A Hell Of A Year!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Snowman

Sounds like it's not just Topps & MLB, but also Panini with NBA & NFL. All 3 major sports players associations have signed a deal with Fanatics per WSJ reporting. Pretty crazy stuff. The players want in on the cut. They see what's happening with sports cards and they want more of it.

I wouldn't be surprised if this somehow results in an entirely new distribution system too? Who knows.

All about the money and players want there cut. And Fanatics wants to be the Amazon of the industry and dominate.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

All about the money and players want there cut. And Fanatics wants to be the Amazon of the industry and dominate.

Seems like they may have the money and backing as well to possibly do so.

[samosa4u]

Yep, and without the pandemic we would not have seen the insane prices, corporate takeovers, new grading companies, backlogs, etc.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Yep, and without the pandemic we would not have seen the insane prices, corporate takeovers, new grading companies, backlogs, etc.

I think we still would have had nearly all of this growth even without the pandemic.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I think we still would have had nearly all of this growth even without the pandemic.

Millions were stuck at home - not allowed to fly, not allowed to do this, not allowed to do that, this is closed, that's closed, etc. These are people who earn good $$$, so what were they supposed to do with their money? They just sat online and bought, bought, bought. And it wasn't just cards that went up - nearly everything did! I couldn't even get a watch that I wanted cause' demand was so insane.

Over the past half-year, society has been opening up and people have more places to spend their money, and prices have been softening at the same time. It's all connected, baby.