Montana Game Worn Chiefs jersey w Montana LOA

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Re: Montana Game Worn Chiefs jersey w Montana LOA

That's some good info. Being new to the hobby I would just assume that a legitimate player's inscription would be good enough to verify the validity of an item. So after reading this, is it safe to say that players would inscribe "game used" without it actually being real? I would think players would hesitate to do that because of legal implications.

Some athletes will sign what is asked regardless of the actuality especially if they're getting paid for it. Also, some have no clue what they have and haven't worn. Bruce Bochte of the Angels once declared a home Angels knit of his I had as being fake under the explanation that "we wore buttondowns when I played there". Bochte's entire Angels career was spen in pullovers (which my jersey was).

Dave Miedema

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Re: Montana Game Worn Chiefs jersey w Montana LOA

Dave, I had a similar incident with Ndamukong Suh last month. I purchased his game worn home jersey from the MNF game against the Bears on 10/10/11 from NFL auctions. I went to the show in Chicago last month to have him sign it and inscribe "Game Used MNF vs. Bears 10/10/11". I set the jersey down so he could sign it on the back. I printed out what I wanted him to inscribe and he immediately said "But this isn't game worn". I pulled out my paperwork to show him. He glanced at it and said "whatever you say man" and inscribed what I wanted. I feel pretty good about the jersey being authentic (not many better sources than NFL auctions) but it still bothered me. I wish I would've asked him why he didn't think it was game worn. I'm hoping he doesn't have many game worn jersey floating around out there and that's the reason. He didn't flip it over to see the proper tagging or the proper lineman cut on the "sleeves". I'm still trying to photo match the jersey as I type. If anyone can assist, it would truly be appreciated!!!!

John