Amongst the other various oddities I’ve encountered during my 10-months living in the south is this: People find it ridiculous that I wear a Redskins jersey while watching Redskins games. I’d previously encountered this point of view once in my life, and it was on the Metro while coming home from a Nats-Phillies game at RFK. Granted, three of my buddies and I were all wearing Skins jerseys to a baseball game just to piss off Eagles fans, so we probably deserved the mocking.
But back the original point: What the hell is wrong with wearing a jersey to, or while watching, an NFL game? At first, I thought this was just another reason to hate college football fans — they seemed to be the ones giving me the most shit. I let it slide, because their gameday garb consists of pistachio pants with tiny embroidered salmon on them, paired with a button up fishing shirt in whatever color of pastel they fancy on that given day. And that’s fine — we come from two different worlds. But then the jersey backlash extended beyond that, and I was hearing from displaced northerners at work.
- B/R Ticket Guide
As you can tell, my NFL gameday fashion aesthetic is being tested big time down here. So, while I’m busy decided between my Portis, Campbell or Doug Williams Grambing jersey for tonight’s big game, let’s take it to the streets, poll style! Vote or die, brahs.
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