Topps to be replaced as the BB Card Manuracturer

[Misunderestimated]

This begins to read like a bad script for an episode of Showtime's "BIllions" ...behind the scenes deals conducted in secrecy for the licenses leading to bargain-basement buy-outs and ruining mergers....
Anyway... I don't care that much for the Topps company as such -- I just want the brand to continue in good hands with its 70 yr history preserved and perpetuated. I don't really care who or what owns it as long as the owner isn't flat-out evil ...If the owner can preserve Topps the way Topps preserved its former rival Bowman's brand -- after it realized the value of this in 1989 -- that's fine.
To me, the greatest attribute of Topps Baseball cards -- like American Baseball itself in many ways -- is its history. That's really why I care about this licensing issue. I have an optimistic view that the rational profit-seekers with Fanatics understand this and will make a "play" for the Topps brand.