This marks consecutive weeks in which I’ve written about the New England Guys Who Fought For America, I feel like I need a shower. Anywho, for those of you that live underneath rocks, the Patriots had a player who got himself in a little bit of trouble with the law. His name is Aaron Hernandez, he may or may not be involved in a murder, so New England cut Hernandez one year after signing him to a five year-$41 million dollar extension. You know because the team that signed Corey Dillon, Chad Ocho-Johnson, Randy Moss, Albert Haynesworth and Donté Stallworth has morals.
After cutting Hernandez, who I will remind you at this point has only been charged, not convicted (I see you nodding, Ray Lewis), the Patriots have decided to offer a jersey exchange at their pro shop for anyone who had purchased a Hernandez number 81 jersey, where they could swap out their jersey for one of equal value of another player. This all seems well and good except for the fact that the exchange is actually ripping people off.
Let me explain. Continue reading Eat My Sports: Jersey, sure?