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    Official FCB collectors' directory

    Austin, TX
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    Name a movie in which baseball cards make an appearance

    A League of Their Own. One of the players hands Tom Hanks a card to sign and he tears it up.
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    Name A Forgotten Once-Big Prospect

    Mark Prior Fernando Martinez
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    Finally saw 42 and eh...

    I liked 42, but I thought that Soul of The Game was a better overall flick.
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    Leaf Manziel controversy

    Well, I'm not sure about that, but if the NCAA were to pay players (at any or all levels) then I'd be interested to see how Title IX works with this scenario.
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    Leaf Manziel controversy

    The issue at hand is that players give up their rights to their names and likeness when they agree to accept the scholarships and/or play for the team(s). And while they're playing for the team any media associated with them, etc. is the property of the NCAA/getty/etc. I believe that this is...
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    Leaf Manziel controversy

    I got the sarcasm, I just wanted to play devil's advocate with sarcasm :) We only hear about the "idiots" because that's good headline stuff. Most of the student athletes I've known were extremely smart and did very well in their classes. In fact, most (that I knew) were science and engineering...
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    Leaf Manziel controversy

    Fair enough. The same could be said of student athletes - they're mostly idiots who couldn't have received admission to that school anyway (except maybe Arizona St.) and easily replaceable. Who cares if they're not paid?
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    Leaf Manziel controversy

    Question - if athletes were to be paid because they perform a service for the university and their services bring in revenue, what about paying student researchers? These students get on patents and publications that increases funding to those particular departments/university, but they do not...
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    eBay Etiquette on shipping???

    I typically wait at least 2 weeks from the next mailing/business date after the auction ended to contact a seller about when they've sent an item. After that I'll send a polite email asking when the item might be sent. And I've only had to do this once.
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    Leafy

    Pops!! Great pull
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    Box of Leaf Legends from AIC

    I know there have been some Herzogs on ebay so I'll check the completed stuff and pm you reasonable number.
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    '13 LEAF LEGENDS OF THE RING BOXING CUTS - Group Buy - 2 left

    And that's when the sticker auto would come in handy!
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    '13 LEAF LEGENDS OF THE RING BOXING CUTS - Group Buy - 2 left

    A Sly STallone/Chuck Wepner dual auto would be pretty awesome
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    Box of Leaf Legends from AIC

    Dog chewed through the cord on my scanner so best I could do is a cell phone pic.

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