Update: Ex NFL LB Blake Martinez Has Reportedly Been Banned From Reselling Pokemon Cards After Allegedly Scamming Collectors

Matt Fitzgerald wrote a blog a couple weeks ago talking about how ex NFL LB Blake Martinez settled into post-football life pretty nicely by making $11 million in less than a year selling Pokemon trading cards. Apparently that was a little too early celebrated, as now one of the top reselling platforms Whatnot has banned him for "scamming collectors". Here's the statement from them:

"After a comprehensive investigation into Blakesbreaks’ operations we have decided to permanently remove the seller from our platform, including the individual employees involved in misconduct."

Big yikes. Everyone on the Internet who was giving him his flowers should be ashamed! In all seriousness, it's not only crazy that there's this much money to be made in trading cards, but this much fraud too. How do you even scam collectors? Was he selling fake cards? Leaving an NFL job to go sell some fake Jiggly Puffs is a crazier twist than you'd find in an M. Night Shyamalan movie. One Jersey Jerry has an opinion on what we should do with Mr. Martinez if these allegations are true:

It might be time to get the pads back on and leave the life of Pokemon behind. Or get into crypto or NFTs or some shit if those are still around.