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No excuse imo. For millions a year, take the time.
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+1 in a huge way! The players don't seem to realize that without fans willing to foot the bill, there are no "professional" sports. The fans pay the salaries through admissions, concessions, parking and buying the radio and TV sponsors' products. Their teams are just conduits through which that money flows.
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I agree with that but this isn't about players signing for fans, it's about players signing insert cards that number probably in the tens of thousands.
This doesn't really compare but once a week I sign our vendor checks at work. I sign probably 200 checks each time. Even at that low number I've decided to change my signature to make it easier on me. |
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I mean look at this it's a disgrace. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Justin-Verla...kAAOSwc1FXYHtd http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Bowman-...AAAOSwMvtZXvTC http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Bowman-...4AAOSw6YtZWtpy http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-Bowmans...wAAOSw8d5ZWtgn http://www.ebay.com/itm/AARON-JUDGE-...YAAOSw1BlZVxx0 I would be willing to bet that if you didn't know whose cards they were you couldn't tell who had signed half the autographs out there.
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I don't think fans are the biggest buyers of cards. I think dealers, prospectors, and flippers are the majority of the card buying audience. Why do I think that? Because of the type of inserts that are included in the product and the product price point, coupled with the fact that the casual fans I know don't collect cards. Also I don't think a baseball card contract is as lucrative as you're making it out to be. Signing cards for Bowman isn't included in a player's salary as a baseball player. Secondly, a signature is a mark. If you become familiar with someone's mark, it doesn't matter what the signature looks like. You will always be able to identify it because you are familiar with the mark. To each their own on that one, but if I wanted to collect artwork I would, and then there would just be another debate on what makes something art. Last edited by packs; 07-07-2017 at 07:59 AM. |
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Let's hope player's autograph "marks" don't replicate this technique, or we'll end up with shiny, scented cards with yellow stains, and flipper/collectors will search unopened packs with their noses.
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I can't be the only one that sniffs their cards, right? Cardboard smells good. I miss old printer paper. I'll see myself out. |
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