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Originally Posted by daeve
What's going to be interesting will be to see how much the collector base grows as the sport gets more popular in the States, especially leading up to the WC.
Will it grow more in the area of gamblers/ only those interested in modern active players? Or will it be more balanced and have a greater mix of modern/active player collectors and those seeking the stars of the 80s/90s/00s as well?
There is certainly less to go around if there is a surge of interest in players that many Gen x / millenials grew up watching, compared to the other 'big 3' team sports. I still think this makes this time of 'stagnation' interesting as even if there isn't a huge surge in this regard, there will likely be some.
I also think Messi and CR7 retiring is going to draw more interest to other retired stars - something to keep in mind.  |
I can tell you most of the soccer collector's collect USA cards or MLS cards Thats if their city has a team. I have tried to sell soccer cards at Professional indoor soccer games, Since I was the Photrapher for the fan club and the players. I tried selling singles and Custom packs for $1 to $5 each and most of the kids did not want them for $1 for a 25 card pack with a jersey card or autograph in them. In the 13 Games I set up in I may have sold 200 packs in total. I sold more 8x10 photos then anything at $5 each $10 if they were autographed. It helped raise money for the fan club so I was happy about that but it was just a waste of time selling the cards.