August 20, 200422 yr Their summer training camp at Furman ended yesterday. While it was cool having them here, I'm glad they're gone so we can use our own locker room, training room, practice fields, etc. But while waiting for position meetings, we were able to watch people like Vick and Warrick Dunn walk by and say hey. A lot of players would drive by and watch some of our practice too....there are some cool guys. I sometimes work out in the weight room while they're rehabbing.
August 20, 200422 yr I don't think a 20 year old is going to ask an NFL star practicing at his college for an autograph. Thats what us kids do, but what's an autograph worth?
August 21, 200422 yr I have a couple buddies who go to Western Illinois and that's where the Rams have their training camp.. We went up there for the Bears-Rams scrimmage a couple weeks ago. Such a drunk day.
August 21, 200422 yr A Vick autographed football can go for atleast $100 520069[/snapback] On where? I doubt on eBay, eh? That's kinda silly looking though. A man asking another man for his autograph. Thats what I think.
August 21, 200422 yr http://search.ebay.com/vick-signed-footbal...rectZ1QQfromZR8 Yeah, that's kinda what I figured. Sure, it books for $100, but ain't nobody gonna pay that.
August 21, 200422 yr If you go to completed items, you can see one sold for $102... also try typing other words like Vick Autographed Football instead of Signed. Now you may think it's awkward and wrong for an adult to ask another adult for an autograph but say you were just feet away from Babe Ruth... would you ask? Also, autograph collecting is a gigantic hobby nowadays and everyone is into it, from kids, teens, adults, dealers, and collectors... I've never traded or sold an autograph of mine, it's simply for keeps and display. It's fun, no matter what age, because you know only a number of people will get the autograph and when you get it, it's like an accomplishment. If you don't get it, then you are caught up in the commotion that the player caused, and you want that chance again to obtain his autograph. I definitely will remain a collector as an adult, it's all for the fun and hobby of it. The players totally understand, otherwise, they wouldn't sign... and some players like Derek Jeter, for the most part, only signs for kids.
August 21, 200422 yr Author i think I'd be ashamed of myself if I got autographs so I could sell em. It's just an effing signature. He wrote his name in cursive. Big deal. No, I didnt ask him for an autograph...that's what little kids do. Not a 20 year old (like miami15 said). "OMG Vick is walking out of the locker room....can I have your autograph? Even though I'm in college, play football, and am about to go to my position meeting?" Lame. The interest in autographs baffles me. But one of my friends who's also a receiver got a pair of receivers' gloves from Peerless Price. I checked em out...they're good gloves...who'd guess NFL WRs have good gloves :plain
August 21, 200422 yr anything I ever got was for myself and for my kids. It's never to be sold unless I'm desperate. As far as saying it's immature for an adult to ask for an autograph, I disagree. It's all part of being a fan. If you want to be all into yourselves and "above" those things.....just remember how many ballplayers bring video cameras and get everyones autograph to All-Star games and other historical games.
August 21, 200422 yr personally i agree with bob and giambifan. autographs are fun to get and part of the fan experience. you might think its childish but just think about the fact that we're watching grown men play a kids game and dedicate i dont know how much time reading about them and talking about them. ive never sold an autograph and i never will. getting autographs becomes childish when you start getting desperate and pushy for them.
August 21, 200422 yr Autographs are cool, I certainly don't think I'm above them. But, I feel more comfortable asking for them in the ballpark setting, if I was going to. Like, for example, when I bought my Bengals season tickets, myself and Batman ran into Coach Marvin and Coach Brat coming in as we were leaving, I shook his hand and thanked him rather than asking for an autograph, it kinda cheapens the experience.
August 21, 200422 yr But, I feel more comfortable asking for them in the ballpark setting, if I was going to. 520605[/snapback] That is true.... but Vick was in the locker room... that is definitely an acceptable setting. You may want to refer to him in the locker room as Mr. Vick, but that would be the only factor. If he wasn't preoccupied at the moment, and you were able to have a small talk with him, maybe at the end, try asking... the worst he could say is not right now, or maybe later. He wouldn't look at you any differently for asking for an autograph, it's expected as an athlete and from fans.
August 21, 200422 yr Author are you serious? In the lockerroom is an ok setting to ask for an autograph? It would have been extremely awkward... me sitting there with my playbook, in between the training room and the lockerroom....no one is allowed in there except for furman football and falcon football personel...i would have looked like a complete jackass to put him in an uncomfortable situation like that just so I could own his name in cursive. I saw him...therefore couldn't I just write "Michael Vick" on a piece of paper in cursive and call it even? It's a signature....it's what he puts on credit card receipts. And calling him Mr. Vick would have been hilarious....as a joke. One of the receivers is friends with him and called him Mike...the guy is like 4 years older than me...no way I call him "Mr." like that...and no way he expects me to.
August 21, 200422 yr Author yall think athletes are like gods or something....they are rich people who are extremely athletic. They're good at what they do...but my dad is good at what he does. I'm NOT good at what I do, and I have to sign autographs this afternoon (:plain)...
August 21, 200422 yr Between the field and the locker room, where its just like the walkway.... how is that wrong? At Marlins games, if you have those founder seats or whatever, and its a rain delay you are allowed over there I heard and can get autographs. Maybe you didn't want to ask or want the autograph, but I'm sure others would have... and no you couldn't just write his name because that would been fraud. Why on earth would his friend call him Mr? That's a joke, but for someone who doesn't know him, and in a place where it's not common to get to meet the player, I'd call him Mr. If it was towards the end of the day, he was getting ready to leave, and you caught up with him in the locker room, and you got to talk to him for a bit, at the end, you could have asked, and it wouldn't have been rude or anything because he would just be leaving to sign for a crap load of fans waiting by the exit. I understand how you feel because you are just not into autograph collecting as much as other people.
August 21, 200422 yr Author im there for a football meeting. I'm not there as a fan. I'm there to go over the playbook with the WRs coach. 1) Why would I ask him as he's walking by the lockerroom. 2) What is he going to sign? My playbook? 3) Why would I want his autograph? So I have proof that I met him? I don't need proof. Why would I lie about meeting him, or why would someone not believe me?
August 21, 200422 yr A Vick autographed football can go for atleast $100 520069[/snapback] On where? I doubt on eBay, eh? That's kinda silly looking though. A man asking another man for his autograph. Thats what I think. 520102[/snapback] getting a picture with an athlete is more valuable to me than an autograph
August 21, 200422 yr I can understand your thinking Furman... I just like collecting autographs, I like building my collection, and displaying it... I guess he couldn't sign anything for you except like a piece of paper or something like that. But I'd atleast bring a football if I knew in advance that Vick and the Falcons were practicing at my stadium, and maybe at the right time, ask for an autograph. No way do you need his autograph as proof man... it's just something extra that would be cool to display and have, but a picture is just as awesome, and to talk to him as well. I didn't ask Harold Reynolds for an autograph, I just asked for a photo, and the same with Wayne Rosenthal when he came over my house. Sometimes though, you want the autograph because it's not everyday a star is at your own campus, and if you are into autographs, who wouldn't want to have Vick's?
August 21, 200422 yr A Vick autographed football can go for atleast $100 520069[/snapback] On where? I doubt on eBay, eh? That's kinda silly looking though. A man asking another man for his autograph. Thats what I think. 520102[/snapback] getting a picture with an athlete is more valuable to me than an autograph 520734[/snapback] Word. Plus all that crap that sells for hundreds of bucks is like an authentic football with a crazy ass $30 case. Furman can probably only get him to sign a towel or a gatorade cup. I asked for Josh Beckett's sig just the other week in Philly, but that's as a kid with a group of people. If Josh were ever at my Publix or something, I'd shake his hand or say I love him or something but not ask for an autograph.
August 21, 200422 yr Author i dont really feel like displaying autographs...I can just cut out a picture of Vick in a magazine, and write his name in cursive on it...is it not the same thing? P.S. I signed about 250 autographs today at Furman's Fan Day.....i felt bad for signing everyone. Mostly because they shouldn't want mine haha....but a lot of people wanted the whole team's...so I obliged.
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