I suspect Topps isn't done yet. I would handicap the odds of them being acquired by Fanatics to be at least somewhat likely. Maybe a 30-40% chance? Just a guess. But that's precisely what Fanatics did with Majestic. They bought the licensing then bought out Majestic and said, "sorry about that license deal we just screwed you out of, please make our clothing now", and they did.
I would also speculate that this didn't come out of left field for Topps. I think they knew it was a strong possibility. The timeline with taking the company public is just way too closely correlated with this Fanatics news. Topps SPAC was literally supposed to vote on it next week before the news broke. It's like they were just trying to pull a fast one and cash out before the bottom fell out so that someone else would be left holding the bag instead of them.
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