The Jersey Rules (Rick Reilly)

[billhoward]

From The [10] Jersey Rules, a September column by Rick Reilly on ESPN: http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7008222/rick-reilly-jersey-rules. The man has very few off days. This is a good day for Reilly.

Jersey Rule No. 1:
You may not wear a jersey past age 29. Exceptions:
a) You are immediately related to the person whose name is on the back.
b) You are the person whose name is on the back. (Team photo required.)
Jersey Rule No. 2: You may not wear a jersey without a shirt underneath it, especially NBA jerseys. We do not want to see your rash. Or your spare tire. Or your nipples. My God, people.
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[Trotsky]

I am very happily violating both those rules right now.  At work.

Rick Reilly needs to chill out.  

[Jim Hyla]

I don't think I ever qualified under his rules. But then, he doesn't have one that says, unless the guys name you're wearing wants to show it to his son.

And you forgot this:

Adam, I'm begging you and all jerseyites out there: Rent, lease or purchase a life.

And it better not involve cowbells.

[tretiak]

http://deadspin.com/5851100/progress-rick-reilly-is-now-ripping-off-writers-who-are-not-rick-reilly?tag=rickreilly

You can't afford to have many off days when you're stealing other people's material.

[Trotsky]

http://deadspin.com/5851100/progress-rick-reilly-is-now-ripping-off-writers-who-are-not-rick-reilly?tag=rickreilly

You can't afford to have many off days when you're stealing other people's material.

"I need a synonym for tedious hack plagiarism."

"Sportswriting."

It's all been shite since Red Smith died.

[ugarte]

http://deadspin.com/5851100/progress-rick-reilly-is-now-ripping-off-writers-who-are-not-rick-reilly?tag=rickreilly

You can't afford to have many off days when you're stealing other people's material.

An article about wearing sports jerseys is a ripoff of hundreds of similar lazy columns. It is so weird to think that there was a time that Rick Reilly wasn't considered total garbage.