tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156436079778058931.post8826477754637097366..comments2023-08-18T06:12:40.298-04:00Comments on From a 1980s Baseball Card Collector: From My Collection: Some 1988 Score Box-Bottom Cut-OutsDMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09740017654652045829noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156436079778058931.post-74095346851542037732018-12-01T06:38:54.847-05:002018-12-01T06:38:54.847-05:00I knew Topps had the right to cards with gum; I di...I knew Topps had the right to cards with gum; I didn't realize that Topps also had the right to cards without anything included.DMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740017654652045829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156436079778058931.post-88446502270070084742018-11-30T19:33:34.683-05:002018-11-30T19:33:34.683-05:00No! they could not have just had the cards. You se...No! they could not have just had the cards. You see, in 1980 Fleer won a ruling that Topps' control of the baseball card market was an illegal monopoly, allowing it and Donruss to make 1981 sets. But during 1981 that ruling was overturned on appeal. But the companies, and the MLBPA which licensed the sets, didn't want to give up.<br /><br />Well, it turned out that the a Topps contracts, which were with individual players, gave Topps the exclusive rights to cards by themselves, or with gum or other confectionary products. They were written that way to allow for cards sold as premiums with other products--for example, Kellogg's including cards with its cereal. So suddenly Fleer was selling you a pack of 3 stickers with 15 cards as a "premium". If you look at the packs from that era, the other item is always given billing over the baseball cards for that reason. So, yeah--no trivia cards, no legal right to sell. Brett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.com