SGC was the first to make adjustments to much stricter grading standards from what I experienced and was seeing. PSA followed suit and seems to have taken it a step further. Of course both deny grading standards have changed.
Nat laughed about such a silly notion in a recent interview and said it is more likely that submitters' expectations account for the disappointment. So I suppose collectively we all need to lower our expectations. At least Nat acknowledged it. Peter from SGC refuses to address the elephant in the room.
I have heard various reasons why this might be happening at SGC and PSA and the one that made sense is that never before has there been so much new crap submitted. Graders have adjusted to seeing mostly nearly perfect pack fresh cards all day long thereby distorting their perspective.
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