USA Today Article - Spence and college athlete signatures
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An interesting read on JSA and whether or not they should be responsible for helping police the industry.
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No f-ing way its JSA's responsibility to police that. What a bunch of crap.
This isn't a legal issue, players can sign and get paid all they want, they are not breaking a law, they are breaking a NCAA rule. Its up to the schools and the NCAA to deal with it.
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<< <i>No chance I read that article, its gonna piss me off.
No f-ing way its JSA's responsibility to police that. What a bunch of crap.
This isn't a legal issue, players can sign and get paid all they want, they are not breaking a law, they are breaking a NCAA rule. Its up to the schools and the NCAA to deal with it. >>
Amen brotha. JSA's job is to verify an auto's authenticity. Their job is not to determine whether said autograph violated the arbitrary rules of a private institution with which JSA has no affiliation. Was the autograph "real"? Yes or no? Their responsibility ends there.
<< <i>No chance I read that article, its gonna piss me off.
No f-ing way its JSA's responsibility to police that. What a bunch of crap.
This isn't a legal issue, players can sign and get paid all they want, they are not breaking a law, they are breaking a NCAA rule. Its up to the schools and the NCAA to deal with it. >>
It was actually a fairly well written article and included both perspectives. I agree JSA/PSA have no business policing NCAA rules, just do their job and authenticate.
Brandon Steiner, one of the country's leading sports memorabilia dealers, says Spence enabled rule breaking by authenticating the items — for a fee ranging from $10 and $500 per item.
"I think Jimmy's just as guilty as anybody else," Steiner said, while noting he uses Spence's company and respects his work. "He's sitting there watching ..."
Mueller says Spence and authenticators are not paid to keep the industry clean.
"They're doing what they're paid to do, which is to authenticate autographs," Mueller said. "In terms of blowing the whistle, I don't see that that's their job. I see they're doing what they're being asked to do."
If we're talking about jacked up prices Mr. Steiner, you are the most guilty of all. I'm amused that Steiner points the finger at Spence and at the same time says he uses Spence and respects his work. People were selling college autographs long before authenticating was around and they still do it today so that practice did not enable anything.