We've Forgotten Why We Collect Cards with Totally Football Cards

Is the sports card hobby becoming more about money than collecting?In this episode of Global Card Collectors, Will sits down with Jeremy from Totally Football Cards for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the hobby and where it might be heading.We talk about the explosive growth of the modern card market, rising pack prices, breaks, collector fatigue, the growing focus on card values, and whether the hobby is slowly becoming more like an investment industry than a hobby.But it's not all doom and gloom.Jeremy shares his approach to collecting, including why he prefers playing-days cards, how he chooses which post-playing-days cards are worth owning, and some of his favorite cards of Gareth Bale, Luka Modrić and Allen Iverson.We also get into some talk about seriously underrated football legends, including Rivaldo, Ruud Gullit, Clarence Seedorf, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry, and discuss whether players like Bale, Rooney and Harry Kane are underappreciated by collectors.And if you're thinking about starting (or restarting) a collection, Jeremy has some excellent advice, including what he would do with $2,000 today, why he says to stay away from breaks, and how to build a collection around cards you actually love rather than cards the market tells you to want.Most importantly, we come back to a simple question: Are we still collecting because we love the cards or have we become too obsessed with what they're worth?