football set builders don't exist, why?

[WJ#55]

For you football people...you can check my tradelist (the football is probably 100%) accurate.
I have about 23,000 cards from 1980 through 2005
and then probably 800 random cards from 2006-2023.

I'd prefer to trade them for my wants in baseball but I could trade them for random baseball or sell it

Thanks
Bill

PM coming your way.

 

[shig]

Not to get political but I was the BIGGEST NFL fan that existed and I collected Football cards. Collin Kapernick came along and people supported him and the NFL supported him and I immediately stopped collecting football and immediately stopped collecting football cardsand the NFL was a bunch of wusses. I was a HUGE football set collector. I haven't watched an NFL game since.

Bill

You did what you said you weren't gonna do.

 

[Yankeeswin]

I can't even unload vintage singles. Football and basketball are all about 3-4 players who are hot right now and no one else gets any interest.

 

[crankbait09]

as others have mentioned, it's all about the quarter backs. my question is why?
you occasionally have WR's, and RB's that'll spark some interest, but NOTHING like QB's
is it for the quick buck? pull the QB out of a pack, and turn around and sell it on ebay? I can't imagine everyone keeps them for PC's

so what does everyone do with all the "other players" that are pulled from a box? can't imagine they go in the recycle bin

 

[SymphonicMetal]

as others have mentioned, it's all about the quarter backs. my question is why?
you occasionally have WR's, and RB's that'll spark some interest, but NOTHING like QB's
is it for the quick buck? pull the QB out of a pack, and turn around and sell it on ebay? I can't imagine everyone keeps them for PC's

so what does everyone do with all the "other players" that are pulled from a box? can't imagine they go in the recycle bin

The rules of the game have slanted heavily towards the offense and in praticular to favor the QBs. I think the NFL became QB centric when Payton Manning hit the scene and the QB really began to control the game even more than the coaches. So all the hype from the media focuses almost exclusively on the QBs. And whatever gets hyped, be it in sports, music, movies etc, the herd will almost certainly follow.

Not so long ago running backs were as sought after in the hobby as QBs were. In the 90s the most sought after cards were Emmitt and Barry., I personally don't care if the vintage HOFer is a QB or any other position. I traded for RCs of Merlin Olsen and Bobby Mitchell recently and could not have been happier. QB, RB, WR DT.............if they are in the Hall or were a big star, it doesn't matter to me.