Ex-NFL LB Blake Martinez Makes $5M In First 7 Months Selling Pokémon Cards After Retiring At Age 28

[pwaldo]

https://dailysnark.com/2023/02/26/nf...ing-at-age-28/

Blake Martinez has taken the fast track to that, and has gotten out of the league before any of the long term health affects of playing a lengthy career in the NFL has taken a toll.

Making headlines after retiring the the league at the age of only 28 to start a Pokémon card trading company, Martinez is now on track to surpass his career earnings from playing football at the highest level in just a few years – and those earnings aren’t too shabby.

According to CNBC, Martinez, who made $29M playing linebacker during time playing for the Packers, Giants and Raiders, launched Blake’s Breaks, a company that sells Pokémon cards on the platform Whatnot. Martinez was a fan of Pokémon as a kid and used his love and knowledge to launch the company as a side venture during the COVID-19 pandemic to buy and sell cards.

Former NFL LB Blake Martinez started his own card trading company shortly after retiring from football and has made over $5M in seven months 🤯

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 26, 2023

[bakemeister52]

A lot easier on the body doing Pokeman!

Bake

[ethunder]

Incredible story. I have to see if I have any Pokemon!

[doniceage]

Incredible story. I have to see if I have any Pokemon!

I think a lot of people have made money on the cards during the covid period but I think the sales have soften. I mean he killed it and I only hope he can continue the trajectory but I doubt he will keep at that pace non covid as it seems like a lot of the price has come down big time in the recently.
DON