Media member sells Kyle Rudolph's gloves on eBay

If not some fanboi site.

 

This might be a dumb question, but is selling the old media guides a no-no? Or other free swag? Either by ethical standards or through the terms of credentials?
I remember years ago we found some old ones in the office, as well as some promotional trinkets, and we put them up on eBay just to see if we could get some money for an office party. If they fetched any kind of money, the SE at the time kept it. I don't recall going out for drinks off of that sale.
Those sorts of things don't have much practical value for us in the media after a year or two, though. I don't see the harm in selling those instead of throwing them away. Obviously, the gloves are an infinitely higher magnitude of sleaze.

 

Nah.

 

Huh. I didn't realize eBay was still around even. I should check and see if my account is still active. I made a killing back around 2006 selling toys I had as a kid. GI Joes, He-Man, A-Team, etc. My mom found them in the basement, threw them all in a bag and gave them to me a few years after I got married. Made some good money (which was needed at the time).

 

So it's someone who gets to a lot of games. I have a friend from college who is basically a freelancer for the NFL (does tons of other stuff too) and does dozens upon dozens of games a season and pretty much has likely been to or had access to everything this dude has sold. He was at both these NFL games this past weekend that have items for auction. I was actually worried it might be him. But alas, he doesn't live in Indy. I'm sure there are plenty of people who travel to tons of games to cover them in whatever which way. But it definitely wouldn't be

Whoever this is is definitely a kind of scum, even if it's mostly media crap he's selling.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a very well-known columnist in the Twin Cities about five years back who sold off much of the stuff he had collected for several decades of his career? From what I recall, it included things he was given by athletes, old media guides, programs and scorecards, autographs, etc. I don't remember if he gave the proceeds to charity, but I don't recall anyone giving him any criticism for essentially what was "an estate sale" or "cleaning out his closets." If you're simply getting rid of stuff that's been collected over the years, stuff you've collected or been given, I don't see anything really wrong if you try to sell some things if they're long old and unusable. Is it better to burn/destroy things that others might want for their collection -- particularly fans -- and are willing to pay a nominal, as opposed to outrageous fee? But I agree if it's blatant theft or fraud, selling something on eBay and pocketing the cash from something obtained in the modern day, that is completely wrong.

 

While everyone else was on deadline at the Super Bowl, this dude was evidently collecting confetti from the field celebration. Haha. Looks like he got into sports writing solely for the side hustle.

 

Oh my goodness. I gave my old media guides to a friend's daughter's scout troop. I could have funded my book habit with them? Damn.