Comments on: Five years later, young fan gets his Aaron Rodgers autograph

By: dkdawg

dkdawg — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:12:20 +0000

I sent Eric Metcalf of the Cleveland Browns a SASE and his card to get signed back in 1988 when I was 15. I completely forgot about it until my mom called me in 2003 and said I had some mail at her house.

Low and behold it was my SASE with and extra 10 cent stamp on it to make up the postage and the post mark was from Seattle Washington. Inside was my signed card.

By: bcjim

bcjim — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:47:53 +0000

I cringe every time I see some fool groveling for a worthless autograph…If this card has some intrinsic value, having it signed would bump it up but were talking probably less than $100 maybe way less, autographs are just a waste of time unless the object itself is already of value.

By: thankheavenfornumberseven

thankheavenfornumberseven — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:06:38 +0000

Wow, even when Rodgers was a backup he thought he was too good to give an autograph to a kid.

By: nothimagain

nothimagain — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:23:06 +0000

It’ll take less than 5 more years for the kid to see the inherent folly in autographs. Hopefully.

By: trbowman

trbowman — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:05:05 +0000

Where had the card been for five years?

By: 417east

417east — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:55:15 +0000

It’s sad that players won’t sign and return cards anymore. Around the time of Super Bowl XXXI my sent cards of Packer players with a hand written letter asking for the player’s autograph to add to his Packer collection and a SASE. All the players he wrote to signed their card & sent it back to CJ with the exception of Reggie White. His press agent sent back the card unsigned with a letter explaining that Reggie was receiving approximately 5000 pieces of mail a week & couldn’t respond to every one. Several players personalized the card. My son had a blast for several years waiting for the mail to arrive.

By: daaabears

daaabears — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:45:46 +0000

Farve would have sent him back a text of Lil’ Brett.

By: berniemadoffsides

berniemadoffsides — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:25:56 +0000

Autographs are plummeting in value. You probably couldn’t get more than $50 for that card… and I’d say $20 is a fair price.

By: madenatewell

madenatewell — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:22:04 +0000

cards aren’t worth crap. I found a box with a ton of cards from the 60′s and 70′s in mint condition, it has two OJ Simpson rookie cards in it, I couldn’t even buy lunch at olive garden with what I was offered.

By: dominicthedonkey

dominicthedonkey — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:43:44 +0000

The Post Office is to blame for the 5 year delay…not the packers! That’s what happens when the govt. tries to run a business

By: dillpx183

dillpx183 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:39:48 +0000

I used to do the same thing back in the day, mostly hockey players and a few baseball players. Didn’t get anything signed back from ball players but Barry Bonds and Mike Piazza’s people sent cards and stickers back. I got all the hockey players back with the card signed including Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, Pavel Bure, Ed Belfour. Belfour must have put everyone that sent him mail on a list because I recieved Christmas cards (mass printed ones with a letter from him inside) from him for years after that, pretty cool.

By: frenchy121212

frenchy121212 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:07:58 +0000

Forever stamp

By: bigbabies

bigbabies — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:57:57 +0000

Wonder if Rodgers’ moustache would autograph his ESPN the magazine cover photo?

By: mataug

mataug — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:33:52 +0000

Maybe if he did not black out his address, he would have received it earlier

By: jhein23

jhein23 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:33:32 +0000

I used to send cards in the mail just like that with a little letter to many MLB baseball players when I was 10-12 yrs old, the only 1 I got back was from Charles Nagy of the Indians about a year later. I still have it doubt its worth as much as ARodg.

By: mistercharitystripe34

mistercharitystripe34 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:32:21 +0000

Alex Smith should send an autographed jersey to Rodgers.

By: jkline3

jkline3 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:29:17 +0000

@burgandyandgold Look at the envelope in the background, it says “Postage Due”

By: tannethrill

tannethrill — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:23:07 +0000

That’s funny. Was at his draft with a huge Packers fan. Waited til the end and he was rooting for Rodgers to GB the whole time. Rodgers kind of snubbed him for an autograph after his sit down interview following being drafting.

We understood at the time because of the garbage situation he was in but it would have really made for a special day for my buddy if Rodgers would have acknowledged him.

By: skiss68

skiss68 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:22:47 +0000

My advise to the youngster would be to sell the card and use the money to buy a box of trojans.

By: andrewproughcfe

andrewproughcfe — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:19:43 +0000

Hmmmm ….. degree from UW? Or an autographed rookie card?

Kind of a toss-up when you really think about it.

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:04:15 +0000

It could have been a forever stamp. Otherwise who pays for the stamp, Rodgers or the team, and what are the rules of that? I just want to make sure that Aaron Rodgers isn’t receiving any off the books money in violation of salary cap rules.

By: thejabronisayz

thejabronisayz — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:55:16 +0000

Pretty cool story. Kid should keep it; the money he gets for it now would be pennies compared to what he will most likely be able to get for it years from now. He’s also 15 and there’s a greater likelihood that he would squander the proceeds on something. Regardless, good for him.

By: burgandyandgold

burgandyandgold — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:47:05 +0000

Wouldn’t the stamp not be enough anymore?