Well, this is it, the first blog for Downs and Outs Collectibles. I guess the best place to start is at the beginning. Downs and Outs is a sports card business based out of eastern Iowa. We specialize in football and baseball cards.
To start, I will discuss the news that hit the world today, Michael Vick's plea deal. When I heard about this deal, I was appalled. A plea deal? Why? There are witnesses who have already rolled over on him and were willing to testify against him. Why a plea deal? Yes, either way his NFL career is over, but if you can do the crime you can do the time, the real time, not the plea deal that the prosecutors should never have given you.
However, I will find it very interesting to see what his cards do over the next few weeks. They have already dropped and I expect them to continue to drop, especially after sentencing (no matter what that is). The NFL's awaited decision will also help to determine the fate of Vick's cards. If they totally and completely rid themselves of him, his cards will drop right away, but after a few years they may resurface, certainly not at their current or previous values, but people will move on and some will forget what he did and they will buy his cards again.
However, I wouldn't look for many more Vick cards to be made any time soon. Upper Deck has dropped their endorsements of Vick and I would be very surprised if they made any Vick cards in the near future at all.
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2 comments:
A Sporting Goods store in my area removed all of his Vick merchandise from the shelves.
I'd sure keep my cards if I had any. Americans, especially sports fans, have short memories. Fair chance Vick will come back in some redeemed way and those cards will be valuable once again. I'll keep my money in the stock market, though, rather than buying cards low, hoping to sell high.
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