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If the hobby decides to accept the alterations because collectors will want to protect their investments, then I can assure you that after the card doctors are done popping the champagne, they will continue to doctor and improve cards with a vengeance. Because they will surely realize that they won this battle.

So imagine a hobby a few years down the road where thousands and thousands of new high grade cards have materialized out of thin air, and a hobby where there are so many high grade cards that even collectors with limited budgets can have a solid standing on the set registry.

The choice that PSA made to minimize this issue, and to put blame on a bunch of disgruntled hobbyists for complaining about this on a chat board, will open the door for a whole new generation of card doctors.

It's going to get really ugly if this scandal is not faced head on. Given enough time nearly every card will either be doctored, or there will at least be the fear that any high grade card cannot be trusted. You can't just sweep this under the rug. That's a short term bandage and a long term disaster.