So what was the big meeting all about last night at the national with JP & Marshall?

[JasonL]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

Mark,
"Marshall emphasized to me that this meeting is important in combating the national consequences that are about to occur causing damage to the reputation and the past financial successes of our industry."

is: "combating the national consequences"
this suggests an overaching structural change of some sort, and one that could be met on some field of battle with some tactic...

also, how do you "damage...PAST financial successes"? perhaps they are finding that the hobby's biggest collectors amassed their amazing collections with the use of PEDs, and will have an asterisk placed by their names going forward?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by JasonL

also, how do you "damage...PAST financial successes"?

By confiscating funds or property that were gained through illegal actions.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by JasonL

perhaps they are finding that the hobby's biggest collectors amassed their amazing collections with the use of PEDs, and will have an asterisk placed by their names going forward?

Anyone that used credit cards, loans or lines of credit instead of cash to purchase cards for their registry sets will have an asterisk assigned next to the respective set or sets and registry points will be docked accordingly in accordance to the severity of the occurrences within each set.

[Butch7999]

Yes indeed, entities with a vested interest, acting in collusion, to form a self-regulating monopoly whose rulings can not be challenged, is always the best way to ensure integrity...

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

Yes indeed, entities with a vested interest, acting in collusion, to form a self-regulating monopoly whose rulings can not be challenged, is always the best way to ensure integrity...

LOL!
Oh! Don't worry! They intend to charge a big application/membership fee. That will keep out the riff-raff.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

LOL!
Oh! Don't worry! They intend to charge a big application/membership fee. That will keep out the riff-raff.

Or keep them in, depending on your POV.

[FUBAR]

Maybe all the masterminds could sign a document !!! but whom would be able to authenticate it?

If those are masterminds, then i must be a pure F**kin Genius!!

[tbob]

Here's a taste of what might have been discussed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYrj...eature=related

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by tbob

Here's a taste of what might have been discussed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYrj...eature=related

I turned it off after hearing the phrase "investment portfolio" repeated approximately 12 times...............so it was about two minutes in.

[teetwoohsix]

Wow. Watching that youtube clip just now made me feel like I was at a stock investment seminar