CHICAGO -- With every scuff, stain and tear adding value, football jerseys from a bruising Sunday NFL afternoon can be trophies for collectors.
The damage, of course, is expected to occur during a game -- on the field and while worn by a player. But that doesn't always happen.
By doctoring hundreds of jerseys during several years, federal authorities say, Jarrod Oldridge and others deceived collectors and profited illegally.
Oldridge's legal troubles didn't cost him his company's contract with the Bears, who said the criminal activity covered a period before they partnered. But at least two other NFL teams are moving to sever ties with the Las Vegas company while fans and collectors are left wondering whom to trust.
