Tom Brady's last touchdown ball NFT
Direct from the desk of Dane Williams.
Could you use an NFT to verify the authenticity of Tom Brady’s last touchdown ball?
So to my group of mates, crypto is nothing more than a joke.
A joke that at this point, I’m happy to go along with.
They don’t want to put any time into discovering the use-cases and I don’t want to put in the time helping those that don’t want to be helped.
But every now and then they cast out a line with a juicy looking piece of bait that I just can’t help but chomp down on.
Yesterday was one of those days and I just couldn’t resist…
One of the lads in the group chat brought up Tom Brady’s last touchdown ball selling for $518,628 before he ‘unretired’.
Hilarious!
The poor bloke that bought it.
But it was the following flurry of messages which to me was a fat hook full of juicy bait just bobbing in front of my eyes.
“I think any football is useless.”
“Unless it has a code saying it was.”
“You could probably go out and buy an official game ball, put it behind glass and say that was the last TD pass of the last superbowl.”
“I just don’t know how well balls can be tracked in years to come.”
“Even if you have it and buyers don’t believe that it’s legit, how can you convince them?”
“Naa, it definitely is.”
“I paid 500K for it.”
I just couldn’t resist.
“If only there was some sort of immutable ledger that was able to track authenticity and ownership.”
CHOMP.
Ah fuck, instant regret.
“So you’re telling me that you’d rather the NFT than the actual game ball?”
That big rusty hook now poking itself through the outside of my cheek is about as fun as you’d expect it to be.
“Well no, that’s not actually what I’m saying at all.”
“The NFT is simply an entry on an immutable ledger that ensures authenticity and ownership… of the physical ball you paid for, is tracked.”
I thought I’d explained myself pretty well and I might be able to get this big fucking metaphorical rusty hook out of my mouth now.
But I was wrong.
Back he came.
“How though?”
“How does a computer token track a game ball?”
“What if old mate goes down and buys an official game ball. says “this is the game ball”, and tries to sell that with the NFT?”
“The actual ball is still in his hands but now some clown has a game ball and a NFT that means nothing.”
By this stage I’m getting tired from swimming against the current of public opinion that crypto is a joke.
Oh why didn’t I just eat the other piece of fish swimming next to the fucking hook?!
Fuck it, I’ll give it one more go I think.
“The value is obviously still in the physical ball.”
“But the accompanying NFT just tracks authenticity and ownership from the point Brady hands it to the NFL commissioner and onto the auction house.”
“It shows the ball you have in your possession isn’t a fake, thus solving the original problem you had which was that you couldn’t trust what you were buying.”
Yes Dane, surely that logical explanation has you free and you can go about your day like normal now.
Well it seems we’ve at least come to terms that the original entry on the blockchain can’t be altered and therefore nobody is buying stolen or forged property.
But damn, why is this clown still reeling me in?!
“What if the buyer is the one who then on-sells a fake ball WITH the NFT?”
Hahaha!
Yep, we’ve now official hit “it’s a poster” areas.
A sure signal that it’s time for me to concede the fight.
Finish reeling me in, scale me, butter me up and throw me on the barbie.
I’m done.
No NFT is saving that sophisticated level of forgery.
Unless…
…There was sophisticated, scientific identifiable metadata unique to that exact ball which could also be tracked within the immutable NFT!
Naa, I’m going to stop myself right there.
The Mr Bean documentary has proven that getting away with it is possible, so you can bet your bottom dollar that no scammy NFT is going to fix this problem.
Case closed, NFT’s have no use-case.
Back I go to laughing at the joke that all things crypto is in the mainstream.
Ignorance truly is bliss.
Best of probabilities to you.
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Brady retired 2 days after an official NFL nft drop and it wasa ironically an NFT of a touchdown in the playoffs which at that moment was his Last TD of his career and I believe the first Official NFT. People were paying crazy numbers for it and now of course the market cooled off. Not sure what those are going for. The NFL "AlL DAY" NFTs are doing great.
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Haha oh I didn't realise the NFL was doing those.
So they're like NBA Top Shots... but for the NFL?
In some ways, I wonder if an official NFT video moment of Brady's last touchdown becomes more valuable because it becomes like a misprint haha.
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exactly like topshot.
Thanks for sharing this on ListNerds!
Yeah, off topic a little...I had a miserable day when he came back into the league. I thought we were rid of him for good.
Dammit.
As for the game ball that got sold...I wonder if there will be any value to it, as it was the 'official' last TD scored and now it's not...Wonder if that holds value.
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No worries Jon, I'm happy to finally get involved!
I started unstaking the CTP I have in my personal account and am going to move it into List Nerds and give the platform a proper go.
Stay tuned ;)
I do wonder if Tom Brady would 'do the right thing' and ensure the buyer ended up with the actual last one?
I mean I can understand he isn't ready to give it away yet... but he is screwing the buyer over haha.
Just has to sweeten the deal somehow and all would be forgiven I'm sure haha.
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Maybe Karma would catch up with him and he would get the kind of injury that would make a 44 year old quit for good (nothing life threatening of course) and the NFT and physical last touchdown ball would indeed be the last ball.
It's good to see how it finally plays out at the end of his career and I doubt he will be generous enough to ensure the buyer gets the real last ball because last time I checked, he took a record breaking TD pass ball from someone in the stands last year and gave him a miserly 1 bitcoin.
He is still the GOAT 🐐 though.
I really enjoyed reading your post.
Wow, tell us what you really think! :D
So I take it that you're not the biggest fan of Tom Brady as a human being haha?
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I have no beef with the GOAT, but I thought it was pretty thrifty of him and his crew to retrieve a ball given to someone in the audience without disclosing the full value of the ball and eventually handing him a meagre bitcoin and season tickets. I understand that these things happen, and while I still consider Brady as the undisputed GOAT, I think the way this TD ball NFT is playing out makes it seem so much like a deja vu.
Finally, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and heir to Brady's throne has the same first name as myself, so I may be biased.
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It's the issue that most people have with NFTs. I saw a video recently by Asmongold (a popular streamer on Twitch for MMOs) and he believes that 99% of the time, its bad news. So even if he wanted to do something with NFTs, he just doesn't think it's worth it.
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Releasing useless NFT art collections are completely different to using them to track the authenticity and ownership of physical collectables.
This is the key differentiation that needs to be made here.
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I hang out with a lot of people and I would say that 99% of my circle is anti-crypto but I see that as a good thing. As long as I can stay on top of the conversation and debate them with facts I'm 100% sure are true I know that we are on the right track.
Closing yourself in a crypto bubble is the worst thing to do right now IMO because we do not decide if adoption happens or not, the vast majority of ignorant people do.
I do congratulate you on your persistence to explain NFTs though. I found it easier to get in on the joke and whenever someone asks about them I just confirm that they are all scams and that you can right-click save them if you want to. Makes life a lot easier.
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Haha persistence that I immediately regret showing.
Back to the easy life of being on the mainstream's side of the jokes I go.
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Until more brick and mortar stores start accepting crypto, I don't know what else might convince people to "believe in crypto". Supposedly, there are Starbucks that accept crypto but they are not in Alabama.
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We live in our cushy western bubble where we trust our central bank and therefore don't need to spend crypto.
But a huge portion of this fucked up world we live in can't trust their central bank.
They can't get access to stable, reliable currency or financial services.
So they trust the permissionless protocols that offer them the same services we have become accustomed to.
With life changing success.
My opinion is that the penny will eventually drop here and people will simply use DeFi services for financing and the like because it will be easier, safer and more cost effective than via traditional banks.
The traditional financial system is on its last legs.
I just hope our wise leaders see the writing on the wall and ensure we're strategically positioned at a macro level.
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