As some of you are aware of I help coordinate a sports exhibit with our local museum here in the town I live in. I sometimes write to college's asking for game worn jersey donations of athletes from my hometown. On two occasions this year I received baseball jerseys that were not actually worn by the players I requested. Each jersey was the same number as the player in question but was worn by someone else in a previous year. I found this out by looking through photos of this year and past years. One still had the patch that was worn a couple of years ago so I know it wasn't worn this year.
I appreciate the schools donating something to our exhibit but if you cannot donate something that was worn by the player in question then why donate anything at all. I don't know if this was done blatantly and they thought that I wouldn't know the difference or if this was just an honest oversight in trying to help out our cause. Maybe a little of both? In one case after I contacted them about the jersey not being what it was, they told me that they couldn't give out the guys jersey since he's still a current student athlete. I can buy that but why send me another jersey that wasn't worn by him at all in the first place. In this case I sent it back and thanked them for trying to help us out.
In the most recent case, I am going to do the same thing. They sent me a jersey style that was worn in 2010 and the player from my hometown was only at the school one year (2011) so I know for sure it wasn't his jersey. Not sure if the person who sent it knew this full well before sending it out but I would tend to think that they have some idea. Anyhow, I just wanted to get people's thoughts and if I am being to critical. Also wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing or something similar in dealing with colleges and game used gear.
Dewey
I appreciate the schools donating something to our exhibit but if you cannot donate something that was worn by the player in question then why donate anything at all. I don't know if this was done blatantly and they thought that I wouldn't know the difference or if this was just an honest oversight in trying to help out our cause. Maybe a little of both? In one case after I contacted them about the jersey not being what it was, they told me that they couldn't give out the guys jersey since he's still a current student athlete. I can buy that but why send me another jersey that wasn't worn by him at all in the first place. In this case I sent it back and thanked them for trying to help us out.
In the most recent case, I am going to do the same thing. They sent me a jersey style that was worn in 2010 and the player from my hometown was only at the school one year (2011) so I know for sure it wasn't his jersey. Not sure if the person who sent it knew this full well before sending it out but I would tend to think that they have some idea. Anyhow, I just wanted to get people's thoughts and if I am being to critical. Also wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing or something similar in dealing with colleges and game used gear.
Dewey
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