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rockyjdog
Posts: 12
Joined: Nov 2018
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 1:58 PM | |
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RonEaston
Posts: 1,073
Joined: Nov 2019
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:01 PM | |
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I'm mostly organizing over adding right now. |
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NJDevils
Posts: 6,344
Joined: Sep 2010
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:04 PM | |
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IfbBirdsCards
Posts: 836
Joined: Aug 2017
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:05 PM | |
I already had such a strong distaste for Fanatics boasting a monopoly on sports apparel and now they're attempting to do expand their horizons. If we're not careful, Fanatics will control the entire off-field sports market.
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#2 Bowie Baysox, #12 Trey Mancini, & #3 Austin Wynns collector on the site. Also expanding my hockey, MMA, and Hofstra alumni collection. Collecting cards since 2011 (Age 8). -Ian |
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jimetal7212
Posts: 4,849
Joined: Dec 2016
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:12 PM | |
If anything, I would have though they would bring Panini fully into the fold. But this, wow?! Going to be a cluster but at least the bubble should have been long burst
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My sins have come to face me, I can feel it That I have lived my life in vain And now I know I'll reap the seeds I've sown |
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lord_bagel
Posts: 141
Joined: Aug 2019
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:13 PM | |
Looks like Fanatics is trying to get exclusive deals with the NFL, NBA , and the respective PAs as well. I think Panini and Topps are going to lawyer up and try to sue on antitrust grounds. Fanatcis having exclusive contracts with the three main leagues could definitly be argued as a monopoly and anti-competitive.
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I don't like McDonalds, but I'll take all your Big Macs |
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sandyrusty
Posts: 4,652
Joined: Dec 2014
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:15 PM | |
We as collectors could end this within a year of Fanatics issuing cards by simply not buying their product.
Just like we as collectors could stop the craze in investors by simply not partaking in the jacked up prices, box breaks, etc; stop the Grading scam by simply not sending cards to get graded; stop the endless amount of parallels and inserts by not chasing every known VAR.
Who's with me?
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Bruno -------- Check my Profile page to see my 2023 Goals and my Lists of sets near completion (5 cards or less) or sets getting close (less than 100 cards missing and 75% complete). https://www.tcdb.com/Forum.cfm/Page/B/ID/0/?MODE=VIEW&ThreadID=25745&C=0 |
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Dodgydave
Posts: 938
Joined: Apr 2019
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:18 PM | |
Not a baseball guy, but, ouch. Topps is such an iconic name in sports cards in general so to see them potentially down to just football (soccer) cards is strange.
Interesting how this news correlates with the thread earlier showing Kenny Anderson signing Finest basketball cards with a 2023 release date.
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Arkansas Traveler
Posts: 531
Joined: Apr 2019
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:26 PM | |
Wow!!! What a money grab!! Might as well be MLB out as opposed to 8 Men Out. Man fred! Why?? It would be nice to see the card companies lawyer up on the Anti-trust grounds. Politicians have tried that for decades and haven't gotten anywhere. Maybe the sportscard industry has a chance?
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jsmalls
Posts: 5
Joined: Aug 2020
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| Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:28 PM | |
I am with you on this one. I am surprised and will be shocked if enough collectors pay ANY more than they already are to make it operate in the black. What the hell does the Players Ass'n do with that kind of money anyway???
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