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You bet we'll wear women's jerseys! I've worn my Morgan USWNT jersey to an Indy Eleven match before - thanks to the quick turnaround from the WNBA store, I now have 5 women's jerseys total (added a Stewie and a Lauren Cox). I'd also wear jerseys to Purdue VB matches if the NCAA weren't a bunch of hypocritical jerks who won't even allow schools to sell nameless, numbered jerseys unless the jersey number is approved in advance. (My ultimate goal is to have 1-20 so I can wear each player's number once per season, there are usually enough home matches to make that work. It'll probably have to wait until the NCAA is replaced.)

Kind of a bummer that it's Dick's, at least given their history in this area (claimed to be just competition for Galyan's, that lasted about six months and didn't exactly leave a stronger store in its wake, at least not in Indy), but OTOH if this means Dick's is going to actively promote female athletes and related merchandise, good for them. Some companies are going to figure out the size of the gold mine eventually!

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