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Jayman1982
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Noticed a few cards in the past year or so with player's pictures showing them wearing a mask. Just wondering how everyone feels about it. Is it an important component of the historical sports record that should be documented in trading card form, or should it have been left out altogether?
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I'm of the mind that I would rather not be reminded about it in my personal hobby, they surely could have sourced photos without masks. Empty seating in the background I get, totally unavoidable.
I remember thinking in 2020 "I better not see cards next year of players in masks". I'm opposed to these cards and would never buy a card of someone in a mask unless I was collecting Topps Zorro cards.
I wish all of those would have been left out and another picture chosen.
BTW.... Just letting you folks know that I recently developed a plan to keep mosquitoes out of my yard.... I put up a chain link fence.
Shane
Empty stands photos are interesting. I vividly remember watching NBA games the night Gobert tested positive and games started getting cancelled live on TV. Reality set in for me that night.
Kiss me twice.....let's party.
Virtue signa> @Jayman1982 said:
virtue signaling......gotta show the world how much you care
Yep, so we know Upper Deck's position. I don't follow the bigger players in the market though, Did Topps and Panini issue their own in other sports?
If that is the best/only image they could get or the player didn't get a card in the set, I guess I could understand. I don't like it, not because of the political polarity, but because why the F would I want a photo of someone with their face obscured, especially with a surgical mark?
If the reason behind using a picture like that is to capture the feel of 2020, I'd rather not see it myself.