{"id":10234,"date":"2014-05-11T18:50:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T22:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=10234"},"modified":"2014-05-11T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T22:55:38","slug":"michael-sam-jersey-sales-though-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/05\/11\/michael-sam-jersey-sales-though-the-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Sam jersey sales though the roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/michaelsam.jpg\" alt=\"michaelsam\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/michaelsam.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/michaelsam-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/michaelsam-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Sam jersey sales are though the roof. In fact it appears the NFL is surprised by the massive amount of people trying to get their hands on a Sam jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Not bad for a guy who was taken in the seventh round and is not expected to be a starter at any position.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy Sam&#8217;s jersey for 99.95. Currently no number has been assigned and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nflshop.com\/St_Louis_Rams_Gear\/Michael_Sam_St._Louis_Rams_Nike_2014_NFL_Draft_Number_10_Pick_Game_Jersey_%E2%80%93_Navy_Blue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL Shop<\/a> website lists the jersey as shipping in 2-4 weeks after a number is assigned. A picture currently displays the No. 10 simply because he was the Rams tenth pick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Per source w\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23NFL&amp;src=hash\">#NFL<\/a> merchandising: Avalanche of Rams &quot;Sam&quot; jersey orders has them scrambling. Calls quantity &quot;ridiculous.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouCanPlayTeam\">@YouCanPlayTeam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Bernstein (@dan_bernstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dan_bernstein\/statuses\/465309957131214848\">May 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It just goes to show you that a guy with a cause (whether you agree with it or not) will always generate sales. See: Tebow, Collins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Sam jersey sales are though the roof. In fact it appears the NFL is surprised by the massive amount of people trying to get their hands on a Sam jersey. Not bad for a guy who was taken in the seventh round and is not expected to be a starter at any position. You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[739,216,173],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-10234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-michael-sam","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-st-louis-rams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10237,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234\/revisions\/10237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10234"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}