Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallboy
Completely agree, and I'll note that this is not how things used to be (which you probably know).
When Upper Deck didn't get SPx out early enough (I believe it was because it wasn't out until after the finals), it got classified (by Beckett, among others) as a 1997 set instead of a '96-97 set, which then prevented it from being labeled as a Kobe RC. (I'd love to know how things would have changed with an SPx RC in the mix at a time before Topps Chrome had taken off.)
Panini's getting away with this possibly just because they're a monopoly, but it rubs me the wrong way. The idea that Panini can release a '21-22 product before they release a '20-21 product in the same sport is just absurd.
|
Not possibly, but definitely. Panini
is doing whatever the hell they want because of the fact that they hold a monopoly in the basketball/football market. The only thing they care about is getting out more product to their distributors and to breakers. They couldn't care less about the individual consumer