Vintage Football Community - New Board

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

Very much in agreement, Jeff. It is a fun place. Football collectors would love it! A ton of knowledge there.
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Thanks Robert! It is great to have you involved.

A few members here have expressed concern about the posting requirement so thought I'd address it for everyone.

There are a couple of reason why there is a posting requirement.

1. The football community is fairly small as compared to baseball and I feel a football board can survive and thrive only if everybody helps create content. Otherwise the board will be a ghost town and won't make it.

2. Every collector has knowledge to share ... whether they even realize it or not! My vision is a community where sharing is the norm and everybody gives as well as gets. Of course some members with lots and lots of knowledge will share more and that is perfectly fine! Come and learn as you post.

If you are interested but are concerned about the posting requirement, PM me and we can discuss what you collect and how we can make it work. I'm confident that most anyone who collects football avidly and is willing to share, won't have a problem meeting this requirements. I can help if you have difficulty posting images too!

jeff

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

I want to echo this. Compared to others involved at VFC, I am somewhat of a small fish. I collect mainly 1960s, though I do have my eyes on 1950s and 1970s. There are other like minded collectors there. There is also a substantial pre-war presence that I am learning from. The same can be said for modern collectors as well. There may not be as many modern collectors there yet, but there have been discussions about modern issues. I have learned from them also. There is room for all types of collectors. Get with Jeff and come check it out.

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Thanks Robert! It is great to have you involved.

A few members here have expressed concern about the posting requirement so thought I'd address it for everyone.

There are a couple of reason why there is a posting requirement.

1. The football community is fairly small as compared to baseball and I feel a football board can survive and thrive only if everybody helps create content. Otherwise the board will be a ghost town and won't make it.

2. Every collector has knowledge to share ... whether they even realize it or not! My vision is a community where sharing is the norm and everybody gives as well as gets. Of course some members with lots and lots of knowledge will share more and that is perfectly fine! Come and learn as you post.

If you are interested but are concerned about the posting requirement, PM me and we can discuss what you collect and how we can make it work. I'm confident that most anyone who collects football avidly and is willing to share, won't have a problem meeting this requirements. I can help if you have difficulty posting images too!

jeff

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[999Tony]

Hey can you guys recommend site for new football collector? --(No collecting from 1975-2017 --just started up again recently --so I'm about as ignorant as can be . . .

[jefferyepayne]

Check out The Hobby Cave and Vintage Football Cards on facebook. They are both great sites with the Cave focusing on showing off cards while Vintage Football Cards is mostly a Buy/Sell/Trade site with lots of eye candy for sale.

Good luck and glad you are going after football now!

jeff

[999Tony]

Thanks for the response! Will check out

[jefferyepayne]

Just bumping this thread to give everybody an update.

Vintage Football Community has grown to nearly 80 members in the past 9 months but we are looking for more! The amount of football knowledge and content is incredible and if you are totally into football card / memorabilia collecting and/or research into the early days of american football, you will absolutely love this site.

Recently I reduced the posting requirement from having to start a brand new thread each month to sharing something in your collection or something that is going on in the hobby to encourage more participation for the community.

If anybody is interested in learning more and becoming a member, PM me and I can fill you in.

jeff

[Kenmarks]

I joined as a member of VFC a few weeks after its inception. And I was invited as I was unaware of its existence. It was a great move. My focus on football is pretty narrow these days in terms of what I collect. Principally stuff that I collected as a kid back in the 60s. But I have found the expertise and material viewed on the site is simply outstanding. So many things I did not know even existed. Amazing. And it is just not cards. There is just tons of all sorts of memorabilia that is shared. A must to consider for any football collector.