Seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady recently signed some autographs at an event for fans who paid $3,600 a ticket. But it sounds like the fans were not at all happy about the results of his autograph signing.
Memorabilia collector Glenn Gagnon claims that Tom Brady “ruined” and “defaced” some priceless items due to his horrible penmanship and lack of effort regarding the autographs.
“It’s the same thing as being in a graveyard or cemetery and knocking over stones or defacing them,” Gagnon told USA TODAY. “That’s what Brady did.”
Gagnon claims that the signatures were so bad, that he would “rather have (Brady) reject the stuff” than give the signature he did, especially considering he paid $3,600 for the autograph.
“These pieces were like the holy grail of my collection,” Gagnon said. “… I’ve been collecting for 40 years. I am a diehard collector.”
Gagnon said the autograph looked “something like a 4-year-old did.” And he was not the only one upset.
Greg Nazareth, another collector who attended the event, said in a Facebook post that the items he brought for Brady to sign “probably totaled close to six figures in value, and were one of one items in totality.” He was also extremely displeased with the autographs.
“All in all, I would have never paid $3,600 to receive the signature I got today on the items I brought,” Nazareth said in the post.
Collector Brad Jarrett felt similarly and placed a lot of the blame on Brady himself.
“Tom let his emotions get the best of him and didn’t hurt the promoters he hurt those of us who were there with items,” Jarrett said in the post. “He could’ve easily refused to sign, he could’ve signed only items that matched what he was contracted to sign. What he didn’t have to do though was put squibbles on everyone’s items and ruin them, that was a choice Tom made and it was wrong and makes him just as accountable as the shady promoters of this event.”
Needless to say, they were not happy.
