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Creating an ePedigree for sports collectibles with RFID

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

With well more than half of all autographed items likely fake, memorabilia dealers are turning to technology for help

By David Wyld, Contributing Editor

The business of sports has grown rapidly worldwide. According to the most recent report from the Sports Business Journal, the size of the American sports industry has reached an astonishing US$213 billion annually and the global market has been estimated to be close to a trillion dollar market. One Canadian media analyst has labeled our passion for sports as our new societal obsession, which he terms “sporno” (the idea that athletes and sport are the new pornography).

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