Super Bowl Party: Jersey Etiquette

by ProfessorBigelow on Jan 31, 2009 6:41 AM PST

Simple Question: What is the proper etiquette on wearing a jersey/t-shirt/sweat shirt to a super bowl party? Is it a sports feux paux to wear gear of a team that has long been eliminated from super bowl contention (coughninerscough), or are you proclaiming your allegiance to football, and showing your support for the biggest single sports game in the US?

Also, what if the super bowl party was being held by someone who is a Steelers/Cardinals fan? Are you infringing on their fun, or showing your love?

Poll

Is it acceptable to wear gear (jersey, sweatshirt, t-shirt) of your favorite team to a Super Bowl party if that team is not playing in the Super Bowl?

Yes

62 votes

No

11 votes

73 votes | Poll has closed

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I say yes, but

its also the perfect time to break out the Pat Tillman jersey (or today would be the perfect time to go get one) and show support on multiple levels.

"It’s a hobby of mine. Kind of like collecting your fingernail clippings or pooping in jars." -olympic mike

by sam23 on Jan 31, 2009 8:11 AM PST reply actions

I wear my

high school jersey, though we haven’t won any games in more than a year

by ro128487 on Jan 31, 2009 10:10 AM PST reply actions

No, there’s nothing wrong with wearing your Niner gear. For crying out loud, I don’t have a Cardinals (or Steelers) jersey, and I’m sure as hell not buying one. What am I supposed to wear for a football game? Some nerdy polo shirt?

The key is that if you’re not going to rep either your team or the team of your choice with gear, just choose your colors carefully. No Cowboys colors. No Packers colors. In other words: no accidentally repping the wrong side of a great sport.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 31, 2009 11:08 AM PST reply actions

Thank you

Everyone who participated in this poll… You rule.

I’m wearing Jerry Rice (eligible next year for HOF) to my party, just wanted to double check.

Here’s tp a good super bowl…

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Jan 31, 2009 6:38 PM PST reply actions

jersey

Ahhh, see that changes things. I normally go no jersey for non-49ers Super Bowls. However, I’d rock the retired player jersey at random times like that.

by David Fucillo on Jan 31, 2009 6:43 PM PST up reply actions

I spend most of my time overseas...

…so I say yes largely because wearing a jersey at a Super Bowl party means I know that a split end lines up on the line of scrimmage and is not something that good shampoo can fix.

Also I have an active rooting interest in the game – I’m actively rooting for the Steelers not to win six Super Bowls.

by Bitter Fan on Feb 1, 2009 1:35 AM PST reply actions

You guys dress up to watch football games?

What a bunch of loosers.

by methodrampage on Feb 1, 2009 10:23 AM PST reply actions

Hell naw. We’re tight.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions

cardinals jersey

i bought a fitzgerald jersey when he was a rookie. so i think now is the perfect time. go cardinals! but i still love my niners!

by J2daZ on Feb 1, 2009 1:04 PM PST reply actions

by the way

i wore a dolphins jersey last year to a super bowl party.

by J2daZ on Feb 1, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions

That's pure class though

I would have to give someone props for showing up this year in a Lions jersey.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Feb 1, 2009 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Almost wore the barry sanders

But i thought i would be ostracized to no end… No balls

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Feb 2, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions

49ers garb is appropriate at any casual party.

It symbolizes our allegiance to the team in good times and bad times. Lately some very bad times . :-(

by IM4Oakgal on Feb 1, 2009 9:25 PM PST reply actions

I wore...

my Saints Drew Brees jersey to the super bowl party I went to…among some of the other non-participant teams represented via player jerseys there: Urlacher, Brady, Rice, LT, assorted Raiders players.

Not only acceptable, but almost standard at that particular get-together.

by shlecko on Feb 2, 2009 11:02 PM PST reply actions