @Hakuna65Matata 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@scotthouston6621 correct. All players jerseys are still being made by the Easton plant. The Replicas that come in are imported now. They only will heat press the name and number on the Replicas. The Authentics are still stitched. Its the only unionized building of Fanatics thanks to the MLBPA.

    • @jaerockchalk3216
      @jaerockchalk3216 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yeah Majestic ones are amazing , i have a Rickey Henderson 93 World Series Cooperstown edition Blue Jays Uni from 1993 its still immaculate condition

  • @JonathanNation
    @JonathanNation 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    I am planning on getting every jersey I want this year before Fanatics comes out.

    • @homer1268
      @homer1268 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      same

    • @AmokCanuck
      @AmokCanuck 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      And not even just new ones, surely this will drive up the market of old jerseys.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm saving for the end of the season where the sale blowout is bound to happen

    • @heathclark318
      @heathclark318 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Its what I have been doing since the deal was announced. Fanatics is utter garbage

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yep already bought a colorado avalanche third jersey there recent one

  • @BvG_Venom
    @BvG_Venom 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    In the future will it be easy to spot knockoffs because the quality is too good?

    • @cubanodsgn
      @cubanodsgn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Lol..."look at that guy's knock off with all his embroidered patches and stitched nameplates and numbers, nothing like my authentic heat pressed logo"

  • @FutureZek
    @FutureZek 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Fanatics is infamous in NC for printing the Canes logo upside down.

    • @klompsauce
      @klompsauce 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Which jersey? Didn’t they have a jersey with a tropical storm flag instead of a hurricane flag? I want to get my hands on one of those.

    • @FutureZek
      @FutureZek 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@klompsauce The "OG" logo. The stylized hurricane in red, black and white.

    • @DJVexillum
      @DJVexillum 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Is that why they hardly wear it on the ice anymore? Joking, joking...

    • @anthonydurante1149
      @anthonydurante1149 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@klompsauceyes. The one-flag logo symbolizes a gale storm. The stacked two-flag logo symbolizes a hurricane.

  • @AdamLaMore
    @AdamLaMore 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    On the topic of chain-stitching, the Cardinals logo is chain-stitched. One of the changes that Fanatics did was to chain-stitch onto a patch (technically two, one for each side) and then just sew the patch on the jersey, where previous manufacturers would stitch directly onto the jersey. Definitely has a different effect. One of the other big changes in MLB was to shrink the player names, which obviously the players don't like and is one of the big things making them feel like replicas or knockoffs.

    • @scotthouston6621
      @scotthouston6621 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There shouldn't be player names on jerseys. You should know the player by their number.

    • @Derberbeve
      @Derberbeve 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scotthouston6621lol wut

  • @ZZSmithReal
    @ZZSmithReal 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Imagine being a major league baseball player making $35 million a year and not be able to get your pants customized. LOL

    • @Blingdung
      @Blingdung 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Each team will just hire a tailor sounds like. Definitely bullshit that the league just let fanatics and shitty quality jerseys take over. Only good thing is that 30 or so tailors will get to work for their teams which I guess is nice

  • @saturnotaku
    @saturnotaku 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    My dad won an authentic Chicago Blackhawks Reebok jersey off a scratch-and-win lottery ticket back in the day, and it is absolutely gorgeous. The only Fanatics jersey I had was of the Golden Knights from their inaugural year. I rarely wore it until recently when I changed it out for an Adidas one.

  • @ConnorAshFreeman
    @ConnorAshFreeman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    thank you for talking about this Shannon, nothing good happens when an industry monopolizes!

  • @whheaties2360
    @whheaties2360 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Adidas is going to get a payday in these last few months from customers wanting to stock up on Adidas before they’re gone, I feel.

  • @mmonkeyman1403
    @mmonkeyman1403 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Just got a brand new red wings Koho jersey off eBay. It’s great quality, also convenient since Detroit’s uniform hasn’t changed since then.

    • @klompsauce
      @klompsauce 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Few weeks back I got my kid a Koho Shanahan jersey off eBay

  • @J_Aaron_L
    @J_Aaron_L 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    This feels familiar to me. It's almost as if many companies are blatantly degrading the products and properties they own.

    • @dAiMYoBeAr
      @dAiMYoBeAr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      The quicker the product breaks, the sooner you have to repay them money

    • @poppinmycollar
      @poppinmycollar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      That's late stage capitalism for ya

    • @veeli1106
      @veeli1106 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@poppinmycollar…when Western governments have been racking up fiscal deficit-spending since the 1960s and central banks have been on expansionary monetary policies since 1982 and you call this situation “late-stage capitalism” *facepalm*

    • @afterfractures5884
      @afterfractures5884 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@veeli1106 I don't think Fanatics are cheaping out on the production costs because of the fiscal deficit spending. LOL.

    • @veeli1106
      @veeli1106 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@afterfractures5884 Deficit-spending leads to currency debasement, and one way the loss of purchasing power can be felt is via lower quality standards of materials and workmanship in manufactured goods, if any manufacturing hasn’t already been offshore-ed out to a jurisdiction with lower labour costs.

  • @Merlin_From_Shrek_3
    @Merlin_From_Shrek_3 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    Just make the jerseys digital like the ads lmao

    • @jeffe2267
      @jeffe2267 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Green jerseys for everyone!

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      introducing Chroma Key Jerseys in Blue and Green

    • @originalrkmorton
      @originalrkmorton 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      All execs agree, subscription model merch is the future

  • @kleddit6400
    @kleddit6400 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    “Fanatics Sports betting while you’re wearing your Fanatics jersey”💀😂

    • @JonathanGaeta
      @JonathanGaeta 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We’re not far from Fanatics getting into sports betting

  • @roguewavecreative
    @roguewavecreative 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    To me this is on the league owners. It’s all about money. The jerseys I have ordered on Alibaba that are knock offs are better. Still stitched. That is so weird to me but I am guessing the leagues end up with more money. To me it’s the same argument that most people detest Bettman. He is an extension of the ownes. Do you think there will ever be a league commissioner for the fans?

    • @atpyro7920
      @atpyro7920 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      considering the commish is picked by the owners, no

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@atpyro7920 Bettman answers the owners

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Bettman answers to owners

    • @Helvigster
      @Helvigster 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      only way there will ever be a commissioner for the fans is if the NHL adopts the MLS structure where the league owns the teams and not vice versa
      since that'll never happen, no. we're all screwed.

    • @bagofholding
      @bagofholding 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What are they supposed to do when no other company even offered to do it?

  • @heyhosayso
    @heyhosayso 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    As a European mostly watching sport there I think the problem is that there is only one supplier per league. In Europe each team makes an agreement with an manufacturer. So there is real competition. We get annual new creative jerseys here. And it not like 250US because thats nuts. But ik it's a completely different market over there. So I wish you guys the best.

    • @mundanemorselsmundanemorse7028
      @mundanemorselsmundanemorse7028 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah sadly that’s our business model for so many things these days. Even sports games have become 1 developer per sport. No more competition for any sport.

    • @goalski134
      @goalski134 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the jerseys in US sports have to be worn for multiple seasons, whereas in football they have three jerseys every single season. cheaper jerseys but still gross exploitation. also, fanatics are coming for football too. man united site is “powered by fanatics,” and i’m sure it’s not the only one.

  • @ianhall6614
    @ianhall6614 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Cue the Ralph Wiggum “I’m in danger”

  • @thefloridacrackerwhip
    @thefloridacrackerwhip 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In all honesty, what the NHL needs to do is bring the manufacture of the jersey in house, integrate it and streamline it within the league. Go get/lease a couple of factories in Canada and/or Mexico, control production and sell them to get 100% of the profits from jersey sales without the limitations of the third party supplier. Have adidas or Nike design them if they’d like or better yet the teams themselves and problem solved. I have an early Adidas Lightning sweater and a newer Adidas and the older one feels of better quality than the newer one albeit both are great quality. Fanatics is going to teach a lesson to leagues that, as we say in Spanish translated, “what is cheap in costs now, will be more expensive than you ever bargained for later.”

  • @James_Ford4815
    @James_Ford4815 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    im at spring training now and have seen mlb jerseys up close ... they look like a mixture between a tshirt and a real mlb jersey , they're just very thin looking , how they sit on the body and flow reminds me a little of those cuban or hawaiian shirts ... so yes i would say they look more on the cheap knock off side vs what i saw from last years spring training

    • @nickh3698
      @nickh3698 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So basically a shirsey

  • @JoeMagician
    @JoeMagician 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    CCM jerseys are by far the best, I had old CCM jerseys I bought second hand from the 80's and 90's and they're in better shape and more comfortable than a modern Fanatics jersey. Even gotten them customized they hold up really well. I suspect that Fanatics had embraced the idea of forced obsolescence in their products. It's not a problem for them that their products fall apart after a few years, it means you have to buy a new one. And if you're unhappy, well where else are you gonna go? I'm a big fan of collecting hockey jerseys, and fanatics picking up the contract probably means the end of me buying new ones. Unless they keep the on ice products in the same factories, but even those have shot through the roof. Just a couple years ago you could get a blank pro version of a jersey for $200-$300. Now they're not only not available, but even team issued unused jerseys have gone through the roof from the teams and resellers. It's a hobby that will die very quickly.

  • @brettrossi034
    @brettrossi034 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    All of my New Jersey Devils jerseys i own are CCM and i own 2 Reebok jerseys. I love the quality of the jerseys from CCM plus the stitching and comfort ot them. Those are all still in quality shape after all these years.

    • @jma.87
      @jma.87 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some ppl will point out the air knit material snags easily. But I generally agree with you. I baby mine and they're in great shape lol.
      I do have the adidas climalite and prime green indos too, but I love my MiC CCMs more

  • @bertoneill2488
    @bertoneill2488 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I am gonna miss the New Era Hats.

    • @standardv
      @standardv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wait what? I have not heard that New Era will stop producing hats for MLB teams. That cannot be true.

    • @bertoneill2488
      @bertoneill2488 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean this is a Hockey Channel. I was talking about the New Era NHL hats. Unless the Sabres are the only ones who get them cause New Era is a Buffalo company.@@standardv

  • @gvalo
    @gvalo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I can tell you as a Blackhawks fan, if the chain stitching goes away, it's a guarantee that I'll never buy a jersey until the end of the fanatics contract.
    For Christmas this year, I bought a fanatics away jersey from the Blackhawks Store to have customized as Griswold jersey. I wore it out ONCE and the shoulder patches peeled off. Luckily the store offered to pay for me to ship it back to them, then they took it to the official on-ice lettering company for the hawks and they stitched everything down.
    Edit to add: Jaime Faulkner, the President of Business Ops for the hawks, was on a few podcasts last summer/during the start of the season talking about seeing the Fanatics jerseys and their equipment staff putting the samples through their tests. She seemed like they were happy with them but she's also trying to get fans to still buy the jersey (Hence the return of the 90s black thirds)

  • @eyekantspele
    @eyekantspele 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Hey Shannon, would love to see a room tour video!

  • @InchonDM
    @InchonDM 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    For those who don't follow baseball regularly, we've had more updates as spring training starts to approach. We've now seen the uniform pants as well, and it's ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. The pants are _translucent!_ They're so thin you can see through them, and furthermore, they're almost universally too tight! It looks like the players are wearing uniform-colored _pantyhose_ out onto the field, and there's already a bunch of shots of players with, uh, _unfortunate elements_ on display underneath. It's completely insane.

    • @drengillespie
      @drengillespie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It brought back memories of the white scrub pants from school.

  • @jeffreytoman8351
    @jeffreytoman8351 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Shannon, thank you. I’ve been shouting your original fanatics video to a bunch of my friends and left it in a few you tube comments.

  • @HarrisonHollers
    @HarrisonHollers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Michael Rubin, what did you do?!

  • @strungoutkid
    @strungoutkid 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fanatics to me, is like the time I bought a "Blinks182" shirt outside a venue once.

    • @LSA30
      @LSA30 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Like buying a Sorny TV😂

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@LSA30 or those fake Adidas hoodies with 4 stripes

    • @strungoutkid
      @strungoutkid 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@LSA30 classic Simpsons episode!

  • @DDVargas1983
    @DDVargas1983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I bought a Knock-off Kershaw jersey about six years ago and it's outlasted every Fanatics jersey since. Best 40 bucks I've spent. I'm holding on to my Adidas Ducks jersey like gold.

  • @girthbrookes1673
    @girthbrookes1673 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I bought one bills jersey from them never ever again.
    Same price or even more than what i paid for authentic good jerseys and its crap.
    Nothing is stitched, everything was heated or glued.
    Terrible product terrible company

  • @ediaz951
    @ediaz951 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was waiting to hear you discuss this :o

  • @xPandaZ4
    @xPandaZ4 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ive ordered a few jerseys off of DHgate. The quality is streets ahead of anything ive ever seen fanatics produce, and its a 1/4 of the price.

  • @VexJinks
    @VexJinks 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I'm getting all the Adidas jerseys I can before Fanatics takes over. I've got no faith in Fanatics quality.

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same I as well

  • @ears9115
    @ears9115 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have one Detroit Tigers fanatics shirt and haven’t bought anything from them since. All my Red Wings stuff is from 47 or American Needle.
    I have an old CCM jersey, 1997 Sergei Fedorov and a Nike Fedorov, two relatives had the same idea! I’ve never washed em and only worn to games couple cause worries about messing em up. Got as a kid, was giant then so still fit!

  • @tbell61
    @tbell61 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Shannon, thanks for doing this video. I was interested in your take on this subject, and you did not disappoint.

  • @woodsie22
    @woodsie22 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Oh, I got a preview of how low quality they can go. Last night, I went to the Blues game, and they had a new product - a Mitchell & Ness (but really Fanatics) “vintage” clown Brett Hull clown jersey, selling for $200. I wouldn’t wear the thing if it was free.
    The blue was closer to the unfortunate choice in the 90s than the new adidas ones, but the shoulder AND the main logo both were the cheap screen printed iron on looking ones. The stripes were also wrong, and had someone been walking around wearing that jersey, I would have assumed it was a knockoff or a particularly poorly made giveaway.

  • @ShadowWalker-ng1it
    @ShadowWalker-ng1it 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Had a habs caps for a summer washed it maybe twice and yet even after only that I had the metal wiring sticking into my head when I was wearing it.

  • @2nddimension334
    @2nddimension334 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent choice of jersey for an important video!

  • @Jimmy-Mc
    @Jimmy-Mc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    At least my Adidas and CCM jerseys will go up in value.

  • @jaredmorrison9511
    @jaredmorrison9511 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I quite like that Jets jersey from a looks standpoint at least.

  • @eli2568
    @eli2568 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Had no idea no one else made a bid. That's crazy. Yes affirmed concern about fanatics. Have no plans to get at this point. I was bummed Adidas didn't want to again

  • @FutureZek
    @FutureZek 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice Jason Mendoza reference!

  • @bdonaghu
    @bdonaghu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I'm just glad I already have enough Sabres jerseys to satisfy my wants. I have a Buffaslug (Reebok), Goathead (CCM), Winter Classic (Fanatics), and the 50th anniversary, Navy Blue home, and Royal Blue home all from Adidas.

    • @DJVexillum
      @DJVexillum 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep, I made sure this season to pick up a Home, Goathead, and Heritage Classic from last year while they're still Adidas available.

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ordered the Avalanche adidas Blue 3rd yep thats gonna be last one for a while

    • @MarcB.8052
      @MarcB.8052 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want a ovechkin and mcdavid adidas before they go out of business:/

  • @shrimpanzee8510
    @shrimpanzee8510 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Needed to stay with Reebok, man even the Reebok edge hockey socks were good

  • @Lukewipf442
    @Lukewipf442 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice to see you in a jets jersey! Although I'm worried about tomorrow's game vs the Canucks

  • @fuuzzzy
    @fuuzzzy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    That’s why I’m getting the jerseys I want now

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same

  • @dsc4178
    @dsc4178 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My youngest daughter wears my Leaf jersey that I got gifted in ....1974.

  • @bgrace94
    @bgrace94 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fanatics will be the official betting sportsbook for my canes.
    *sigh*

  • @TheSportsBoffin
    @TheSportsBoffin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I look on the NHL website over here in the UK and it is very noticeable that there is very limited Adidas stock left. As a result an Adidas Kochina is £250/300 for example. But even though they are pretty expensive you know they are a Quality product. Even the unpoplular Grey Jets Reverse Retro is around £200. Then you have the Fanatics jerseys.......£150 for something that will fall apart in a few weeks which is already very hard to replace just is not worth it. This is why I am glad i have my Reebok Jets Authentic and my Jagr CCM Capitals Authentic. For those saying that they wish the NHL was like European Football/Soccer where the teams have agreements with different manafacturers sadly Fanatics has also got agreements to make merchandise under licence just like MLB.

  • @eml5086
    @eml5086 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I know neighbors who go to Pittsburgh Penguin games, who (for 2 people) spend $500 for game tickets, pay $50-60 to park their car for 3 hours, wear team jerseys that cost $250 per, spend $50-100 for "snacks and beer" at the game... then tell me the economy sucks and they're living paycheck-to-paycheck. Such is our world. I watch the game on TV. BUT... I can see the day coming when we'll be in a pay-per-view situation for ALL sports, ALL games, not just the big games. (Peacock + and the NFL / Steelers this season)

    • @chrisbelos2834
      @chrisbelos2834 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      there's no such things like free NHL games on TV anymore since the early 2010s. it's all cable TV. and for the habs games in Montreal, you have to pay 3 different channels to get all the games otherwise you will miss some of them

    • @eml5086
      @eml5086 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I guess I'm fortunate in that regard. I subscribe to DirectTV Stream and watch the Pens on SportsNet Pittsburgh - it's one of the stations in the package I get. Yes, I'm still paying to watch the games, but at least I don't need to pay for multiple channels. I think there are over 150 channels to watch on the DirecTV package. I watch 3 or 4 at the most. The rest is... well... unwatchable.
      Go Pens. Go Habs. God bless Canada.
      @@chrisbelos2834

  • @dvizual
    @dvizual 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have a KOHO and a bunch of CMM jerseys, they’re just incredible, they hold up so well. Even the Reeboks

  • @Gallalad1
    @Gallalad1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish CCM or O’Neills (in Ireland) had taken over, their quality is at least there and they’re still somewhat affordable

  • @austinsannoyinggames7017
    @austinsannoyinggames7017 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just finished the good place this morning, great show, great ending.

  • @invertedxxxi
    @invertedxxxi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I just went to see my local ECHL team last Saturday, “Indy Fuel” and I picked up a jersey. They might be the minors, but even they have better quality jerseys than the NHL is going to have in the fall.
    How could Gary Bettman let this happen? A 10 year contract? Seriously? Looks like I’m going to be getting my jerseys off of eBay, or only buy jerseys from the AHL/ECHL

  • @ScottStahler-eu1tg
    @ScottStahler-eu1tg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I bought Hockey Jerseys from Fanatics, but My Adidas Jerseys are way Better. Now they are Authentic, but The Price $$$$ is only like a $60.00 difference!!!! I'm very Worried about the Quality for The Fans & Especially for The Players On The Ice!!!!!?????

  • @brianwalsh4077
    @brianwalsh4077 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sadly I think we're going to "accept it" since it will be the only ones available to us, apart from knock-off sites.. Unless MLB/NHL/ steps up to Fanatics to demand better quality but since they were the only bidders for NHL there's not much to do here....

    • @TheHeston83
      @TheHeston83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there has to be a loophole to drop out of the contract curious why CCM didnt bid

  • @nicholasmarshall8430
    @nicholasmarshall8430 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was stocking up on adidas last year, i might have to get back to it this year.

  • @johntowers
    @johntowers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Buying my next Jersey on DH for sure

  • @Mil_Buri
    @Mil_Buri 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hopefully they make the ads on the jerseys look nice, especially since there will likely be more added in the future.

  • @rickyma3189
    @rickyma3189 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm not a Jets fan, but that indigenous jersey is nice!

  • @nathanbrisebois8756
    @nathanbrisebois8756 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love that jets jersey, love the Metis inspiration

  • @timandrew8567
    @timandrew8567 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a Team Italy hockey jersey from the Turin olympics in '06 and it was made by Nike

  • @acerock013
    @acerock013 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    not shocking in the slightest. everyone knew that when Fanatics was brought in that cheap materials, bad design and overpriced goods were what we were looking at.

  • @mattlovespeebee
    @mattlovespeebee 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One that you didn’t mention was that Fanatics is the supplier for all WWE merchandise too.

    • @cams1552
      @cams1552 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He was only referring to sports

    • @avery.a5948
      @avery.a5948 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Referring to sports not drama

  • @bobtiki9767
    @bobtiki9767 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The chain hand stitching is the only reason i purchased an authentic sweater a a Hawk fan

  • @georgenoriegajr
    @georgenoriegajr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    (1) The Nike Vapor Elite i.e. the "on-field authentics" do still have tackle twill wordmarks, names and numbers that are stitched onto the jersey. The only change for this year is that patches that were once embroidered (like the Mets skyline sleeve patch and the Dodgers "LA" sleeve patch) are now printed instead of embroidered, although the outer layer is still stitched onto the jersey.
    (2) It's 50/50 as to whether the Blackhawks' logo will be chain-stitched; the St. Louis Cardinals' front wordmark is still chain-stitched, although unlike pre-2024 when it was directly chain-stitched onto the JERSEY, it is now chain-stitched onto a separate PATCH which is then stitched onto the jersey.
    Unfortunately, the Philadelphia Phillies, who pre-2024 also had a chain-stitched wordmark on their jerseys, now have a plain tackle twill logo stitched on the front.
    So if the Blackhawks DO continue with chain-stitched logos, it will most likely be on a separate patch and sewn onto the jersey, which obviously is not as nice as stitching it directly onto the jersey.

  • @CrescentCitySweaters
    @CrescentCitySweaters 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even some of the team stores themselves are Fanatics experiences. I know the store at Audi Field in Washington DC is, for example

  • @rickmoranis5242
    @rickmoranis5242 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Read somewhere that they will be using the same factory adidas used to make the jerseys

  • @otakumusprime7745
    @otakumusprime7745 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder about pricing/sales going forward. It never seems like Fanatics jerseys go below the sales they already set (a player jersey below $130 for example or a retired style blank jersey for under $100), but Adidas jerseys you can find for all kinds of prices, often cheaper than Fanatics.

  • @aprev039
    @aprev039 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Fanatics partnership is the perfect summary of our current market trend: all products are expensive to buy and are cheaply made. We used to have tiered products where depending on your budget you could go for better quality for a higher price and vice versa. That doesn’t exist anymore.

  • @edtierney6076
    @edtierney6076 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Time to get my adidas jersey list together when those go on discount like when Reebok went out

  • @HarrisonHollers
    @HarrisonHollers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fans should rally together and make bootleg jerseys with fugazi knockoff logos that legally pass any restriction. WHO’S COMING WITH ME?!

  • @lavk2777
    @lavk2777 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fanatics makes all my college merch too… absolutely wild

  • @audiothesoviet
    @audiothesoviet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I got a Red Wings Larkin jersey a few years ago using some gifts cards I had, and I almost never wear it. I just don't like the way the jersey feels, it feels a little too snug, and the fabric doesn't feel as good to me as the Reeboks did. I also *hate* the logo, which ain't even stitched on and my NHL logo at the neck is peeling off too

  • @mattcampbell8939
    @mattcampbell8939 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    something has been bugging me. I cant remember the name of the channel of the older guy who kinda copies the THG setup. Does anybody know who I'm talking about?

  • @calgore21
    @calgore21 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The quality of my knock-off Colorado "Nordiques" Reverse Retro I got shipped from China is miles ahead of my Fanatics Sabres jersey. The Sabres jersey I wore maybe twice and is already a bubbly mess.

  • @ralliartstyle
    @ralliartstyle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a malkin jersey that I had to return TWICE! Cause the name bar peeled off.

  • @jordandupre5726
    @jordandupre5726 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Once I started buying from DHgate, I never went back. Why should I fork over $200 for a jersey when I can get five knock off jerseys of similar quality for less money.

    • @jordandupre5726
      @jordandupre5726 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have a Ja Morant jersey from DHgate that looks 100% real. Nobody can tell the difference that’s how bad sports jerseys have become.

  • @JustinWillhoit
    @JustinWillhoit 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Also I'll say that I generally like Fanatics quality when it comes to hoodies or shirts (a little less so). I have the Stanley Cup Final jersey of Dallas with the nice chrome patch and I actually really like it

  • @therush420
    @therush420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wish teams had individual deals with manufacturers, like when Detroit had Nike in the 90’s.

  • @W31rdG
    @W31rdG 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I haven't bought a hat I liked ever since Old Time Hockey was bought out. They made the best flexfit hats around and now most companies only release hats with straps. I'm still rocking a mid-2000s Oilers hat and a 2011 Bruins hat made by OTH.

  • @TimfromMKE
    @TimfromMKE 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They're even doing rock band t-shirts now

  • @t_babe
    @t_babe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Has anybody heard if they’re gonna make any more 2024 winter classic jerseys? I didn’t have enough money saved when they first came out and really want one

  • @MrPhaley87
    @MrPhaley87 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Going to Ball arena to pick up another jersey today. Pretty sure we are about to see a run on Adidas.

  • @Channel_35mm
    @Channel_35mm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Adidas did the 2016 World Cup jerseys. They were the “soft launch” for the nhl ones

  • @jlo2o199
    @jlo2o199 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Vintage jerseys from eBay all the way!

  • @Brobro449
    @Brobro449 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Guess I should be getting a flames jersey 😂. Now do I go the classic red or the blasty 🤔

  • @Ratmandu82
    @Ratmandu82 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m still hanging on to my New Era NHL hats. Fingers crossed they get the league license again one day.

  • @randy8081
    @randy8081 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How do I get a crease out of my addidas jersey?

    • @fantasticvoyage262
      @fantasticvoyage262 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Go look up Jersey Jaguar. He tells you how on his channel.

  • @henrywest7217
    @henrywest7217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Does Nike not care about their reputation?

  • @DrSnagel
    @DrSnagel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thinks it's time for THG to have an intervention 😂

  • @ShawnLangford
    @ShawnLangford 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a few Fanatics Canucks jerseys that I got on the cheap. There is a reason they are my wear to the bar drinking beer eating wings and nachos jersey.

  • @TheMcIke
    @TheMcIke 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They guys over at Geeky Jerseys make a great product... wish they would have bid :)

  • @ryanguzek361
    @ryanguzek361 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    10 years is just such a long time

  • @2muchcream782
    @2muchcream782 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm a store manager at Lids. Fanatics is the worst quality product I have ever seen being sold on a retail level. We have product that has only spent time on shelves look like they've been worn for years. The new NHL Blue Line jerseys from Mitchel and Ness feel cheap and will rip like paper. A few weeks ago we recieved the new MLB jerseys and they looked and felt like a fanatics jersey. the quality is worse than the ones from previous seasons and are $50 more expensive.
    We are selling blank MLB jerseys for the same price as a blank Adidas NHL jerseys. Fanatics is the worst thing to happen to sports merchandise and I'm not exaggerating. I feel guilty selling Fanatics products to customers but I have to because it's my job.