Is it permissable for a high school team to autograph items for  benefit auction and not violate KSHSAA rules?
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Yes.  there are a few provisions.  You may autograph and have the item up for auction as long as there is NO FORM OF PAYMENT or FAVOR that is returned for the auction.  Think of it as more of a donation than an auction.  You or your teammates cannot recieve anything in return.
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It really depends on the quality of the ball (type and condition) and signature.  I would suggest getting it appraised through an official appraiser, maybe someone like PSA/DNA.  They will put a grading on it and then usually give you an estimate of total worth.  It will cost you a few bucks to do this, but the return is well worth it (PSA/DNA authenticated stuff usually sells a whole lot higher).\n\nhttp://www.psadna.com/  \n\nIf you are looking to offload it without getting it authenticated, go through auction sites specifically for Sports autographs and game-used memorabilia.    I like checking things out at American Memorabilia.com.  You can do searches here to see how similar balls went for in past auctions.\n\nhttp://www.americanmemorabilia.com/\n\nDo you happen to know around when the signatiure was obtained?\n\nHope this helps.\n\nGlenn
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It depends on the school and why you were doing this. I live in the south and the mascot of my former HS is the Rebels. On the school sign and other things, there are rebel flags. So, at my school, no one would get in trouble for it, but it would probably be taken down.\n\n(By the way, they are building a new school and changing the mascot and such later this year)\n\nIf you were doing this as some type of racist thing, then it could be viewed as a hate crime. Since it is not really *hurting* anyone, I doubt you would get in that much trouble for it. However, if it is racially motivated, please reconsider doing this. Do you want to be in the same category as white supremacy groups like the KKK? This flag was never meant to be a racist symbol (in fact, the rebel flag is not even the primary confederate flag from the civil war). If you're doing it to possibly offend or even hurt someone, just don't do it.
809447
I could certainly do this but I'm guessing it is for a school paper of some sort?  Sounds like an honor code violation...
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i wear mine and im a freshman, but only on game days. i think its cool your showing your school spirit and showing everyone you are a varsity athlete.
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I would imagine that's clearly copyright infringement.  I seriously doubt the buyer would get in any trouble, but the one recording and selling them could get in serious trouble if the government wanted to pursue it.  Also, eBay would cancel that auction if they saw it; I know they delete software auctions all the time based on violations of "intellectual property rights".\n\nHere's a link to eBay's definition:\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/copyrights.html\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/recordable.html
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It depends on your school. My high school did that, but not all do. You need to talk to your school's administration.
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A send off rule would be crushing to the game.  It would waste time trying to get the player off the field.  In high school ball, a player is sent off automatically after a caution untill the next sub opportunity (free substitution).  The game would move slower and the opposing team will get an advantage.  \nAs far as harrasing officials, it should stop.  The laws of the game state that only the captain of the team may question a call.  If this was taken seriously, and dissenting players cautioned, we may be able to at least fake some respect for the referee.  \n\nSome time ago there was actually a "blue" card.  It was a card that sent a player off for the rest of the current game, but did not effect the next game.
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Sign it from the team. After all, you didn't ask the team in advance if they wanted to give a gift certificate. Also, it is not exactly in the spirit of an end-of-season gift to try to make a point or embarrass people by leaving their names off a gift card.\n\nAnd Erika S is right! Have ALL the girls sign it individually. That would make it a nicer memento, and it's correct that the girls are not at fault for their parents not wanting to chip in.
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I don't know exactly but I would guess around $100 or so. This is based upon my experience with charity auctions.  Autographed items like balls or shoes or hats usually go for $200 or so but people always pay more than market because it is charity.\n\nThe best way to find out is to do some homework on the 'net.  Look on Ebay to see what comparable items are going for there and also search on Yahoo or Google for baseball or sport appraisers.  Having the signature authenticated would certainly drive the price up.\n\nYou may find that you can't get enough money to part with what you (hopefully) see as a treasured item.
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its illegal to sell copies, although alot do it anyways.\n\nlist it as "selling a piece of paper" and that your giving away a wrestlemania dvd to the winner.
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I mean we technically bribe our clients everyday in America. We've bought so many lunches, dinners, tickets to the college game etc. The world is about networking and we do these things to entice potential clients and keep current clients. So there is a real grey area between bribe and taking our A+ client to the Laker game. Yes you should be able to win people over with reputation and great work, but your competition will win them with a meal. :) Good luck just something to think about when writing the paper.
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pretty cool! Put it on Ebay, I'd bid for it, my other half is a West Ham obsessive! Put it under the football memorabilia section and make sure you state whose signatures are on it, and any proof that you might have as to the verification of them. \n\nI reckon you should get a fair old bit for it/!
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Definitely. When a high school applicant signs his letter of intent to accept a college scholorship he is signing a contract.\nWhen a school spends so much to teach and develop an athlete he should at least hold up his end of the business agreement by finishing at least three years of college.\n\nIn the end the college athlete gets an education and learns about honoring business agreements, trust and loyalty. Otherwise, we should have football minor leagues as baseball does.\n\nI really admire athletes like Peyton Manning that stay the full 4 years of their college even though big money was offered to jump ship early. Part of that shows his strength of character and commitment which are lacking in some of the best athletes today. Besides once injury or other career changing events occur, what does the athlete do if he has no degree and other skills/training to offer a propective employer. Also, the athlete needs to know how to invest and seek other business adventures with the money he earns. Just turning ovre his money to a financial rep can lead to great losses swindling his account.\n\nLook at the difference between Manning and Leaf drafted #1 and #2 in the same year. San Diego sure learned the lesson didn't they?
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Stickers are earned when the player makes a good play...i.e. a sack, interception, TD reception, TD pass.\n\nNot all schools use them.  I personally don't like it.  I find it kind of distracting.
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No, because the bigger school would lose money travelling to Podunk for a game in a stadium that only has 25,000 seats! Imagine a home-and-home between Michigan and San Jose State. Michigan Stadium seats over 110,000 people. If the estiamted priced of admission is 50 dollars, that's 5,500,000 dollars just on gate alone! Try that at San Jose State where ticket prices are less expensive and seats are fewer. No way would such a deal fly because of the financial loss to the bigger school. "Cupcake" games are a way for smaller schools to make their budget and for bigger schools to get an easy "W" on saturday. So give up the "fairness" dream of home-and-home cupcake scheduling; it'll never work!
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Autographs are a great thing to have if they are real. If you wish to sell these photos, i would recommend having them authenticated and keeping the collection together as a whole.