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Old 08-20-2021, 08:12 AM   #35097
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from no less a source than darren rovell:

Major league baseball and the major league players association have awarded the next trading card deal licences to fanatics.

Topps will be out after 70 years. (caps his)

cbs sports adds that this deal does not go into effect until 2026, when topps' current agreement with the mlbpa expires. Their site credits jared diamond of the wall street journal with breaking the story.

Evan dreliich of the athletic has written that fanatics, inc., is also close to forming "partnerships" with the players associations of the nba and nfl.

Mlbpa executive director tony clark said in a just-released memo, " the total value of the deal is "more than 10 times bigger" than any that the union has ever struck, and is also part of a series of recent deals expected to generate nearly $2 billion in revenue through 2045."

news of the impending end of major league baseball's deal with topps co. Comes just as the company was set to go public. According to city index, topps co. Is expected to go public in q3 2021 through a spac merger with murdick capital.
nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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