Allow Me to Introduce Myself...

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys. I am looking forward to getting to know you all and your collections. Let me try to answer a few of the questions posted...

@PROMETHIUS88 - I don't know. Too early to say and I don't yet know personal histories or why people may have deen banned.

@Rttrffg2012 - I can't really answer that as what I do for PSA has absolutely nothing to do with grading. What I can say is that people are diligently working on the issue. I understand that is probably a lot less than you would like to hear, but it is the truth. There are a lot of good people at PSA, they recognize the issue, and are trying to develop a solution.

@MLBdays - LoL. Yeah, that Dolphins game was incredible. No one should have had to lose that one! As far as lacrosse cards, there are no sets from the 1960s. Beyond the early tobacco sets, there are mostly individual cards that represent lacrosse, both in multi-sport sets and in native american sets. There is very little documentation about lacrosse sets in the hobby, so I am kind of learning as I go, finding things with random eBay searches. It's been a lot of fun!

Thanks again, guys!

jay0791 - Oh boy, there are many AFL players that at least deserve serious consideration by the HOF voters, if not outright induction. Among the names on that list would be Walt Sweeney, Jim Tyrer, Ed Budde, Winston Hill, Lionel Taylor, Art Powell, Clem Daniels, George Saimes, Charlie Hennigan, Dave Grayson and others... There also a number of guys who had dominant periods as AFL players, and I believe would have been slam dunks but their careers were likely too short - Cookie Gilchrist, Earl Faison, Tom Sestak, Ernie Ladd and more.

lostdart58 - Thanks, Jami! I miss talking autographs and seeing your new additions. If I am not in Canton at Johnny's HoF induction, I will definitely be at the National and would love to catch up! Why do they have to both be on the same weekend?!?!?!

@BigRed7 said:
The Case for Jim Tyrer

https://footballmaven.io/talkoffame/nfl/state-your-case-jim-tyrer-L_FEwCehDU2PAGaE7A5KIQ/

Thank you for that. The Talk of Fame Network guys were huge supporters of Johnny Robinson during our campaign. They know their stuff.

Here is a comparison I did on Jim Tyrer on my website:

http://talesfromtheamericanfootballleague.com/a-hall-of-fame-comparison-jim-tyrer/

I'm not sure if Tyrer will ever overcome the situation of his death to earn HOF induction, especially with so few members of the senior nominee list being allowed in each year. Sadly, i think a major change in the voting process, perhaps similar to what the Baseball Hall of Fame did with the Negro Leaguers, will have to take place for many of the worthy AFL players to get the recognition they deserve.