die hard bills fan Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/kate-martin-s-postgame-moment-with-nfl-player-caught-wnba-fans-attention/ar-BB1oHoBs?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=471cef7036ca4c73bd2743a531beb25f&ei=35 I thought this was pretty cool. My teenage daughter is a big Iowa fan, and I watched a lot of their games. Martin is a good player, and I hope she does well. 4 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 49 minutes ago, die hard bills fan said: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/kate-martin-s-postgame-moment-with-nfl-player-caught-wnba-fans-attention/ar-BB1oHoBs?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=471cef7036ca4c73bd2743a531beb25f&ei=35 I thought this was pretty cool. My teenage daughter is a big Iowa fan, and I watched a lot of their games. Martin is a good player, and I hope she does well. I couldn't care any less about women's college basketball/sports so I don't find this pedestrian same-school interaction cool like a girl-dad of a fan of that women's college basketball team..........but I support your right to think so and post it in the football section because it's about a Bills player. More interesting and relevant with regard to the Epenesa football family(IMO) is that there is another Epenesa brother on his way to major college football: https://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/article/four-star-recruit-iose-epenesa-narrows-college-19420105.php 4 star recruit. AJ has been making the rounds with him to the schools of interest. 1 2 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Not as interesting as the Kiko jersey exchange story..... 1 13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Water Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 22 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: Not as interesting as the Kiko jersey exchange story..... C'mon man, that wasn't a player-to-player exchange. Would you say that about a different jersey exchange between two athletes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 10 minutes ago, Beck Water said: Would you say that about a different jersey exchange between two athletes? We should. In general, public jersey exchanges are lame and self-aggrandizing. "Here's some free sh!t the team gave me to wear now give me your free sh!t. We know each other!" Just take a selfie and keep your free laundry. The Kiko one was a REAL human interest story. 2 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goin Breakdown Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Not much of a story but I had a jersey exchange once. It didn't fit 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) 4 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: We should. In general, public jersey exchanges are lame and self-aggrandizing. "Here's some free sh!t the team gave me to wear now give me your free sh!t. We know each other!" Just take a selfie and keep your free laundry. The Kiko one was a REAL human interest story. Jerseys, footballs, helmets, etc. are not free for the players to take personally. They pay the team for them / it comes out of their check. And the on-field uni stuff is more expensive than even fan “authentic” items. I’m not sure how it works for colleges. ESPN: Derrick Henry holds off on jersey swaps because of cost | November 2023 Edited June 23 by UConn James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 6 hours ago, die hard bills fan said: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/kate-martin-s-postgame-moment-with-nfl-player-caught-wnba-fans-attention/ar-BB1oHoBs?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=471cef7036ca4c73bd2743a531beb25f&ei=35 I thought this was pretty cool. My teenage daughter is a big Iowa fan, and I watched a lot of their games. Martin is a good player, and I hope she does well. oddly enough, I have been getting all these Kate Martin spam stories on my google feed, including this one. I think it’s because of all the stories I read about C. Clark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 5 hours ago, LeGOATski said: Not as interesting as the Kiko jersey exchange story..... You beat me to it bro'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 36 minutes ago, UConn James said: Jerseys, footballs, helmets, etc. are not free for the players to take personally. They pay the team for them / it comes out of their check. And the on-field uni stuff is more expensive than even fan “authentic” items. I’m not sure how it works for colleges. ESPN: Derrick Henry holds off on jersey swaps because of cost | November 2023 So we will pretend that his then $10M salary for playing wasn't enough to render such potential cost irrelevant. I'm sure Henry's "can't swap jersey because it costs $300 so I gotta wear this one to threads" excuse comes off rather lame to his fellow players who know he makes 6 figures(or even 7 figures some seasons) in NFLPA licensing annually (much of that from his personal jersey sales). He's getting paid for his jerseys........Henry might see a nice spike there this year with his team change. Dude just doesn't want to swap jerseys. It's a good excuse. Good for him, it's lame. In Tom Brady's last season he made almost $10M in NFLPA licensing money. Fans don't hear about those earnings. They aren't part of their "salary". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I’d say this was a very nice gesture on Epenesa. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 9 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: So we will pretend that his then $10M salary for playing wasn't enough to render such potential cost irrelevant. I'm sure Henry's "can't swap jersey because it costs $300 so I gotta wear this one to threads" excuse comes off rather lame to his fellow players who know he makes 6 figures(or even 7 figures some seasons) in NFLPA licensing annually (much of that from his personal jersey sales). He's getting paid for his jerseys........Henry might see a nice spike there this year with his team change. Dude just doesn't want to swap jerseys. It's a good excuse. Good for him, it's lame. In Tom Brady's last season he made almost $10M in NFLPA licensing money. Fans don't hear about those earnings. They aren't part of their "salary". yea, the post as an argument is a bit “but ackshuallly” guy as a random trivia tidbit, fine enough, but to argue cost with the entire season running at a fraction of a percent of his salary when paired with the jerseys received are all worth more than the cost is an eye roll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Water Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 16 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: We should. In general, public jersey exchanges are lame and self-aggrandizing. "Here's some free sh!t the team gave me to wear now give me your free sh!t. We know each other!" Just take a selfie and keep your free laundry. The Kiko one was a REAL human interest story. I dunno about college, but players pay for the jerseys they exchange. It's not free laundry to them. Your right to "all the feels" about how meaningless it is, other fans and players right to value memorabilia, frame their favorites and keep them in their family rooms etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 8 hours ago, NoSaint said: yea, the post as an argument is a bit “but ackshuallly” guy as a random trivia tidbit, fine enough, but to argue cost with the entire season running at a fraction of a percent of his salary when paired with the jerseys received are all worth more than the cost is an eye roll Yes, I guess I was the “actuaalllllyyyyy” guy in this instance. I’ve followed the UniWatch page for a long time. There was a story awhile back about a quarterback who wanted his particular helmet that was no longer being manufactured iirc and when he was signed by another team, he had to buy the helmet from that team for ~$1500 iirc and the new team had it painted, did decals, etc. And yeah, I’m on the autism spectrum where we know and share details. I thought it might add something / some understanding to the topic & conversation. That it’s not “free sh-t that the team pays for.” Do you want make it a thing? 8 hours ago, Beck Water said: I dunno about college, but players pay for the jerseys they exchange. It's not free laundry to them. Your right to "all the feels" about how meaningless it is, other fans and players right to value memorabilia, frame their favorites and keep them in their family rooms etc. 👍. Some of us “cheer for the laundry” as Seinfeld says. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 12 hours ago, Beck Water said: I dunno about college, but players pay for the jerseys they exchange. It's not free laundry to them. Your right to "all the feels" about how meaningless it is, other fans and players right to value memorabilia, frame their favorites and keep them in their family rooms etc. And my counterpoint is that jerseys are often "more than free" because they are paid for jersey sales. Which never occurred to you when you were hand-wringing about out-of-pocket as if it were like you swapping workwear with someone. You are just like @UConn James and lot's of other fans who don't realize how much money some of these guys generate by these zero-effort needed licensings. Even the rank and file whose jerseys aren't sold get a small cut of total jersey sales. Has nothing to do with memorabilia. The public jersey trades are just lame and often in poor taste after one player just took an L. If it's not for show, do it in private. You disagree? That's fine. Love it all you want. But don't tell me it's some noteworthy financial outlay. That's just being absurd for the sake of being contrary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 On 6/22/2024 at 5:39 PM, BADOLBILZ said: We should. In general, public jersey exchanges are lame and self-aggrandizing. "Here's some free sh!t the team gave me to wear now give me your free sh!t. We know each other!" Just take a selfie and keep your free laundry. The Kiko one was a REAL human interest story. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Quote The jersey swap costs vary by team. Titans players have to pay upward of $350 per jersey for their swaps. So, let's say 20 games a season, when you include pre-season, but not playoffs. $350 x 20 = $7,000 I think he can afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP51 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I like he is giving props to his Alma. Good on him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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