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Originally Posted by darwinbulldog
Maybe somebody already asked this, but would it really be seen in the eyes of the court as entirely unforeseeable that Brady would come out of retirement? There were already plenty of sports pundits and other former NFL players who were saying last month that they expected he'd play next season. Wouldn't the auction have gone even higher if that hadn't been the case, or did the bidders just figure they could get out of paying if that happened?
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I don't think any of the bidders (or Leland's), anticipated that Brady would come out of retirement, just hours after the auction for his alleged last TD ball ended.
If it had been a week later, and money had already been exchanged, it might be a much more complicated matter.
As it is...I'd guess, to use a football analogy, we have off-setting penalties. Time to re-set, regroup, and try it all over again. Probably best for everybody involved this ball didn't go for multi-million $'s.
If this ball WAS legit, and has rock solid, unimpeachable provenance....I have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that several Tom Brady trading cards, have sold for multiple times what this ball hammered down for...even if the ball ends up just being a known thrown TD ball from a playoff game near the end of Brady's career.
I would think ANY Brady TD ball, would be worth more then ANY Brady trading card.
