Counterfeit NFL Football Jerseys

Counterfeit NFL football jerseys are a growing problem for the National Football League and its players. Football fans are being cheated by slick marketers who pass off these discounted fake jerseys as the real thing. Can NFL fans protect themselves against being duped?

 Well, help is on the way!

 Police and NFL officials are confiscating thousands of counterfeit football jerseys at all the major metropolitan sports towns. NFL authorities scoop up over $1 million in fake football shirts and jerseys, NFL souvenirs, pennants, etc. at Super Bowl sites each winter.

The NFL has assigned security personnel in each team market to work with local authorities. They identify and confiscate counterfeit football jerseys and tee shirts from bogus vendors.

Selling or manufacturing counterfeit jerseys is a very serious crime. Penalties for a first offense are a fine of up to $2 million and 10 years in prison. A second offense virtually doubles these penalties.

Unfortunately, counterfeit NFL jerseys are big business. It is estimated that tens of millions of dollars are lost each year to counterfeiters. NFL sales are lost, producers’ royalties are unpaid, and football fans get inferior quality merchandise – everyone loses!

 To make sure that the NFL football jersey or shirt you are purchasing is the official version, look for the NFL logo in a hologram affixed somewhere on the jersey. Another tip-off that it’s a fake football jersey is the name of the team or player is misspelled.

 For all you fans of the Steelers rookie quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, take an extra minute and check the jersey’s spelling.

R-o-e-t-h-l-i-s-b-e-r-g-e-r isn’t that easy to get right!