Sports Fans Rush For Brett Favre Jets Jerseys
Posted on August 11, 2008
The news that Brett Favre would be traded from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets was huge news in the sports world. While Packers fans are likely depressed or furious, Jets fans finally have something to be happy about.
InternetRetailer.com reports that Brett Favre's New York Jets jerseys have been flying off NFLShops.com's virtual shelves. 6,500 of them were sold in just 24 hours.
Responding with a speed that physical stores can't match, NFLShops.com, the e-commerce site of the National Football League, put a New York Jets version of Brett Favre's jersey on sale just after 6 a.m. yesterday morning, less than five hours after the announcement of the star quarterback's trade from the Green Bay Packers to the Jets. The quick-hitting play produced a touchdown for the site.Over the course of the day consumers bought more than 6,500 of the Jets jerseys with Favre's name and number four on the back, easily breaking the record for a single-day sale of a player's jersey. The previous record had been 900 jerseys of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo sold Nov. 11, 2007.
The Favre Jets jerseys can be found on NFLShop.com. The adult Favre jersey sells for $79.99 and the women's jersey version costs $59.99.