OT: Will the National be Pokemon free?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Dude -- what planet are you on? With as many tables and vendors at the NSCC there is ZERO percent chance there will be none. In addition, if the promoters try to say you can't bring those in, I guarantee you there will be lawsuits a plenty. That would constitute a restraint of trade and then they would argue (and in my opinion, correctly so) that if they can't bring in those cards then other vendors could not bring in other non-sports cards Old and New.

I do know of several promoters who are running 2-day shows with Saturday being Sports Card heavy and Sunday being TCG heavy and promoted that way.

If you want a TCG free show, check out the promoters who do things the way I noted and go only to the Sports Card say. I will say my little 20 table show had almost no TCG cards on the dealer tables but I ended up with some kids trading those amongst themselves in a little trade area we ended up creating.

While there will certainly be pokemon at the National (there always is), there is absolutely no possible cause of action for a private show excluding a particular type of card.