So in capitalistic America, rappers rhyme about their money, their bling and their cars to get laid. In AIDs ridden Africa rappers rhyme about having a "clean penis" to get the ladies. Makes sense.
I live in San Diego and I am amazed by how many Ryan Matthew jerseys I saw around town on Monday. This guy has not even played one real NFL game. I doubt that any of these jersey wearing fools even know where he went to school last year. These people are breaking my number one rule of purchasing a jersey.
1. Don't Buy a Rookie. You don't know if he is going to flop or be injury prone. There is also a jinx aspect to it. You would have thought that thousands of Charger fans currently using Ryan Leaf jerseys as oil-rags, would have known this rule. Good luck Ryan Matthews. (Update: in Ryan Matthews' first game he fumbled twice. Once was by running into his lineman's ass)
2. Don't Buy the Jersey of a Player in a Contract Year. You may only be able to wear that jersey for one season.
3. Don't Buy the Jersey of a Player that is Known More for Being on Another Team, and Always Will Be. Example of this would be buying a Jets Tomlinson jersey. No matter what he does with with the Jets he will always be known as a Charger. Also, Chiefs' Montana jersey, Emmit Smith Cardinals' jersey and so on.
3b. It's The Best When a Player Spends Whole Career With Your Team. Also, There is nothing wrong with buying a jersey of a great player that recently retired.
3c. The Exception. In 20 years, having a Brett Favre Jets' jersey will be ironically cool, and an amazing find in a thrift store.
4. Never Buy the Jersey of a Fucking Kicker. Fucking ever. I am looking at you, you New England Vinatieri Jersey wearing fools. He made field goals he should have.
5. Wait at Least Five Years of Quality Performance on Your Team to Buy the Jersey. If a player has 5 great seasons with your team you can basically wear that jersey for the rest of your life. (unless he pulls an OJ Simpson, murder never helps out a jerseys worth, exception being Ray Lewis.)
6. Do Not Buy Pink. Listen up girls. We love it when you like sports, and it's fine when you wear stuff, but don't fucking change the colors. I am a Cardinal fan, and red is one of my least favorite colors, but it's THEIR color. I don't go changing the color to one that I think is pretty or brings out my eyes. They make girl jerseys in the right colors, buy those please, or wait til a team actually changes their colors to pink.
Plus, I hate it when the TV shows a crowd shot and everyone is showing unity in team colors and there is one high maintenance bitch in the middle of the crowd wearing a pink jersey with rhine-stones on it. And yes, the pink jersey communicates to us guys, that you are an extremely high maintenance, shallow, girly-girl. You are at a football game ladies. You are surrounded by "men's men." These are not the type of guys looking for girls always dressed in pink and carrying chihuahuas, so take off you Ed Hardy-esque jersey.
7. Do Not Customize It. You are not on the team, so don't put your name on it.
... And when you are wearing a jersey and the player of said jersey has a good play or game, do not point to the jersey and make some comment that he is playing well because you are wearing it.
That being said, I would like to believe that me wearing my new black Adrian Wilson jersey helped him to two interceptions, a block field goal, and sack. Leading him to be named NFC Defender of the week.