[jchcollins]

As much sadness as the headlines inspired, when I really consider what it means to me - I don't think this will be of huge impact. I have tried multiple times since getting back into the hobby in 2015, but I just can't get into modern. 95% of my hobby involvement right now is in the area of postwar vintage. I will admit to liking Topps Heritage, but if they don't make it all the way up to the 1980's with that run - it won't exactly be the end of the world for me.

In the interim, a lot can happen in 5 years. Fanatics might buy the name, and even if they don't, there are any number of things which conceivably happen that would mean the Topps name isn't completely dead. Any of that impacting my desire to collect modern cards one way or another just seems kind of doubtful to me right now.

While I hate that it's come to this for Topps, I don't think they are 100% innocent either in terms of how the game was played and things went down, and you have to remember too that this kind of thing is not unprecedented in the hobby. There has not been a Goudey or Bowman Gum Company for quite some time. Baseball will go on, and the hobby will go on as well.