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Originally Posted by Mark17
This is what will happen:
Some entrepreneur with $100,000 in capital will go to amateur state championship tournaments in various states, and put together a nice 500 card set of 20 or 30 top amateur teams. They'll pay the teams a very nominal amount, plus give them free cards. No additional licenses needed.
Then they'll print the cards on standard stock and package them in wax packs for retail sale at maybe 50 cents for 10 cards.
They'll make a fortune, and collectors, especially kids, will be able to have fun playing with cards again.
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Mark, I can see something like this happening, but with college teams, and with all the major sports, not just baseball. I think this would take much more initial capital, say $25M or more, as the NCAA would demand a huge fee for an exclusive deal and college athletes can now be compensated.
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