u/TheDogWhoCantSTFU

Keep an eye out for the next Grow the Sub Giveaway, it'll be posted in a few days!

By now, we've all seen a million replays of the disallowed Croatia goal from last night's game. I think that the information FIFA used and provided to us to make that call proves that the highly-touted ball chip technology is actually a farce.

The graph we are provided during the broadcast shows a significant blip for an insignificant touch that doesn't alter the trajectory or spin of the ball in any noticeable way.

Essentially, FIFA is claiming that touching a few loose hairs is enough to trigger the embeded sensor. Such a delicate instrument would require an extremely fine calibration. The 100+ minutes of extremely powerful forces that the balls are subject to throughout the course of a game would surely require these balls to have constant recalibration if they were to keep such accurate sensitivity.

Another thing about such a delicate instrument is that it would detect all sorts of other seemingly insignificant forces, like dirt, grass, and rain/sweat. The graph leading up to the supposed "touch" would hardly be flat, and it's hard to say that the hair touch among the wind resistance would even be noticeable as it doesn't alter the ball trajectory in any way.

As well, there would be another much more significant blip on the graph when the defender makes his touch immediatedly following that would dwarf the alleged touch, again making a real graph look much different than the graph we are shown.

In short, the reason FIFA doesn't let fans keep balls into the stands is not because there IS tech, but because there's NOT... FIFA didn't create magic, they created an illusion. Either that or they just lied to us yesterday. Your call. 🤷

Edit to add: Mantanovic's exact quote: "Honestly, I think I felt a slight contact with my hair."

This is explicitly my assumption with this post.

By now, we've all seen a million replays of the disallowed Croatia goal from last night's game. I think that the information FIFA used and provided to us to make that call proves that the highly-touted ball chip technology is actually a farce.

The graph we are provided during the broadcast shows a significant blip for an insignificant touch that doesn't alter the trajectory or spin of the ball in any noticeable way.

Essentially, FIFA is claiming that touching a few loose hairs is enough to trigger the embeded sensor. Such a delicate instrument would require an extremely fine calibration. The 100+ minutes of extremely powerful forces that the balls are subject to throughout the course of a game would surely require these balls to have constant recalibration if they were to keep such accurate sensitivity.

Another thing about such a delicate instrument is that it would detect all sorts of other seemingly insignificant forces, like dirt, grass, and rain/sweat. The graph leading up to the supposed "touch" would hardly be flat, and it's hard to say that the hair touch among the wind resistance would even be noticeable as it doesn't alter the ball trajectory in any way.

As well, there would be another much more significant blip on the graph when the defender makes his touch immediatedly following that would dwarf the alleged touch, again making a real graph look much different than the graph we are shown.

In short, the reason FIFA doesn't let fans keep balls into the stands is not because there IS tech, but because there's NOT... FIFA didn't create magic, they created an illusion. Either that or they just lied to us yesterday. Your call. 🤷

Edit to add: Mantanovic's exact quote: "Honestly, I think I felt a slight contact with my hair."

This is explicitly my assumption with this post.

Hey guys, just a reminder that today is the last day to qualify for Giveaway No. 1: two Matthew Schaefer insert RCs.

Make sure you follow the three steps: join the sub, make a post, and comment on the giveaway post to be entered!

Giveaway post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HockeyCardHQ/s/GlnKtnxqGK

Entries close at midnight eastern. Winner will be announced tomorrow. Good luck to everyone!

Release date TBD

I was in Detroit today and there were some festivals and what not going down. I saw quite a few black folks wearing Juneteenth shirts. It made me happy to see the celebrations, and I had the urge to say something, but I felt that it could be weird or intrusive so I decided against it. Was that the right move, or was I overthinking it? And do you think Juneteenth is a black folks only-type holiday, or would you like to see everyone celebrating?

I see a lot of posts on other similar subs where collectors debate between buying a hobby box or another variety, or where they're frustrated by their pulls from Retail Blasters or similar products. This inspired our Hobby v. Retail video series. In this series, we break down the differences between the products, help you understand what to look for, and teach you how to get the most for your money.

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This is the 4th video in the series and the most well-produced one yet. I understand that hockey cards are niche with a limited market... It's my niche after all... But the information in this video transcends sports and is applicable to any sports card collectors. I hope you enjoy!

This year I made the choice to purchase a season pass. I was looking to have plenty of free time available this summer, and I absolutely love Cedar Point. I'm only a 2.5 hour drive away, so how could I pass on the $99 Gold Pass? Absolute no brainer, right?

I had only purchased a season pass once before. That was in the fall of 2019 looking forward to the summer of 2020... And I think we all remember how that went. And while that 2020 season pass was good for the 2021 season as well, I was only able to get down to the park 1 time over those two years, for obvious reasons.

So I was super pumped to take advantage of this and had planned several trips to the park this summer so as to get the most for my money.

Imagine my excitement at being diagnosed with a herniated disc in my lower back this week after feeling what I thought was a pulled muscle or kidney infection. It's looking like my first visit will be post July 4th at the earliest. There's the possibility that I can still get some value out of my pass, but I don't know how great an idea it is to go repeatedly ride roller coasters in the wake of a back injury.

So hey, sucks to suck, right? Oh well, always next year I guess. 🤦

Just curious what hockey collectors do during the off season. Do you switch over to baseball/football/mma/whatever else during the summer? Or do you double down on cards to tick the off-season away? Or are you just too busy enjoying the summer to worry about your wintertime hobby?

I foolishly starting posting videos without doing any real research into how to be successful. I figured I would learn as I go. Anyway, after posting a whole bunch of low effort and poor quality shorts, I took a break to focus on developing my long form content and video editing a bit more and after a few months, I feel that I'm producing content of much higher quality. Problem is... YouTube isn't really giving me a chance to display that. My most recent short has a received a grand total of 2 views. I don't really know what to do with that... Any advice?

I met with an admissions advisor for the Evans School of Public Policy about admission to the MPA program for the next cycle. She told me that GPA was calculated in-house and it had something to do with your most recent 60 semester credits, but I'm blanking on the specifics.

Is it that these credits are weighed more heavily in calculations, or that only these credits are considered?