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Posted By: Alan

Good topic !!!

Free Agency....suddenly the game started to be played for the money and no longer for the love of the game.

Well for the most part that is what has happened in today's hobby, the money has replaced the pure joy of collecting. Few transactions are made because we replace things of our past, the majority of transactions involve the hope of a monetary gain either the buyer or seller can foresee. We seek things because they have value, we avoid things because they are worthless. It's really just a business. The hobby will never return to the past, just as players will never play for the pure love of the game in professional sports again. Sure the games will still be played, but forever missing will be the love and passion of just playing for the fun of the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcezH3M44A

Alan