Staub et al
Same issue as the team cards. Topps did not purport to put out a Staub card specific to him in 1973. The fact he appears in the background of another card but is not identified as the subject of the card would not violate the "exclusive" provisions in the contracts I have seen ( Topps/ Bowman/Fleer), but I do not know with whom or if Staub may have had such a contract with some other company in 73 or what it provided. And it may be that there was no other contract and Staub simply did not sign a license agreement with Topps that year. If so, only he could pursue a violation of the use of his likeness, and trying to block production or seek compensation because he was an unidentified individual in an action card would have been a tough road ...which he apparently did not pursue, or if did was unsuccessful.
Bouchee was not a contract issue. He was pulled by Topps after a criminal related legal problem excluded him from playing MLB that year
Last edited by ALR-bishop; 03-12-2012 at 11:12 AM.
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