BOMBSHELL Interview with Fanatics’ Josh Luber - Future of Sports Cards Revealed?👀

[@aduncaroo]

I would support this entire thing soooo much if he actually was able to publish the actual print run numbers. That alone would make the hobby so much healthier

[@mheyn11]

People don't act rationally with high-run serial number cards currently. A /999 is probably significantly more rare than a refractor or silver, yet is less desired. Those newly disclosed print runs would be compared to speculative print runs now.

[@HailTheApocalypse]

@@mheyn11 depends on the player on the card. I know, "thanks Captain Obvious". Idk how i would feel about a print run. Topps supposedly posts print runs on some of their online products and of course I'm thinking the lower the better. Idk, it may be a good thing

[@bubblesnz1059]

@@HailTheApocalypse like he said it would be a shock at first but youd be ok in the long run

[@nealarnett9394]

Very important to keep and get young collectors in hobby. It’s a hobby first and foremost. Great investment hobby I understand, but we need to keep it going by making sure kids can get product. I am also hopping we can still see TOPPS products by Fanatics. Hoping they have Topps make the cards for them. They already have the tools and the designer’s. Would be nice to know print runs also.

[@Leotv19]

It would be interesting if they contracted say baseball cards out to Topps and other sports to panini. It would be a shame if they waited for Topps etc to go bankrupt and sell the brands, because we could go awhile without seeing those brands

[@goldenstone75]

20 bucks per box or $5 per pack makes it pretty difficult to get youngsters into the hobby...when i was a wee lad cards we're under $1 per pack

[@damperemu4445]

It’s def not a hobby

[@АнтонЛеонов-ю5с]

The transition seemed scary, but this guy answered the most important questions quite well, gives us hope everything will be fine

[@justinvickclt]

This sums up my thoughts!

[@MaTThEwBiLLmaN9]

Love how he's talking about the core. It's the foundation that makes anything success for a long period of time.

[@BillyTpower]

please tell me, how long term has there been a trade card industry thus far.

[@BillyTpower]

@GM10 well said

[@christophermaciejowski5953]

So if they limited prints in sets, how neat would it be to have some sort of incentive program for base cards. Take so many of a base card and send them in for a sub set serial numbered card of that player.

[@mlc-sf6fu]

They could do what Wild Card did with football in the early 90's but a lot better and smarter.....Makes perfect sense

[@drydenhigley4293]

Upper Deck E-pack does that for base cards! Seeing as you cant ship the base from E-packs, they pile up and its easy to exchange them! I think E-Packs are a great idea that should be brought to more sports, by the other brands. For the products that should be readily available. You should be able to go on Panini or Topps and rip cheap packs online. Or even online exclusive/new on product release in limited supply!

[@joshw9558]

I for one am looking forward to the change. Panini stopped caring about people a long time ago

[@touvue7754]

They can go back to making stickers...hahaha

[@joshw9558]

@@touvue7754 I'm sure some way or another they'll figure out a way to get a redemption in there still LOL

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

I agree that some change was needed, but I just can’t imagine baseball cards without a Topps logo and the products we’ve grown to expect and love.

[@joshw9558]

@@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559 I agree too. I'll miss topps. But panini... Not so much. They have screwed me over a few times. But I here you

[@5280milehi]

I don't think only the high end sets should have so called chase cards or expensive cards to find,I think they should put high end cards in retail also

[@bubblesnz1059]

Not sure that works too well. The moment theres a super desirable card the price of the product goes way up. Ill happily see products without the likes of a kaboom, downtown, colorblast etc if it means I can afford to rip heaps of it. I guess id want to see it as far as the likes of slam in hoops. Cool cards, not super rare and just a good cheap rip

[@ShaneGillis432HZ]

@@daniellarsen889 I always thought that too

[@drewbates6792]

Un No n M noK no n No no Lmk b no n

[@bensweetra4871]

Absolutely love that Luber emphasized the need to consciously control supply. I hope that, that remains a top priority once Fanatics starts running the industry!

[@dadlifeadam]

It sounds great but no company wants their product just sitting on a shelf not being bought!

[@bensweetra4871]

@@dadlifeadam that’s true for sure

[@bigdaddycoool2485]

There is absolutely no way in hell they will be releasing print runs...ask Upper Deck, Topps, Panini etc. why they don't release print runs...This company will be beholden to shareholders, not the hobby collector.

[@ricardomondragon7320]

This is a true thing - and I wonder with the things we don't like about Panini that someday we will be greatful to them in comparison to Fanatics.... notwithstanding, I am impressed on the Fanatics take over.....

[@fordwaters]

But he said in this interview that Fanatics isn't a publicly traded company and doesn't plan on going public.

[@thomasb6169]

When he talked about having cards every where like concerns me a little because there will be more product then demand for that product

[@richardperez5075]

Mass production.

[@golfsnobby4473]

Mass mass mass production. Think Pokemon production.

[@DadStrength81]

This is Awesome and I can't wait to see what Fanatics does with the card market!

[@kinggrom1]

panini 2.0 ? hobby was better when you had multiple companies creating cards. When you have one they do whatever they want, and most likely fanatic will end up like panini down the road.

[@deanhinske6852]

Exactly what monopolies do. There is no competition because the same company owns everything. It’s stupid.

[@touvue7754]

I miss those days..

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

I really hope he can keep his word on most of these ideas and most importantly, that they keep these print runs as low as they possibly can and with transparency involved.

[@kellycook5314]

Transparency on print runs…yes…passion shared in childrens memories…the real value 🇨🇦❤️

[@NfamousWayneFan]

I love the idea a making a retail level of cards and just flood the market with them. I used to enjoy buying packs of football cards to rip with my boys on a Football Sunday.

[@NfamousWayneFan]

@@daniellarsen889 that's why it will be it's own line of retail. Don't make it hobby and retail. Call it Retail line I don't care. But it will be obvious or well known that this line is over produced and won't be much of a collectors item. Just fun cards to rip. Put in bike spokes, thumb tack to the wall.

[@jeremybardin1530]

Excellent interview. The future looks bright for the sports card hobby.

[@roundingthecornerswithdari7933]

Josh seems like a trustworthy guy who has the best interest of the hobby in mind. That feels settling. Great interview Geoff!

[@charltoncheng7357]

Josh really knows how to run this sports card hobby industry. Hope Fanatics would really do what he said. Really looking forwards to this!

[@bowie6639]

I'm more worried about the world ending before the Fanatics takeover...

[@richardperez5075]

Thanos coming soon 😂

[@ricardomondragon7320]

agreed🤣😅

[@scottallen8499]

Everything josh said was music to my ears 👍

[@dcl9938]

I believe Josh had mention Fanatics aren't producing their own cards and either they will buy out other card companies (they hope) or work in collaboration with these companies in a podcast earlier this year. That's where Geoffs comment about.

[@billyworks3702]

The issue with retail select was that it saturated the market. Select should have gone retail, but it should have been a limited print run.

[@KingKuba1313]

It doesn't matter. All the rare cards of the right players will be worth something and everything else won't be.

[@jaydoublebusy]

Fanatics isnt known for "limiting supply" currently.They oversell sports product all the time and fail too deliver.Ill believe it when i see it.

[@chestercollectors8620]

I like the idea between transparency for low end kids stuff and high end hobby stuff. Make it available for my 9 year old, but then something unique dad could save up for too!

[@blackfoot2304]

Could the idea of shops having graded singles that are unique be tied with fanatics owning CSG? Imagine exclusive graded singles hitting hobby shops the same time or before the packs hit shelves. 🤔

[@mheyn11]

Fanatics doesn't own CSG. Blackstone Group does. They share common investors, though.

[@ricardomondragon7320]

@@mheyn11 Then there is a link of interest... kind of like the Robinhood thing with Citadel

[@mheyn11]

@@ricardomondragon7320 Agreed. There is some aligned interests between CSG and Fanatics, but so many people are just saying that they're "owned" by them. That statement is incorrect.

[@PIP-zf9yb]

@@mheyn11 they are rumored to possible be collaborating when fanatics takes over but who knows forsure

[@berniepaul1141]

Does Fanatics selling graded singles at the same time as selling packs disincentivize buying packs? So much money is spent buying packs to get a "hit" that you can get graded and sell for $$$. If Fanatics sells graded hits thereby bypassing the need to buy packs, who will buy packs? Base card collectors? There's probably a sweet spot for all this but figuring it out will be tricky.

[@walkingnerfwithjack1881]

Really great questions and seems like honest and insightful answers. Thanks!

[@NYC-SA-Mike]

Just started reading "Trading cards are cool again." Very well written! He talks about the "Aging Down" of the hobby. Here's my simple question. Will all these "age-downs" 'stay' in the hobby? And. What if they don't?

[@keonsboxbreak4243]

Mastermind Josh. 👍🏾 Make Sports Cards Fun Again.

[@cscottriffle]

Hobby dying before our eyes….

[@natepowell9326]

Why haven't the card companies partnered with BGS or PSA and have redemptions of a Black label, or PSA 10. Those would be amazing hits and chase cards.

[@chadradesi]

Wow for anyone who questioned this move, and realistically it should have been everyone, Luber is gonna be great for the hobby. Im excited

[@perdue22]

i feel like limited print runs is just going to meam Higher MSRP and Definitely Scalpers everywhere... so actual collectors are gonna have to always pay a high price to get what they want... this will lead to many leaving to hobby... and then things will crash.

[@RJRussell]

Rare stuff will always be valuable. Common stuff will always be undesirable. You can't have it both ways. He has said this multiple times. It seems that they will address this with different product lines to address different levels of demand.

[@perdue22]

@@RJRussell i understand but i think they should think of a way for people to be able to buy retail products without paying double or triple... and i believe they will try to do that with more online sales then retail stores. but even that wont work.

[@matthewdurkee6244]

The sports card investor app is nice but you can’t look up any player you want. Hoping that will change sometime in the future

[@TheJayzzee]

I still want big hits in some retail products, but I want them to be announced and have them be limited on the shelves, so it's clear that there's no reason to ruin it for everyone else and buy all of the retail supply. Make it known with a separate retail product that includes a chance at some big hits and make it limited run that way every once and awhile we can still get lucky at a Walmart or target with an exclusive box

[@AK52105]

I worry that this will go the way of sneakers, the select few with either friends in the industry or bots will get everything nice. The great thing in the past was you could open sp authentic basketball that was around 150 and 200 a box and could pull a jordan, kobe , lebron auto, even small collectors could save up vs transcendent being 20,000 and a less than elite level players base card is 40-60 for a numbered base card.

[@bryanwaldridge4701]

You worry? Bro its already that way.

[@mmcc1391]

Topps' pack odds are not accurate. I watched like 5 cases of Allen and Ginter, and tallied up the total hits, and checked the math. There were statistically less hits than there should have been by a large amount. A company that has it right is Rittenhouse - they seal each box with a print run number.

[@thegoodybarn9060]

Is that Kyle's company?

[@mmcc1391]

@@thegoodybarn9060 No, not that Rittenhouse thankfully.

[@BigHitBox]

How do you create scarcity of product for value while generating 10x as many card shops?

[@golfsnobby4473]

Haha he does not plan on printing less of anything. Economics of it doesn't make sense to what he says. The paid way more for the licenses and plans on printing less while charging less....doesn't add up.

[@waddles3858]

Good ideas I just still hope the hobby shops dont get screwed. I also think csg is going to be in the mix of fanatics

[@dadlifeadam]

From what I’ve read is the distributors will be the ones most impacted, which I’m fine with! Cut out someone and it makes it more affordable to us

[@vikingsword5440]

Would be interesting in Fanatics acquires Panini or Topps and then releases the production number records.

[@markconners6195]

I could see fanatics acquiring topps and carrying them on under their umbrella. It would be nice to see that topps and bowman branding continuing for us older folk.

[@christopherbellamy4117]

Hey Geoff as a card collector I am going to continue to do business with PWCC. Do you think the relationship will change again with PWCC and Ebay and repair itself. I would love for you to do a video concerning this issue in the future. Love your podcasts.

[@brucethecardcollector]

Fuck ebay its a shill bidding cesspool

[@GameICY]

I started collecting in 1981 and quit by 1986 because could see the stuff was junk wax even then. What is the total number of commons in 2021 Topps MLB vs Total commons in 1990 or 1991 ? I still see tons of sealed packs boxes and cases from an already flooded 90s era Do a show with production of each year if that data is available

[@golfsnobby4473]

Hey Card Investor, are you betting on Fanatics like you did Select? Trying to guage my next move.

[@baseball_rocks]

I enjoyed the interview but I was truly hoping you would ask about redemptions. I would have been uber excited if Josh would have said yeah....no redemptions. If the player(s) doesn't send the signed cards back in time, then they're either distributed in other products of that same year or held until the following year's release. For example, I pull a superfractor rookie auto from 2017 Topps Chrome baseball and since it has an expiration date, I'm not able to redeem it. I think that's so wrong. The redemption is promise by the card company that whoever pulls it should get it and not say well the redemption is expired and no longer redeemable. Please respond with your thoughts. Would be interested an episode just on this topic.

[@AEJ112]

They touched on it. He didn't say no but said he would prefer to just put a random unstuck sticker auto you can apply to any of your cards. Such as a Zion Williamson Sticker you can apply to one of your Zion Collection. It's a good idea. But doesn't fix the problem.

[@thegolfcardcollector]

Hey y’all, I’ve got a 2008 Topps Chrome Basketball blaster box. Received an offer for $1200. Hold or sell?

[@eric22361]

Lubers pre interview demands: 1. don't ask about distributors or hobby shop survival. 2. don't ask about direct to consumer options. 3. don't ask about fanatics acquiring any of the current manufactures or grading companies. 4. don't ask about NFT's. COOL. Still have not clue what to expect.

[@ianundercover6295]

He went over all of this things on the Sports Card Nonsense interview, it's on Spotify

[@SportsCardsNonsense]

Appreciate you

[@eric22361]

@@ianundercover6295 luber was interviewed by sports card nonsense and answered all those points??

[@ianundercover6295]

@@eric22361 yup 👍 he wants more hobby shops than we do currently. certain sets printed in high numbers readily available to young kids wanting to open packs. He thinks grading would be one of the last areas of hobby they would venture, says PSA had such dominance and recognition. Is open to making deals with current card companies like Topps ect. That's a quick synopsis but check it out on Spotify

[@412foto]

Fanatics should never have been allowed to monopolize all of these licenses from the top 3 major professional sports. I don't think it is good for the industry and again, how is it not a monopoly? I like competition. I like variety. I miss the days of choices each year of Donruss, Topps, UD, Score, Fleer...

[@GameICY]

Q: what happens to my massive ToppsBunt collection when Topps loses the license ?? Should I sell it now ? Or end up with a “view only” collection

[@MrAmazin]

I want that full transparency that Josh is talking about. I want to know how many cards are printed in a product. I want to know how rare of an insert is and I want to know how many 1/1s there is. Right now we sort of have an idea, but still not sure. Knowing what sets are more limited with help us not go back to the "junk era" where product was overproduced and became worthless.

[@schnurrfpv4594]

I seen alot of people scared the card shops would be in trouble but there was never any reason to do that. Why mess with a good thing. I figured all they wanted to do is help it grow and i think this is very exciting. I hope select gets fixed. The drowned it with hits and it effected the stuff from 2019 and back and those cards was very low count

[@Jannik_sports_and_cards]

i really like this guy. But I would like to hear something about the plans of moving forward and building an marked we europeans can enjoy too

[@troys_collectibles6984]

Love that there will be both high end products and low end products to keep kids interested. I pray Fanatics can bring back Topps Chrome Football - its a better product than Select or Prizm in my eyes.

[@damperemu4445]

Uh no

[@garynwrede4572]

You have to get kids involved. They will be your money makers. Hobby shops are awesome. Is fun just to look at the card. When I was a kid a Jordon rookie was 500.00 dollars, I thought that was crazy. Know the go for such a outrageous prices those cars will no longer be displayed. Be careful for what you ask for.

[@FreddyFind]

Great interview. Fanatics can’t wait the 2 - 5 years for the full licenses in all 3 sports to kick in. Panini and Topps have no long term incentive to control print runs. Fanatics HAS to acquire the licenses from Panini and Topps or the companies outright stat.

[@Trebbell]

Fanatics and Luber will kill whats left of sports cards...

[@patrickellsworth5427]

With guys like Josh Luber and Nat Turner, young dudes who love cards, the hobby is in great hands.

[@chasinautos8053]

They need to make sure that the cheaper sets can still retain value, so the kids that buy the lower tier sets aren't wasting money. Honestly most kids want quality nowadays, and if they see it's a lower tier set they may not buy it. We don't want product that they think kids will buy just chilling on the shelf declining in value. I'm interested in how that'll work out. We'll see how fanatics can handle the market.

[@bubblesnz1059]

And yet hoops and contenders sill sells well...

[@jonathanbogush0580]

JL - you are one the best takes on the business today. SCI - stellar work as always. I whole heartedly agree about the hobby shop ideas. I hope we get back to high-end investment in the brick/mortar channel of trading cards. I know it's against the grain industry wise, but I believe the younger generation needs to have a museum-like experience when encounter trading cars before they go into digital, high-risk breaks and slab investing. I also believe it will further engage mature collectors to expand their networks and advance high-end cards selling technology. Man - I wish I can find a way into the manufacturing / distribution side of the trading cards business; so interesting.

[@golfsnobby4473]

Fanatics give us freedom to run it as we see fit, "so far". Nice word play.

[@traviseland5694]

I really like the sounds of his ideas. The one thing that would really help the hobby, should be taking out the whatnot app and those guys on there streaming are killing prices and the hobby of collecting.

[@johnpowell5538]

Some dude tried to scam me out of a Bryce Harper auto rookie. Took 48 days to finally get my money from the sale. Dude opened a case for a return but refused to return it and demanded I pay to have it regraded.

[@LasVegasCollectibles]

Card shop exclusive cards would be great I think. Create a stamped unique card with the shops logo and number them. Make visiting a hobby shop a chase

[@BigDirtDawg]

And this should also make the quality control leaps and bounds better as well

[@bmac85north]

I still see select on card autos especially the HOF players and some all stars do very well still!! It's not dead but def needs to be more like 18-19 or earlier select and not 2020-21!!

[@gamingforfun3627]

When can we sign up for fanatics?

[@emcg1160]

I really like a lot of what he says here and I do feel better about this. I want to see more products affordable for kids and hobbyists. I want to see the products available in more places, especially at stadiums and games and I really hope they will support the local hobby shops. I really worry about this becoming a monopoly and I really wish they'd buy out Topps just for nostalgia, I can't imagine not buying Topps baseball cards every year!

[@NfamousWayneFan]

Also with the comment of getting into the market sooner rather than later. Hopefully there is a deal where they just take over Topps and Panini.

[@ryanlemay8463]

He is right we need the card shops my kids favourite place to go is the card shop to see what they can find there

[@rookiemania7353]

Don’t waste your time if you listened to Lubers interview on Sportscard Nonsense - no new info

[@SportsCardsNonsense]

Holla!

[@alphaomega9563]

thanks for the video....my take is people are greedy and don't want cheap stuff and if we know print run value of the cheap stuff would be extremly low. Everyone would chase high end and those high end would be even more expensive in turn will make alot of people leave the hobby. Hobby now is about making money no more collecting as we see with psa prices etc

[@golfsnobby4473]

Blind dutch auction....great start to transparency initiative.

[@joshneely1able]

I am just a consumer and not a business man/owner but why not do an idea to help card shops by making exclusive products that make it more appealing to go buy from them. Example I can give is say they sell Select. You go into the card shop and buy 10 packs or a box etc and you get an exclusive pack that is only available from card shops. Hopefully that makes sense and isn't a stupid idea or maybe one that exists. Just something I thought about like when people go to nationals and get the special packs from panini and topps that are exclusive to that event

[@billyworks3702]

I like mem cards, but they should be game used mems only!

[@chasinautos8053]

Glad to hear they're putting cards in more places such as convenience stores, maybe they will make gum packs lol. The gum packs are great for casual collectors or kids. I also like what game fuel did with the limited packs of cards in cases of game fuel. I hope fanatics adopts ideas like that before they take over.

[@WhatTheChaseYT]

Although Topps does not straight up give us the print run of each product, they do list the odds of every non-base card in the product which does atleast give collectors an idea of how rare or not rare a certain card may be. Unlike Panini who just literally names every card you can pull which really does nothing for us. I think if Fanatics ends up being able to do something similar to what this guy is saying about being transparent with print runs, then they are going to do very well since that alone will help with supply/demand tremendously. Im definitely much more excited for the future of the hobby in Fanatics hands after seeing this video, hopefully they can do everything that was mentioned and more!

[@john055mba]

Interesting interview. It is true that Topps list the odds. But similar to lottery tickets if the odds of getting an XFactor chrome card is 1:318000 or 1:314000 doesn't really help to influence your decision to buy whether you know the PR or not. What I like about Luber is that he is exposing some of the thought processes about how he wants to shape the future of the card market. Topps never showed that.

[@adamrasmussen9939]

What if they had like an entire super thin polymer layer that is the exact size and shape of the cards, and had athletes sign sheets of this polymer layer that then gets used as the final finish layer of the card...it would def. take some re-tooling, maybe entirely change how autographed cards are produced vs. non-auto cards, but it could be a compromise that allows for mass numbers of autographs to continue, but hides the look and feel of the sticker autograph...

[@tinbus149]

Question to anyone... will all of the brands be able to use the team logos?

[@Mully711]

As long as hobby shops will still exist. I will continue to buy. That was my biggest concern. Didn't want to see hobby shops go away.

[@323cards7]

Sports card prices need to start raising soon or else the hobby will just completely die.

[@1CrispyCracker]

The market just went through a much needed correction and will be fine.

[@mcnell311]

The buzz seems to be gone. Zion getting hurt and Mahomes bombing this year did not help

[@1CrispyCracker]

lol the Chiefs are currently at the top of their division. You ultra modern guys are a trip 😆

[@mcnell311]

@@1CrispyCracker his prices were based on unrealistic expectations, which is why they have declined so much

[@1CrispyCracker]

Before the epidemic hit and the market turned upside down, base Mahones rookies were going for $8. How much are they now?

[@garyradaker3375]

they got a long away to go topps benn the trade mark for years its hard to replace an icon. the days that the average collector is over with the price of what they paid for getting mlb only will make the product to high.

[@aaronmaxim]

I have to make kids packs in store from lots i buy cause there is nothing they can buy in their price range and still GET SOMETHING OTHER THAN BASE. Minus items like a few lower end value packs 90% of kids with 10 bucks in their pockets cant get anything out there thats not just base cards.

[@angelsolache4444]

If it's a 10f1 that should be the only card that exists my opinion

[@Reignmanprice4025]

We NEED the comeback of Odds!! Inserts and not #ed Parallels would only profit from given odds!

[@bmac85north]

I would love to know what is truly sp or ssp even tho we do have an idea now but it's still important to know exactly how much of a card was printed!! We look online to find print runs now for instance the 18-19 purple wave luka Rc I have I found out that there is only /300 made!! Prolly right seeing that there isn't a ton out there and also the pop report from say PSA gives u an idea as well!! Also seeing advertising during nba nfl or mlb games would be huge I mean how cool would that be!! It works with everything else!!

[@billcombes1038]

I think I've been one of the last people on the Panini Dutch Auction two or three times. No idea how.

[@kempersportscards8341]

I feel like I would be extremely successful in charge of the entire Sportscards industry, it all makes sense in my head..... lol

[@dcl9938]

Sticker auto announcement is a big call with the money that got paid to the leagues/player association. I hope he isn't kidding around.

[@CLanzetta1970-]

He needs to make sure the hobby is available to the everyday collector more then a Geoff. 99% of people cannot buy a $140,000 Steph Curry card at a Show. They ruined the hobby by making boxes……$5,000-$15,000. That’s a joke! I’m sorry…….It’s a joke! They should have very high end products, but most people cannot even buy a regular hobby box. I’m not gonna buy a box for $300.00 and get mostly cardboard junk. They can build sets around the average collector….with big high end chase hits. It can be done.

[@fliplife67]

Heres the problem whats high end compare to low end.

[@chrisolivo6591]

It’s impossible to find that right balance of supply/demand. If you want something rare then you are going to have scarcity in wax boxes. If you want everyone to be able to buy a wax box, then it won’t be rare. There is no middle ground as either a card is scarce or overproduced. It’s just the ebb and flow of the industry as certain cards are going to be worth more cause of low production runs while other will hit a ceiling because of mass production runs. People will complain either way if the hobby gets too expensive cause they aren’t printing enough or if they fear their cards won’t hold their value cause they are printing too much.

[@armenassaturian5850]

NO REDEMPTIONS !!!

[@GameICY]

Have Fantom grocery trays

[@douglasrenouf2464]

Try making hobby store supply and distributors ability to supply them at affordable pricing instead of feeding the breakers unlimited supplies of everything. It slowly phases out the hobby. If a long time hobby shop is allocated 1 case of flawless how does an online breaker get multiple quantities? Say 50-100 cases it's not right. While increasing a hobby store cost by hundreds of percent

[@artvandelay1967]

greed almost killed the hobby in the early 90s, having bigger companies gaining a monopoly on the industry doesnt bode well imho. Whats best in the long run often gets lost when you have stockholders demanding profits.

[@andrewwhitaker4317]

This is great

[@WayTooMuchPressure]

He’s giving the interview in front of Walmart card storage room

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

Not sure what was the biggest bombshell?

[@ralphleiva1165]

It will be interesting to see what unfolds from fanatics strategy that being said card shops are definitely are needed and are the heartbeat of the hobby.

[@Justin1988Johnson]

I wonder who has more money, josh or Geoff

[@HailTheApocalypse]

When Fanatics takes over, that's when I'll get back out of the hobby.