I'm in the business and that's pretty standard. Burress, for example, the week before SB42, Burress was $75. A tyree signing a few months after their superbowl was 50 for a flat, 75 for a helmet/football. Eli would be at least 100. Brodeur was at least 75, I think more.
Wow that seems like an awful lot of cash for a few guys that really aren't superstars. I loved my time in minor league baseball because I could get any players autograph essentially for free if they were on rehab or a can't miss prospect. Unfortunately I don't have nay friends that work for pro football teams so I don't have alot of NFL stuff, just a Curtis Martin helmet and a Harry Carson ball. I've got a few cards signed but that's about it. I've got so much baseball shit that it just sits in my son's room in his closet. Balls, bats, hats, cards, bobbleheads. Too much shit but I'd never get rid of any of it.
Pretty funny stuff. In this economy they may not sell one combined. A lot of people may stand outside gawking and that may be it.
I personally find that meeting and conversing with a player is much more satisfying than just receiving the autograph from a line.
This was essentially the transcript of my (very) brief "conversation" with him: Me: I really hope that what you showed us last preseason was real. Ratliff: What? Me: I hope last preseason was how you'll perform in real games. Ratliff: Me? Me: Nevermind. Nice to meet you.
Yeah, that sounds terrible. A forced meeting like that is probably not the best way to get a real judge of his intelligence though. He was probably just wondering what the hell he was doing signing autographs.
