I will be looking for a 90s- or 2000s-era Majestic jersey, preferably someone who played for the local team where I live now, as well as my favorite team, from where I grew up.
Absolute garbage. I’ll now pay more than the authentic just to get a custom Ohtani Jersey that looks like last year’s. Thanks for making the video though, needs more exposure!
Under armour probably would have been awesome. They consistently make really high quality stuff across the board it seems and they've earned a decent amount of brand loyalty from me over the past decade. This just sucks.
@@pumpbustersv1 At the time in 2019 Under Armour was not the answer, they were in a really bad spot financially and had no clear sense of direction with Kevin Plank still at the helm as CEO. There were a lot of internal issues that set them up for failure like the 2018 stripper scandal, the 2021 SEC charges, and the $67 million settlement with UCLA in 2022. If the deal was to happen now, Under Armour would make sense. They got a new CEO in December ‘23 and made some big changes in their marketing department and is fully in on maximizing growth. They are really in a great spot now, and should be making a comeback in the near future.
Exactly! I will not buy any jersey made by Fanatics. I'm also a huge hockey fan, so I'm dreading next season's change to the NHL sweaters. That said, I'll be keeping (and wearing) my old Reebok and Adidas hockey jerseys.
They really do look terrible. It’s crazy to think that a team of designers who get paid probably well over 6 figures looked at the finished product and thought “hell yeah it’s perfect”
They are thinking billion dollar corporations buying ad space is a priority customer, not the poor peon fans who's backs their franchises are built on. Fans buying jerseys for a couple hundred bucks here and there don't matter, neither do the opinions of players for that matter, all the owners care about is profit. Corporate greed only grows, far outpacing customer care or quality of product.
As a Phillies fan, this has been especially infuriating. Last year, it was the removal of sleeve numbers for an ad patch that still isn't being used. Now, the beautiful chain-stitched crest has been replaced with regular flat twill. 30 years of tradition gone, just like that, because some bean counter at Nike is trying to get noticed for saving the company a few bucks.
That’s brutal. I’m a Mets fan but I’ve always really appreciated the Phillies jerseys over the years. It’s a shame little personality quirks like that are being taken away
@@tweezerjamPhillies fan here. If you look at where it says “Phillies” on the jersey. It isn’t a patch that’s sowed on like numbers and letters. The entire lettering is stitched in to say Phillies.
@@JabroniBaseball Mets fan here too, and I know that this is unrelated to the MLB uniform change, but why the hell did they remove the white outline from the black jerseys?
I hate corporate logos on jerseys so much. I can tolerate having the manufacturers logo on the jersey but seeing that Giant Motorola logo on the Padres makes me want to vomit.
here's something I think is being overlooked. The players can literally afford to wear the lightest, least durable jersey because if they tear etc, the team will have a new one waiting. Conversely the fan, needs to have something sturdier as they literally cannot afford to have their jersey fall apart.
That’s such a good point. Logically you’re 100%. The conspiracy theorist in me thinks they’re made to be terrible quality so they fall apart quicker and we buy new ones more regularly to replace them
Dude I’ve been playing hockey my whole life. I think it says a lot that my PRACTICE jerseys that were 150$ for both are better quality than fanatics jerseys. Real patches that were sewn on and numbers and names that were beautifully put on there. This is exactly why sports are getting so terrible. Increasing ticket prices expensive jerseys that are cheap quality and the pushing of useless trinkets and betting
To be fair: Russell and Rawlings also had their logos on the uniform sleeve in the 80s and 90s...but the quality of those jerseys was top-notch! This is garbage!
Except the Yankees. George did not allow the manufacturer's logo on any Yankee on field jersey. They were the only exception to that. You never saw a Russell or Majestic logo on any Yankee on field jersey. George would roll over in his grave to see the Nike "swoosh" across the chest. Or an ad. "Starr Insurance"????? Who are they?
@engelmann82 Well yeah I meant that was a good thing, at least for its time. They and Nike as well as Majestic made even better jerseys into the late 2000s. It was the 2010s when more stuff in all sports began prioritizing paper thin lightweight as possible stuff, and now they're doing it at the expense of the rest of the things that make a jersey important.
A lot of NBA jerseys have been like this for a long time... heat pressed letters and numbers on polyester jerseys shouldn't be being sold for 140 dollars
This is the new world order, the totalitarian control of every industry, the textile industry in general is in disarray and when you add in who controls pro sports licensing these days you have an outright disaster.
What are you expect when you used forced labor? More slavery right now on earth, and any other time in human history. And it’s absolutely abhorrent that American Americans gobble up slave products.
It’s just so bright and doesn’t go with the uniform at all. Apparently the Phillies owner has said F that and has vowed not to sell out. I hope so. He’s got enough money.
Braves fan here, Quikrete has its headquarters in Atlanta that’s the reason for the sponsorship, I honestly think it looks fine. We have have yellow on our jerseys on the tomahawk
If Nike had kept the same material and put the logo in the same spot majestic had it, i think it’d look badass. Nike used to be quality till it got global and cut costs and corners
I hate that we live in this timeline. Everything being cheaply made and costing so much... I used to have such a passion for collecting jerseys as a sort of historic momento, now i guess im cool with my collection and will just shift to something else... I dont want this kind of cheap garbage hanging in my closet, I already consider my '23 ASG jersey as just a cheap beater
Hockey fan here. Was recommended this likely after watching The Hockey Guy mention the fanatics deal not going well in the MLB. Its scary to me, that hockey jersies are about to get this same treatment
I hope new era doesn't lose the hat contract cause i can just imagine how bad the quality will be if one of the big sports gear companies get hold of that
Hope it lasts. My 2004 Majestic jersey wore out at the armpits (I wore it a lot). SO I bought a knock off Nike jersey for $40. It has a few discrepancies but still looks good overall and nobody, including myself, cares about those discrepancies.
Call me what you want , I been buying the Knock off brand jerseys for the past 2 years... My 30 dollar jerseys look just as good if not better than some of my 300 dollar ones.
I still can't believe the NHL signed a 10-year deal with Fanatics. I know I won't be buying jerseys from them anytime soon once the change goes through. Hopefully, they prove me wrong but I don't have high hopes for them doing that.
I run a sport retail store in Pittsburgh and we haven’t sold any of the finatic jerseys, people don’t want to spend 40$ more for a cheaper product. We already have issues selling Pirates stuff later in the season, but these jerseys are going to make it impossible to sell.
So, basically, Nike outsourced the work and then made a bunch of cost cutting changes in order to keep their profit margins the same. Less work for the same money, all while redirecting most of the negative publicity towards Fanatics.
I don’t think what makes a great on-field jersey makes a good fan jersey. You can’t convince me a bunch of huge embroidered inflexible patches are good to play in. But it’s super nice as a fan to wear something like that.
Sports fans deserve better than to be disrespected with obviously cheap products being sold at insane prices while those in charge try to convince us that it's all high quality stuff.
I started looking at the jerseys and felt something looks off during spring training and this video confirms my suspicion. I saw photos of 2 players side by side and they jerseys looked inconsistent in professional shoots.
Nike has shown little interest in baseball. I feel over the last 2 decades Under Armour was investing a lot in baseball. Nike only got invoked in baseball to prevent Under Armour's growth. I understand that Under Armour is the one that backed out, however Russel, Adidas, New Era, or several other manufacturers could have made the baseball uniforms. Nike only did this to push Under Armour down more.
Jerseys look cheaply made. Glad I bought my majestic one before all the enhanced changes for the fan. Meanwhile charging us a lot more for a shittier product! Dreading to see what changes fanatics will do with the NHL jerseys. Wont be buying those anymore.
Maybe it’s me being a jaded A’s fan but it’s depressing how much manfred and MLB as whole just straight up don’t care what the fans say or any sort of tradition, all they see is dollar signs
I DESPISE the Nike "swoosh" being on the front of the jerseys! IMO, they should've either put it where the Majestic logo used to be, or do what Nike does with NFL jerseys and just put them at the top of the sleeves! At least there, it would look SOMEWHAT natural.
After watching this video and Icethetics series of the NHL jerseys, I’m glad this trend hasn’t hit soccer yet. An authentic soccer jersey can cost around $150 and it’s the same thing the players wear and replicas are made by the same manufacturer but at a lower cost.
I don’t really care how they look but it does matter if they affect the comfort or performance of the players. I imagine the team owners care a great deal about that too.
What it seems to me, the conclusion I got is that fanatics decided let's be cheap and press the Batterman the player name plate, and the numbers and will make the player's name curved and smaller, so it all fits on the heat press. They didn't do any redesign, They wanted to all fit , so one person can do it on one machine and he press it all at once. Then use cheaper thin materials from different material vendors and then say that it's lighter and better. 400 bucks for what? No thanks! Great video! 🎉
3 Giants jerseys from Majestic = BOMB Like how I felt about Reebok 49ers jerseys and now, Adidas NHL jerseys. Despite being a lower-class collector, I guess I will have to stop collecting jerseys now.
I need some clarification, In 2020 when MLB signed a 10 year deal with Nike, they made an agreement to manufacture the jerseys for the players at Fanatics (who purchased Majestic), basically using the same fabrics and materials just with a Nike swoosh on it, hence why they reach more than $400 online (the branding). What they were doing was using up all their fabric instead of getting rid of it to make their money's worth in material for a few years until Nike came with a new layout. Is that accurate of what was done back let say 2018 or 2019 when Majestic was phasing out by Fanatics? Help me with some clarity on this topic.
Yeah, until this year Nike authentic jerseys were made in the same factory as the majestic jerseys. The only real difference was the jock tag changed and the Nike swoosh was added. Nike increased the price of their jerseys probably for branding reasons.
This happened with NFL jerseys as well. The new limited jerseys used to cost 150 and be much higher quality. Now they're 175 and feel very cheap. Fuck Nike and Fanatics for being so greedy and not giving a shit about the customer.
This is just sad. I saw a new Twins jersey last week at a local store and it was way worse than last years model. The XL looked more like a L size. I also noticed this with NFL Nike Limited jerseys. They switched the numbers to heat pressed instead of stitched. That is a huge disappointment. Especially after they raised the price $10.
More corporate logos on the jerseys are inevitable. Other sport's jersey's are plastered in logos (soccer, rugby, NASCAR, F1, etc..). It is only a matter of time until MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL teams get tired of missing out on that money.
