Baseball stars charging young fans for autographs

[Skyceman]

Sen. Roger Badeau said he is fed up with athletes charging upwards of $100 for an autograph at large-scale autograph signing events. What really irks him is that children have to pay for the signatures of their sports heroes.

"They get paid millions and millions. Where do we stop with this? It doesn't make sense," Badeau said Friday. "It's not even realistic anymore."

Badeau's bill would ban professional athletes, entertainers or promoters from charging a fee for an autograph to a child under age 16. They would be fined $100 for each violation.

Players charging money to sign autographs

[Muta]

I agree whole-heartedly, but if the money is going to charity that's a different story.

Even then, you should be able to pay what you think you can if it is, indeed, going to charity.

Otherwise, there's no justification for a millionaire to be charging kids, of all people, three-digit fees for a simple autograph. That's highway robbery.

[shoestring]

I couldn't read that article ,comp thing but were they talking about the old guys?
Or the new young guys? I have issues with both.

Minor rant;
What I really do not understand is asking for an autograph.What do people do with these little bits of paper? No wonder scrapbooking became so big! So fast!

Starf*^%ing is such a huge industry and players ,especially good ones ,realize
that everybody wants proof that they met : Pete Rose, Jose Canseco or Kobe Bryant. But it is just an autograph there is no conection.
Is Mickey Mantles autograph worth a fortune? Probably ,I know. He should have signed a million for his family to live on for generations.
Hey maybe that's why the PA can afford to sit out this year.