NASCAR has become the second most watched competition in this country behind the NFL. NEXTEL has pledged $740M in a 10y sponsorship deal; the organization’s website is consistantly the most highly-trafficked site each year; merchandising revenues alone climb at least 40% each year; “NASCAR” at one point was the second most recognizable brand name behind only Blackberry. The list goes on.

Is this representative of an entity that doesn’t receive reverence, let alone respect? Hockey and soccer are largely ignored by the media in this country, and when they’re not ignored they’re being viciously shit on. This site is one of the few non-centric sports sites that gives hockey a fair say. The use of those two sports as abundantly discussed is

NASCAR being covered here makes perfect sense when deconstructing the branding and visual appeal of their cars and drivers, and I’m really surprised it wasn’t covered before. I just don’t think NASCAR is in a position to cry “poverty”.[/quote]

Whoa! Back up! I’m cool with having NASCAR in here, even though I’m not personally interested. Don’t go ragging on hockey and soccer just because you don’t like them![/quote]

Congrats for reading my post and learning nothing. If you’ve seen anything I’ve ever posted it’s ALL HOCKEY (save for one post about Lenny Dykstra and his chew). I was responding to post #3. Go read that, then reread mine.

Ebay can be nice, but some people don’t get the meaning of “authentic.”[/quote]

Schuby, you just have to know your stuff and you’ll spot the bargains. For example, I’m a Cubs fan, and so when I look for an ‘authentic’ Cubs jersey, I make sure that the big circular CUBS logo on the front is embroidered with a thick blue border. If there’s a thin white line around that, I know that the logo is actually a patch and thus the ‘authentic’ jersey isn’t authentic at all.

Eventually you’ll spot one that’s going for a low price and hasn’t bin bid up too high.

And if you’re only 14, so much the better — you’ll be wearing a smaller size than adults! Not too many people can fit into, say, size 40 jerseys, so those often go cheaper. Good luck!

Don’t worry; it’s an FA Cup weekend in england tomorrow. Lots of interesting stuff will happen, no doubt!

Didnt he do this because he was lactose intolerant? I always thought orange juice was the substitute for lactose intolerant people, such as myself :)[/quote]

I thought that it was because he owned orange groves in Brazil.

In the words of Rodney King, ‘Can’t we all just get along?’[/quote]

Wait, you like all-black unis? Why doesn’t anyone ever tell me these things?! I mean, what’s next? Are you going to express admiration for some Pittsburgh Steeler with lots of hair?

Oh, and in the inferred words of the LAPD: “No, not really.”