Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. Owen Ziliak/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK

Why you still can't buy Cardinals' Marvin Harrison Jr.'s jersey

By Austen Bundy | Last updated Aug 9, 2024 12:37 PM ET

The Arizona Cardinals play their first preseason game Saturday night, and fans are excited to see their first-round receiver, Marvin Harrison Jr., play his first snaps.

But you won't see any of his jerseys in the crowd at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona — not any official ones, at least.

The No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, expected to be one of the league's most popular rookies, still has not signed an NFL Players Association group licensing agreement with Fanatics — the official merchandising partner of the NFL.

This means fans can't purchase Harrison's jersey or any NFL merchandise bearing his name, image or likeness until he signs an official agreement with the company.

Harrison is reportedly trying to negotiate a better deal than the one he received at Ohio State.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport revealed on Aug. 3 that the NFLPA advised the league, the team and Fanatics nothing has changed in Harrison's camp regarding an agreement.

An update: The NFLPA has advised the NFL, the #AZCardinals and Fanatics that they are not still permitted to sell Marvin Harrison Jr. jerseys based on the wishes of his representatives, sources say.

And so, fans wait. pic.twitter.com/savIXNsU6v
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 3, 2024

However, Harrison is currently embroiled in litigation with Fanatics, which alleges in a May New York suit that he breached the terms of an agreement with the company and leaked "confidential" information to ESPN.

Harrison's lawyers countered in court documents that no agreement was in place.

Fanatics also allege clips posted in May by "The Pat McAfee Show" on X, detailing the situation according to sources within Harrison's camp, are "misleading."

We have heard from source(s) inside the Marvin Harrison Jr. camp..

This isn't about the NFLPA & he'll be part of it when the time comes..

This all revolves around a potential beef with Fanatics from an offer that was made when he was a sophomore in College #PMSLive https://t.co/Tm4dV9Ys7l pic.twitter.com/G6u6xVqHEu
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 1, 2024