Vendors and EFLers, Empower yourself

[Reginald Rutledge]

This will be my last rant!

I've heard from customers in the past that they went to another vendor wanting to order something and because of their association with me, they would not take their order. They felt that I would magically steal their idea. Anybody who knows anything about decals will tell you there is no way you can copy a sheet of decals and reproduce them. It can be done but its not worth the time. I've got a pretty high IQ so I probably would never have a need to steal anybody's ideas.

Another case is when a vendor decides he is going to throw his support behind one manufacturer. He advocates one manufacturer but trash others.

It even happens with EFLers. "I will only support the wears of Miggle", said one coach. After losing 43-7 against a coach of similar experience, he does not realize that maybe, like in the words of Bobby Bowden, "Um gonna get me one of them".

My point is you are given a blessing to empower yourself. By empowering yourself, I mean not limiting your buying affairs to one company, whether its Miggle, Buzzball, or Footballfigures.com. It becomes a rude awakening when you go to tournaments and think you've got the best stuff but because the powers to be made the decision for all not to use something, you find yourself ousted in the early rounds. You walk away feeling like you were the victim of a random driveby shooting.

Or if you are a vendor, you lose out on the undeniable windfall of having 100 customers instead of 10 out of principle and love for the owner of an EFL company. Don't limit yourselves! You have been blessed with the sacrifices of others to see a game evolve and you as vendors and EFLers would be smart in taking advantage of all the resources at your disposal. A limited mind results in limits in one's life.

Just my opinion,

Reg