What Is Competitive Sports Card Collecting?

Competitive Sports Card Collecting is like Fantasy Sports mixed with the Stock Market, mixed with Sports Betting...with Entrepreneur-flavored sprinkles on top.  It's all about skill, pride and bragging rights. It's filled with failures disguised as learning experiences; and losses that ultimately help your long-term winning percentage.  And the best part is, it doesn't at all need to be about high stakes or big money. In fact, it should be a stress-free experience that doesn't put your family in a bad financial position, ever.  Whether you just found your old sports card collection and are feeling some juices flowing, or you're a seasoned card flipper or big money long-term investor, I'm going to introduce a new concept that I believe appeals to every sports card fanatic - Competitive Sports Card Collecting.  “Competitively” collecting cards makes life more fun. Just like Fantasy Sports, I want to make sports related predictions that come true, so I can feel good about myself, accomplish “something,” and yes, brag to some of my closest family members and friends about it. NoOffseason.com used to be a fantasy football website where I’d make predictions about which players would breakout, and which would suck. Every Monday during the NFL season from 2006-2012 I’d write a column called “WE WERE RIGHT ABOUT...WE WERE WRONG ABOUT.” I’d simply jock myself for my correct predictions, and laugh at myself for my incorrect ones. I’m not sure if the readers liked it, but I loved it.  This is the main reason why I’ve decided to continue to collect sports cards into my 40s. It’s fantasy sports on steroids, to use my earlier example. And, oh by the way, you also have the cards.