[2banana]

But it is a collectors item!

Just like my Bay City Rollers Concert shirt...

[Howie66]

The International Olympics Committee holds about as much meaning and credence as the United Nations and the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.

ZILCH. ZIP. ZERO. NADA. Right along side the NFL PRO-BOWL and the GRAMMY AWARDS. Total waste of time, money and energy.

[bigheadfred]

wow 55 smackers for a t shirt are you Putin me on

[vladimir998]

“How can they justify this?”

The Olympics is EXPENSIVE. Training for the OLYMPICS is VERY expensive. (And only yuppies buy that crap anyway) I’m JUST SAYING...

[OldNewYork]

Sounds like capitalism to me. Whatever the market can bear, that’s what they can charge. It’s a long time since the Olympics was a noble meeting of amateurs united in love of sport. And there were things on that site that were only about $10 when converting from rubles. I’m sure what they can’t sell outright to those who have seemingly limitless amounts of money to spend, theirs or other people’s, will be priced down to sell eventually.

[Puppage]

Are the made in China, too?

[Mastador1]

Just wait til after the Olympics, I bet you find them for $5.

[Chuckster]

It is their merchandise. They can ask anything they want. And you can refuse to pay it. All good.

[Vendome]

I think my shirt from Atlanta was $30 almost 20 years ago.

It’s a memento

[discostu]

They justify it because it only happens every couple of years and one is unique. Concert Ts generally run a minimum of $30 and they’re available for a whole tour.

[Fzob]

Wait two months and you can probably buy the tee shirt for $12

[ansel12]

This is off topic, but while I was helping out at a Christian thrift shop last week, a lady was going through the clothing for anything that was Abercrombie & Fitch.

Her mission is putting as much Abercrombie & Fitch on the homeless as she can, to annoy the company.

I got a kick out of that.

[Rebelbase]

I had a 1984 Olympic shirt. It was a car rag within 3-4 years.

[Rebelbase]

I bet official Olympic Kevlar attire would be big Sochi gift shop seller.

[martin_fierro]

On behind-the-back-aisle Clearance at Walgreen's.

[Mike Darancette]

$55 for a t-shirt?????

Wait a month,

[Conservative4Ever]

After seeing the USA team sweater designed by RL...I just had to have one...price be damned ($795)...and much to my dismay on the RL official olympics togs website there are none to be had. Just damn, how can I possibly show my team spirit without that spiffy sweater.

is a sarcasm tag necessary.

[kaehurowing]

This just shows the devaluation of the dollar against other currencies, which is usually carefully hidden by our government. The dollar in particular has seriously declined against the Russian ruble. Russian goods that used to cost $30 or $40 now go for several hundred.

[JimRed]

$12 for the T-shirt, $13 for administrative costs, the balance to the Olympic expenses?