Posted By:
MikeUJim,
Last year I thought you were genuine in cleaning up the hobby and I even communicated to yourself that I wanted to be involed with your work and would contribute $100. Now I am just sick of hearing you talk about it and doing nothing, when you of all people actually have influence to do something. So please do something or shut up about the subject. I will even suggest a plan.
If you truly want to clean up the hobby:
1. Take everyone of your cards and inspect with a black light.
2. Place the cards that glow or have any glowing piece in a pile.
3. Buy a plane ticket for Kevin to come out and inspect the non-glowing cards for trimming, overgrades, tampered holders or flips, surface wrinkle resurfacing, rebacking etc. I am certain Kevin would do this for free, as he is trying to gain credibility.
4. Put Kevin's card in a pile.
5. Gauge the number of cards in both piles vs. total number of cards to get a good idea of the real problem at hand. I think you have enough slabs that this information gathered should have strong correlation to the general masses. If you have very few cards with problems, then maybe things are pretty sound. If you have many, then you and many other people are correct.
6. Publish an article about your findings e.g. the amazement of how few cards have problems or the amazement of the reverse and what specific reform needs done.
7. As a PSA HOF collector, you should have the ear of J.O., so yourself and Kevin can work with Joe on how improvements/reform can be made. Kevin can then earn the respect of J.O. and get a job and reform is in progress.
Again, do something or shut up.