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World Series champion Derek Jeter on Chiefs’ three-peat chances

Five-time World Series champion Derek Jeter weighs in on the Kansas City #Chiefs quest for a three-peat | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs are pursuing history this season, attempting to become the first team to three-peat as Super Bowl champions in NFL history.

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter after his appearance at Fanatics Fest in New York City about his journey into sports memorabilia, which led to his co-creation of Arena Club with business entrepreneur Brian Lee and revealed the mindset of his New York Yankees three-peat teams.

“When you’re starting your career, when you get baseball cards, back then, I don’t know how they do it now, but they used to send you a bunch of rookie cards,” Jeter explained. “They’d send me twenty of them, and you could keep it. So my parents used to collect all the memorabilia, baseball cards, and everything.

“We had a flood in our house. Everything got ruined. So I lost a lot of memorabilia and baseball cards. So when I conversed with Brian (Lee), he explained it to me, and it hit home. He said that before, the trading card industry was almost like a secret society for years, and I think it’s coming to the forefront.”

Jeter is a five-time World Series champion with the Yankees and had a well-known three-peat run from 1998-2000. He shared his wisdom about securing rare accomplishments and what the Chiefs may have to do to make history.

“You have to stay hungry,” Jeter said. “I told someone a couple of weeks ago (that) we had won championships. No one walked around with their championship ring; I was over with it. It doesn’t make a difference that you won. Nobody cares. When we’re playing a new season, you have to stay hungry. I think the more success you have at times, the more challenging it can be.”

The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers are the last team of the four major American professional sports to accomplish the three-peat.

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Derek Jeter’s Arena Club discuss value of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes trading cards

Derek Jeter’s Arena Club discuss the value of Kansas City #Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes trading cards w/ @EdEastonJr

The sports memorabilia industry is filled with valuable assets featuring many of the greatest players in history, and the star quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs is at the forefront of many deals.

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Arena Club co-founder Derek Jeter, co-founder/CEO Jesse Glass, and CTO Vartul Agrawal about the business’s continued growth and Patrick Mahomes’ card value.

“I first met Brian Lee in 2014, right after I retired at an event in Las Vegas and (I knew of) his success as an entrepreneur,” said Jeter. “We reconnected years later, and he told me about Arena Club.”

Jeter’s interest in sports memorabilia was helpful as it further expounded on the importance of value for current and former athletes.

“It all started with my co-founder and CEO, Brian (Lee), and wanting to do a better job than what’s currently happening in the hobby, especially with grading and marketplaces,” said Glass. “We felt that with AI and the advent of technology, grading should be cheaper, transparent, and more accessible to more people, which led us to start the grading part of Arena Club.”

Arena Club’s mission is to eliminate the confinement of collector communities to four walls. Instead of hiding your cards in shoe boxes in a closet, you can share and display them in a personal online showroom or on your mobile device.

“Security is very important to us because, in the end, it’s good that people are collecting, which has a lot of value to it, So it would help if you authenticated it. So there are different security aspects,” said Agrawal. “So if you show me the card, like, if you see the label, there are various security aspects to the label itself, so people cannot fake it; that’s what ensures the authenticity of the physical card itself.

Jesse Glass (Left) & Vartul Agrawal (Right)

Powered by advanced machines, Arena Club’s grading process is accurate, fast, and transparent. Your card is provided with a full grade rationale and an explanation of how it was scored. One of the highest-valued athlete cards of choice has been Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

“People love Patrick Mahomes cards; he’s like the gold standard,” Glass explained. “I know we have for our Slab Packs; we always have grail cards at the top that attract people to like; it’s the hardest one to get. And so we’ve used Patrick Mahomes a lot. It’s a tried and true bellwether player. Everyone loves him. There’s no debate. So he’s definitely the GOAT when it comes to current NFL players.”

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Arena Club now features Slab Packs, virtual packs of real pre-graded cards that you can purchase and open. Packs are revealed digitally and the cards are put in your showroom immediately. You can sell, trade, or retrieve the physical slab from there.

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Derek Jeter discusses Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ best quality as a captain

Derek Jeter discusses Kansas City #Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ best quality as a captain with @EdEastonJr

The early success of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as a leader on three Super Bowl-winning teams is hard to compare with other athletes. A world-renowned champion and icon doesn’t come around often, as few can lead effectively with the everyday pressure.

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to legendary New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter after his appearance at Fanatics Fest in New York City about his thoughts on Mahomes as a team captain and his work in sports memorabilia with Arena Club.

“He cares about winning,” Jeter explained about the reigning Super Bowl MVP. “That’s all he talks about. See how he plays on the field, and he’s there. He plays every day, and you have to be present. I think his teammates can count on it. But everything that comes out of his mouth is always about wins, not anything personal. And I think that rubs off on the rest of your organization, not just your teammates but the whole organization.”

Since retiring after the 2014 season, Jeter has started many successful business ventures. He is a co-creator of Arena Club, a revolutionary online marketplace and grading platform for sports cards that transforms the collecting experience through AI appraisal and blockchain storage.

“Honesty, transparency. I think those are the key. Safety number one. You want to know if you’ve given someone your cards to vault, that you can get them back when you want them in the same condition that you sent it to them,” said Jeter. “I’m not talking about any other companies out there, but I think there’s a lot of confusion sometimes just when you start talking about the grading. What’s the reason for a particular grade? You really wouldn’t get a reason for it. So, we wanted to bring honesty and transparency into the trading cards.”

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Jeter has publicly supported Mahomes in recent years and penned a feature honoring him ahead of the 2020 Time 100 Most Influential People list.

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