muskiesfan
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I honestly do not see how this is so shady. With the MLBPA giving Topps a huge advantage and free reign in the prospect and rookie market, UD wanted to do something to compete with that market. So they fund an outside company and look at the impact it had. Positive or negative, Razor made an impact on the card (prospect) community.
Honestly, with that amount of bitching people do about UD, do you really think it would have helped Razor had people known they were backed by UD? Topps makes just as many and just as big of mistakes as UD does, but a lot of people give them a pass because A) They're Topps and have been around forever and B) Chrome is king in the prospecting world. Baseball is all about tradition and the oldest current card producing company falls right in line with that. Razor would have had another hurdle to try and cross had they announced their relationship with UD.
My final thought is this. Card companies are accountable to us for what we buy. If we're shorted an auto, pull a damaged card, redeeming a card, etc, etc. I think a lot of people would be amazed at the "shady" practices that every card company uses. So what UD and Razor denied they had a relationship. Big deal. In the grand scheme of things, was it really our business? Do they need to let us know how or by whom they are funded? Those who oppose Razor are 99.9% majoritively opposed to UD as well. So this is just another reason for them to cry foul. That's another valid reason for keeping the partnership secret. At the end of the day, more choices and more competition are better for us collectors than slimming it down to just Topps like so many people want to do. Look at what Razor joining the game did to Topps, ie adding Aflac autos, trying to beef up their BDP checklist, etc. When only Topps is making baseball cards, the hobby will slide and it will be time for me to focus strictly on cards made before the Topps monopoly.
Joe
Honestly, with that amount of bitching people do about UD, do you really think it would have helped Razor had people known they were backed by UD? Topps makes just as many and just as big of mistakes as UD does, but a lot of people give them a pass because A) They're Topps and have been around forever and B) Chrome is king in the prospecting world. Baseball is all about tradition and the oldest current card producing company falls right in line with that. Razor would have had another hurdle to try and cross had they announced their relationship with UD.
My final thought is this. Card companies are accountable to us for what we buy. If we're shorted an auto, pull a damaged card, redeeming a card, etc, etc. I think a lot of people would be amazed at the "shady" practices that every card company uses. So what UD and Razor denied they had a relationship. Big deal. In the grand scheme of things, was it really our business? Do they need to let us know how or by whom they are funded? Those who oppose Razor are 99.9% majoritively opposed to UD as well. So this is just another reason for them to cry foul. That's another valid reason for keeping the partnership secret. At the end of the day, more choices and more competition are better for us collectors than slimming it down to just Topps like so many people want to do. Look at what Razor joining the game did to Topps, ie adding Aflac autos, trying to beef up their BDP checklist, etc. When only Topps is making baseball cards, the hobby will slide and it will be time for me to focus strictly on cards made before the Topps monopoly.
Joe
