Wearing the gear of a school you didn't attend

[Joe Realist]

I always ask folks that wear Notre Dame stuff, " Did you go there?". You can imagine their responses.

 

[poke]

how many of you who wear Dallas Cowboys stuff ever
played for them ?
lived in Dallas ?
been to Dallas ?

doesnt matter to me at all what school or team stuff anybody wears, if thats what they like more power to them

 

[bbgun]

how many of you who wear Dallas Cowboys stuff ever
played for them ?
lived in Dallas ?
been to Dallas ?

doesnt matter to me at all what school or team stuff anybody wears, if thats what they like more power to them

That's different. Unlike attending college, most of us can only dream of playing for the Cowboys, so the closest we get to them is attending games or wearing their gear. Casually wearing a Commanders t-shirt would be just as "offensive" as a Michigan fan wearing OSU stuff.

 

[Rynie]

Well, I've only been a Cornhusker fan for like 2 years, but I also don't really get that into college football. Not a big deal. Besides, I'm too embarrased to wear gear from the P.O.S. college I went to..haha.

 

[Hostile]

Not sure it is a big deal. I never went to UNC, but I lived in North Carolina for a couple of years and I love their basketball program. I've worn UNC stuff.

I'd wear Harvard or Yale stuff. I'd wear Texas stuff. I'm from New Mexico, I'd wear NMSU or UNM.

Is it really anyone's business what I wear?

 

[bbgun]

Not sure it is a big deal. I never went to UNC, but I lived in North Carolina for a couple of years and I love their basketball program. I've worn UNC stuff.

I'd wear Harvard or Yale stuff. I'd wear Texas stuff. I'm from New Mexico, I'd wear NMSU or UNM.

Isn't it really business what I wear?

There's no right or wrong answer. Just wondering where fellow fans draw the line.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

There's no right or wrong answer. Just wondering where fellow fans draw the line.

The Class Ring means something as does the diploma on the wall. Silkscreen over cotton means you didn't want to go topless. Although I wouldn't begrudge Dukes of Hazzard Simpson for doing so.

The only pieces of apparel I have from my alma mater are a free t-shirt I got for joining a student organization, the tassel, mortar board, and graduation gown. The ring comes in time.

I could give a rat's butt fur who wears what. There was a guy in my college algebra class last year when I was running through all of the maths back up to Calculus 2 that wore everything Florida. Key lanyard, back pack, caps, shoes, jersey, etc. Sorry guy, but if you're struggling through basic math at a third rate community college, U of Florida might be a dream you need to let go. When I say struggling, I mean taking a community college level college algebra for the second time, having just had it as a senior in high school a year before.

 

[Cythim]

Once again, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Yes, she can legally purchase and wear Yale clothing, but that doesn't make it ethical.

How is this a question on ethics? Is it really that big of an ethical dilemma to have people wearing clothes with a logo in which they have no affiliation with? It is a shirt that says Yale on it. When I see a girl like her wear a shirt like that I assume she slept with someone from Yale, not that she actually went there. I doubt she wears it to dupe people into believing she attended Yale.

 

[Idgit]

When I see a girl like her wear a shirt like that I assume she slept with someone from Yale, not that she actually went there...

:laugh2:

 

[DanteEXT]

I'm an IU fan, ever since I was little. I've never attended classes there. I have been chased by IU police on campus, been kicked off campus by police, etc. I see no issue with wearing IU related gear. To me, it's no different than wearing pro sports gear.

 

[Doomsday101]

Well sure, there's misrepresenting yourself (t-shirt) and then there's fraud (Harvard diploma on wall). One is certainly more egregious than the other, but neither are desirable.

If you did not want an opposing answer why ask it? :laugh2: Sorry this is nothing who cares what a person wears? This in no way damages the school or the people who attended the school.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Lots if people put college stickers on their car where I live. Almost all of them are ivy league. I've call out several of them I knew didn't attend that school.

Funny thing is, I have a neighbor who has a Boston College sticker on his car, but I know he went to Wharton. I ask him about it and he just shrugged. He is a very low key kind of guy, but for the life of me I can't figure out why he has it on there. He isn't really a college sports fan and his wife went to NYU and the car is leased. No way a dealer would lease a car with a Boston College sticker in the window.

 

[big dog cowboy]

When I see a girl like her wear a shirt like that I assume she slept with someone from Yale, not that she actually went there.

 

[trickblue]

It really doesn't bother me... I was raised to root for schools that no one in my family attended...

What I can't stand is the frontrunners that start wearing gear from the most recent National Champion or Superbowl Champion claiming to always have been a fan...

Also on state supported schools, as a taxpayer, I am financially helping support them, so I think I have a right to wear the gear if I so choose...

 

[Alumni2k11]

Go ODU.

 

[ZeroClub]

I don't wear t-shirts from the places I've attended. I do have some from out-of-the-way places I've visited. I regularly wear stuff from my daughter's colleges (none of them known for athletics).

I do know some people who are major fans of college football programs with which they have no personal or familial connection. For some reason it strikes me as a bit odd (not sure why), but it isn't a big deal.

 

[Kangaroo]

Acceptable? Unacceptable? Here's a pic of Tony's former love muffin wearing a Yale hoodie.

http://img268.*************/img268/340/0224jessicasimpsonworki.jpg

Now, we all know the closest Jessica Simpson ever came to Yale is when her private jet flew over New Haven, Connecticut. But I'm gonna cut her some slack based on the fact that she never attended any school of higher education, which makes her a "free agent" of sorts when it comes to athletic apparel. Plus, no one in their right mind thinks she's trying to pull the wool over people's eyes. OTOH, if you did attend a certain college and graduate, then wearing another school's gear can be considered deliberately misleading and should be frowned upon. What say you?

P.S. Yes, I'm bored and have nothing better to do.

I think it depends what if your son or daughter goes to school their and you wear it because of that I get that and it make sense

 

[peplaw06]

Acceptable? Unacceptable? Here's a pic of Tony's former love muffin top wearing a Yale hoodie.

FIFY.

 

[Joe Realist]

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I used to pull for Florida State before I went to college. Switching my allegiance to my alma matter (UCF) has not been a step up in the sixteen years since I made that decision.