By: Ryan Wooley

I've been a sports fan for as long as I can remember and have always enjoyed having a jersey of my favorite team, or a shirt with the team logo on it to wear around the house or down to the stadium. But it was a few years back that I made the decision that I would never again buy a jersey because I was fed up with spending the money and all of a sudden it was outdated.

Is there anything more annoying than that? You want something for so long and when you finally buy it, it's no longer relevant because the player was traded, injured or leaves during free agency.

Or like today, a change is made from the manufacturer and the style you bought is not the same.

Over the years I've owned such jerseys as the Chicago Bulls Dennis Rodman, Detroit Lions Charlie Batch, Joey Harrington, Barry Sanders and Roy Williams—(which was the black alternate jersey, and one I still think they should have kept.)

I also had a Philadelphia Eagles Donovan McNabb jersey, which was the only one of the six that lasted over ten years because of his time with the team.

I'm not going to get into the debate whether it's right for a grown man to wear a jersey with another man's name on the back, as I see no problem with it, but I would like to point out that I feel bad for everyone that bought the jersey's of Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson, Ndamukong Suh or anyone else last year or since 2009, because now they're no longer the most up to date.

It may not bother some people, but I like to make sure I have the current merchandise when it comes to sports teams. When the Lions changed their logo from Bubbles to the new leaping Lion that looks like the HD version of Bubbles, I had to have it.

I stopped wearing any shirts or sweatshirts that had the old logo, and updated my wardrobe.

I know to some that may seem extreme, but again, I like to have what's current. With Nike unveiling the "new" Lions uniforms today, I was happy to see that there wasn't much changed, but it was change none the less.

The biggest difference is that the collar has a new sleek design and the actual fabric used to make the jersey changed, replacing most of the mesh look we've all grown accustom to over the years with a new-age look.

The mesh however still appears across the shoulders and down the sides, as well as below the numbers on the front and back.

Of course, the Nike Swoosh has also been added to the side of the jersey, which replaces the Reebok logo. But to me, that isn't that big of a deal, and I can live with wearing a Reebok Lions shirt or sweatshirt as opposed to a Nike one. The logo of the manufacturer isn't as important as the team logo.

Now with the collar and fabric changing and altering the jersey just slightly, is it enough for someone to go out and spend close to $100 or more to have the most up to date jersey? I don't know. That's their personal choice.

However, if it was me and I was still buying jerseys at this time in my life, I would have already ordered the new one.