[marcdelpercio]

Good point Ron. It completely makes sense that any licensing contracts they had with the players would need to be reworked after the break-up. With the explosion of popularity of tobacco cards and the many competing caramel sets, I'm sure the top players' asking prices would have been quite a bit higher than 2-3 years previous when they were compensated very little if at all. That would certainly explain the lack of most of the major stars of the era and the inclusion of so many obscure players.