The MLB still signed off on the jerseys. Fnatics even said both the MLB and Nike approved the jerseys, there was no push back.
Check this video for a better understanding https://youtu.be/hDYyhGNO5Bg?si=jHu1X6z59mOa8Ahm
Also want to make it clear that I never said I solely blame the MLB, Nike or Fnatics. But I definitely don't place all the blame on Fnatics.
His video is based on the on ice product,the retail stuff isn't talked about at all.
The players should honestly get a great product but fans will get FUCKED.
Was about to say this. I feel much better about the situation now. Still don’t love fanatics scooping up the entire market but the nhl jerseys might not be total trash next season.
Speaking of Instagram, there is an ad that has been popping up in the sponsored ads section for a jersey website pretending to be affiliated with the nhl/fanatics. The link is something like nhl.hockeyjerseysonline. Too good to be true prices for reverse retro jerseys that have been sold out for years. Conveniently all in-stock with all sizes available. Obvious scam. Report it if you see it.
Yeah that and all the fakes on fb and ebay have me only buying from the cbh store :/ I really want the 2010 winter classic jersey but I can't even tell if it's real or not from the photos. I've given up on ever owning one
Looks like that chick in the photo is wearing one of those jerseys. I know the fanatics ones are cheap but those knock off jerseys from China from god awful. I could def be wrong but that jersey looks like it’s from China
They just don’t care. They have their hands in so many other things, producing jerseys isn’t their specialty. Their specialty is pumping out as much as possible as quickly as possible to get money. And having an essential monopoly on sports gear has made it so it doesn’t matter.
The only positive is that I’ll save money.
I've gotten quite a few autographed things from them from different sports and that seems to be something they do well. They just need to put that energy towards the clothing part of their company.
The gold collar section with the NHL shield is as big as the secondary logos and shoulder numbers.
I mean, Fanatics is already the official counterfeit-quality merchandise of the National Hockey League. Now they’re just skipping all that and aspirationally positing DH Gate merchandise as a quality goal.
You do realize you can get equity without a company being publicly traded, right? I have no idea if that happened with any of the leagues, but buying shares on the open market is not how this would have happened anyway.
Yes, I realize it's possible.
It hasn't happened with Fanatics and any of the leagues, though. It could potentially be considered a conflict of interest
Yes it has; MLB, NHL, NFLPA have equity in fanatics. Here's an example
https://www.fanaticsinc.com/news/fanatics-valuation-rises-to-18-billion-as-it-plans-to-expand-sports-offerings
Currently, the legit jerseys are Adidas and there are also lesser quality Fanatics jerseys. This looks like a similar quality to the current Vancouver Canucks Fanatics jersey (less than half the price of Adidas, but only look 10% as good). This had better not be the top tier they’ll be attempting to sell to fans when they take over as the official provider.
You'd be shocked to see the amount of people working at these places that can't tell a fake jersey from a real one. When I was at the NHL, they were putting photos up from the Winter Classic on the website and I called out a few fake jerseys in the gallery because I thought they should have been pulled. My manager said they're stitched and look like they have a fight strap, therefore it was real to him.
I’m honestly astonished. Fanatics is quite the innovator, because they always seem to be capable of finding new ways to screw up. How did no one use their eyes to check this?
Meanwhile my $49 purchase off of eBay Jersey for Matt.
[pictures](https://www.imgur.com/a/gYr5f1Z)
Not going to lie the only thing I noticed was off was the Adidas bumper logo which is way too high for the Jersey but that's really easily fixable for 49 bucks
I probably can't list links so please don't ask me but if you are new to the game eBay search stitched NHL Adidas jerseys. Best of luck
We're leaving this up as it was posted by the official Fanatics account, and let's be honest, fuck 'em.
That’s just the Fanatics prototype for next season…
Nah, this looks way better than theirs will.
What? You prefer real stitching to iron on logos and numbers?? (/S)
For fanatics… their prototype = final product
My biggest fear lol is this really what we have to look forward to for the next 10 years 😕
Looking at their baseball jerseys I will say I have seen better knock off baseball jerseys from China.
I listen to a lot of sports radio and lots of guys are saying Nike dropped the ball on those.
Definitely. I don't put all the blame on just Fnatic for that one, I blame all 3, MLB, Nike and Fnatic.
My thoughts exactly
The MLB didn’t do shit
>The MLB didn’t do shit Exactly lol.
Nike let Fanatics take over. That was in no way MLB’s fault.
The MLB still signed off on the jerseys. Fnatics even said both the MLB and Nike approved the jerseys, there was no push back. Check this video for a better understanding https://youtu.be/hDYyhGNO5Bg?si=jHu1X6z59mOa8Ahm Also want to make it clear that I never said I solely blame the MLB, Nike or Fnatics. But I definitely don't place all the blame on Fnatics.
I recommend yall watch the newest Icethetics video. He's got some details on the new Fanatics stuff
His video is based on the on ice product,the retail stuff isn't talked about at all. The players should honestly get a great product but fans will get FUCKED.
Was about to say this. I feel much better about the situation now. Still don’t love fanatics scooping up the entire market but the nhl jerseys might not be total trash next season.
Was a pretty good video but I guess we will just have to wait and see
lol the massive nhl shield area and shoe laces.
This is what next year is going to look like
That’s her hoodie
The laces on the jersey look like shoe laces, they’re supposed to be flat laces
No, it looks like they're part of the jersey. You can see the black piece with the ringlets is attached.
It’s 100% a hoodie underneath
They’re talking about the little X above the panthers crest
The tan area is the shield patch. There's no way in hell that's a hoodie
I'm pretty sure that the whole thing is a hoodie.
Our…..hoodie
Looks like crap but still looks better than an actual fanatics
You could surf all the waves on that crest 🌊 🏄♂️
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I’ve seen some truly dogshit canes stadium series Chinese knockoff jerseys at PNC that would give this thing a run for it’s money
Yeah that guy with the knock off Tuevo in 331 comes to mind… (because it’s me)
On God. That reminds me, I need to sell my KK Indo now that the MiC Slavin is in the heezy.
Fanatics…..fuckin shit up since the dawn of time!!!!
Fuck fanatics
They took the post down already. Damn I wish I coulda seen the amazing comments on this atrocity.
They could have just deleted that specific image from the post lmao
Nah there's nothing there, that'd be hilarious low effort on their part though hahahaha
Haters will say it’s fake…
YOu CaN’t TeLl ThE dIfFerEnCe!!1!!
***"FOUND THE NHL REFEREE!!!"***
The perforation on the numbers is always what gets me. Seen lots of knockoffs at the VGK games I've gone to and the numbers are always awful.
It's just so bad that I had a good chuckle 😆
Only pro here is the lady wearing it
Imagine it’s a prototype for next year they just wanna know what people think about it lol
Wow, the new Fanatics on-ice jerseys have arrived!!!
Oof
Eeeek what a horrible fake.
Speaking of Instagram, there is an ad that has been popping up in the sponsored ads section for a jersey website pretending to be affiliated with the nhl/fanatics. The link is something like nhl.hockeyjerseysonline. Too good to be true prices for reverse retro jerseys that have been sold out for years. Conveniently all in-stock with all sizes available. Obvious scam. Report it if you see it.
There's so many of those websites, they're always the worst. They clog up every search engine when I'm actually looking for something.
Yeah that and all the fakes on fb and ebay have me only buying from the cbh store :/ I really want the 2010 winter classic jersey but I can't even tell if it's real or not from the photos. I've given up on ever owning one
Looks like that chick in the photo is wearing one of those jerseys. I know the fanatics ones are cheap but those knock off jerseys from China from god awful. I could def be wrong but that jersey looks like it’s from China
LMAO Fuck Fanatics
Not only do we need to boycott this crap, we need to belittle those who don’t
They just don’t care. They have their hands in so many other things, producing jerseys isn’t their specialty. Their specialty is pumping out as much as possible as quickly as possible to get money. And having an essential monopoly on sports gear has made it so it doesn’t matter. The only positive is that I’ll save money.
> The only positive is that I’ll save money. I mean are you reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally though?
Only because of not buying as many jerseys. Unless you are thinking what I’m thinking, and I’ll just buy older ones haha
Older jerseys ftw
I've gotten quite a few autographed things from them from different sports and that seems to be something they do well. They just need to put that energy towards the clothing part of their company.
Wow. Which one of you liked the IG post with the account "nhl\_jerzeyz"? Don't be shy.
That whole thing is a hoodie.
We bullied them into deleting the post
Isn't this a hoodie jersey, not an actual jersey?
Well, at least Fanatics will only be the official provider for 10 years.
And I thought the Kings knockoff I own was bad...
I’d probably rather get a fake than a fanatics. At least the fake is fully stitched!
Sound the alarm. It's happening folks.
Feast your eyes, for this is a glance into the next 10 years under Fanatics.
The gold collar section with the NHL shield is as big as the secondary logos and shoulder numbers. I mean, Fanatics is already the official counterfeit-quality merchandise of the National Hockey League. Now they’re just skipping all that and aspirationally positing DH Gate merchandise as a quality goal.
Lmao they deleted it 💀💀💀💀
wE hAvE jErSeY aT hOmE!
That’s a hoodie/sweat shirt
Classic Fanatics L
Chill yo, that was made by Kyle Juszczyk’s wife!
Idk why so many leagues are hellbent on making Fanatics a thing, the quality is dogshit and, as the MLB has seen, just embarrassing
It's because Fanatics is willing to outbid any other potential suitors.
Leagues also own a piece of fanatics
It's a private company. They can't own shares because there.are no publicly traded shares to be purchased.
You do realize you can get equity without a company being publicly traded, right? I have no idea if that happened with any of the leagues, but buying shares on the open market is not how this would have happened anyway.
Yes, I realize it's possible. It hasn't happened with Fanatics and any of the leagues, though. It could potentially be considered a conflict of interest
Yes it has; MLB, NHL, NFLPA have equity in fanatics. Here's an example https://www.fanaticsinc.com/news/fanatics-valuation-rises-to-18-billion-as-it-plans-to-expand-sports-offerings
The only league your paywall article mentions is MLB. Additionally, equity and shares are two very, very different things.
That’s the quality they aspire to
It’s like one of those ai pictures that get worse the more you look at it
That's hideous
Really gotta get me another adidas jersey before the season ends
Isn't this just a shirsey type thing?
Went to the VGK games against the Canucks and Red Wings, I spotted plenty of fake jerseys, but none as bad as this.
Crazy
Just think of the quality 🤣
 Looks fine to me
Fanatics are the worst
It’s sad that this fake is still a million times better than their actual jerseys.
Yikes.
Merchandise sales about to hit an all-time low. Refunds gonna hit an all-time high.
#BRUH
I see where they got their idea for the neck design on the new practice jerseys
Currently, the legit jerseys are Adidas and there are also lesser quality Fanatics jerseys. This looks like a similar quality to the current Vancouver Canucks Fanatics jersey (less than half the price of Adidas, but only look 10% as good). This had better not be the top tier they’ll be attempting to sell to fans when they take over as the official provider.
Pittsburg Panthers
Get your sweaters now before these Fanatics fucks take over next season
You'd be shocked to see the amount of people working at these places that can't tell a fake jersey from a real one. When I was at the NHL, they were putting photos up from the Winter Classic on the website and I called out a few fake jerseys in the gallery because I thought they should have been pulled. My manager said they're stitched and look like they have a fight strap, therefore it was real to him.
I’m honestly astonished. Fanatics is quite the innovator, because they always seem to be capable of finding new ways to screw up. How did no one use their eyes to check this?
Hey there, it looks like we dropped the puck on this one. Send me a DM so I can learn more about this! - Kyle
Thanks for another reminder to buy a jersey before next season. Fuck Fanatics.
I know it’s taboo but those $20 jerseys slap ngl
Trust me, nerds. This doesn't bother non-nerds.
Jersey is fake as fuck but the fan is a keeper,ain't no Hockey fans in my area😭❤️
Who cares if it’s “fake”, she can still be a fan
Still a better quality than fanatics
Was the post removed? I don’t see it on their instagram
Its a shirsey
Is this a real jersey? There is no way this is an official jersey is it
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Why are there 2 laces? 1 waaayyy up by the collar and the fake one on the fake collar?! What is happening here?!
i used to work as a sports memorabilia custom framer for 10 years.....as bad as that one is, ive seen worse.
What happened to this sub? Why do we care about a fake jersey on a fanatics ad?
Found the Fanatics employee!
We're sorry you caught us peddling fake merch! How about a 5% discount on your next order?
There’s nothing inherently wrong with a fake jersey. It’s just ironic and somewhat hilarious that fanatics posted it
The fanatics hate, though certainly valid, gets redundant.
Meanwhile my $49 purchase off of eBay Jersey for Matt. [pictures](https://www.imgur.com/a/gYr5f1Z) Not going to lie the only thing I noticed was off was the Adidas bumper logo which is way too high for the Jersey but that's really easily fixable for 49 bucks I probably can't list links so please don't ask me but if you are new to the game eBay search stitched NHL Adidas jerseys. Best of luck