BY GERY WOELFEL
It remains to be seen whether the trade of Brett Favre to the New York Jets will work out for them ... or for the Packers.
What is abundantly clear already is the deal is paying off -- literally -- for the NFL.
Favre's No. 4 green and white Jets' jerseys have been flying off the shelves.
To wit:
-- More than 3,000 Favre jerseys were sold on the first day he switched teams.
-- More than 10,00 Favre jerseys were sold over the first two days.
-- Earlier this month, NFLshop.com sold a whopping 6,500 Favre jerseys. And, yes, that was a single-day record sales for that outlet. It obliterated the old single-day sales mark of 900 Tony Romo No. 9 jerseys.
But Favre Jets' jerseys aren't being coveted solely in Gotham City and the Meadowlands. Even locally, Favre jerseys are a white-hot commodity.
Workers at Champs Sports in Racine will attest to that. No sooner did they get a shipment of Favre jerseys and they were gone.
"Overall, the Favre jerseys have done extremely well,'' said Rob Brodersen, who is the vice president of marketing for Champs Sports in Bradenton, Fla.
"In that particular store (in Racine), the first shipment of Favre jerseys and Favre name and number T-shirts sold out real fast.
"We got a second shipment coming the 15th of September.
"It just tells you the admiration fans have for Favre.''
Leave a Message
Leave a Comment
Request a Friend
