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Old 05-25-2022, 01:08 PM   #1
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Default Rumor that Josh Luber is being forced out of Fanatics
https://twitter.com/FCBsportscards/s...23128703012867

What are everyones thoughts if this happens?


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Seems like the rumor is not true according to this - https://twitter.com/SportsCollector/...7letEFpp8CHTLA
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:10 PM   #2
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My thoughts are who cares?
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:11 PM   #3
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My thoughts are who cares?
Well he is/was the head of Fanatics sports card division so seemingly it could have an impact on the future of our hobby.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:11 PM   #4
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:12 PM   #5
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I assume one of his superiors opened a box of VeeFriends and the rest is history.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:14 PM   #6
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Hope this won't affect my Willie McGee collecting.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:19 PM   #7
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Well he is/was the head of Fanatics sports card division so seemingly it could have an impact on the future of our hobby.

And I’m sure there are dozens of people more qualified to run a major sports card company than him. Going on Backyard Breakers showed pretty bad judgement in my opinion and shows he’s out of touch with current events in the hobby so probably no great loss. He also seems like the serial entrepreneur type and probably is ready to move onto the next thing.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:20 PM   #8
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:20 PM   #9
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:22 PM   #10
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And I’m sure there are dozens of people more qualified to run a major sports card company than him. Going on Backyard Breakers showed pretty bad judgement in my opinion and shows he’s out of touch with current events in the hobby so probably no great loss. He also seems like the serial entrepreneur type and probably is ready to move onto the next thing.
Oh, I looked at this as a positive, not a loss.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:25 PM   #11
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We can only hope this is true.

Luber is the worst.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:28 PM   #12
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:28 PM   #13
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Much easier to wear out your welcome quickly when you aren't the one who built up the company.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:37 PM   #14
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Shouldn't have partnered with Backyard Breaks.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:38 PM   #15
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https://twitter.com/FCBsportscards/s...23128703012867

What are everyones thoughts if this happens?
Anyone check the source on this?

Some guy with 4k followers?
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:43 PM   #16
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He’s probably got a new job with Platinum
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:44 PM   #17
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Anyone check the source on this?

Some guy with 4k followers?
Owner/founder of FCB

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Old 05-25-2022, 01:44 PM   #18
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Anyone check the source on this?

Some guy with 4k followers?
He's apparently a breaker too. When has a breaker ever lied to anyone? /s

He's probably just trying to draw attention to his crappy site.

That being said, Luber has been a disaster since the jump.

We shall see.
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What did he do before fanatics? I mean, if he had no prior connections to leadership at any of the established companies and, in turn, the players organizations, etc. that's really not good and could really create a mess as deadlines loom to get operations up and running in time for them to take over production, etc.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:50 PM   #20
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Anyone check the source on this?

Some guy with 4k followers?
I'm not saying its accurate, but he's the founder of a forum thats been around for several years. He also has 7k followers, not 4. Although, I'm not sure there is any correlation between followers and inside information.
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I heard this yesterday. Hoping it’s true.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:51 PM   #22
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What did he do before fanatics? I mean, if he had no prior connections to leadership at any of the established companies and, in turn, the players organizations, etc. that's really not good and could really create a mess as deadlines loom to get operations up and running in time for them to take over production, etc.
He founded StockX I believe. Not sure before that.
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Old 05-25-2022, 01:54 PM   #23
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Luber? I barely knew her.
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Shouldn't have partnered with Backyard Breaks.
Wait, did he partner with them before or after the Kaboom fiasco?
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What did he do before fanatics? I mean, if he had no prior connections to leadership at any of the established companies and, in turn, the players organizations, etc. that's really not good and could really create a mess as deadlines loom to get operations up and running in time for them to take over production, etc.
He founded a billion dollar company. But growing and running a company are very different challenges. He was forced out of StockX for not being up to the latter, and continued antics that are no longer ok when you aren't solely in charge.
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