Excluisve Rights- Is it Good?

This past year has been one of the biggest years in our hobby in probably a decade or so. All the exclusive rights being handed out, Panini looking to cash in, and Upperdeck looking to stay in. As most of you have read many opinions in other blogs, it is seeming more and more like people are not happy. That is very understandable. My opinion, this can go 1 of 2 ways. Panini shocked our community when the got the exclusive rights to basketball. Now yes it is going to be tough for you hardcore high end collectors not being able to purchase a 2010-2011 Exquisite, or Ultimate, but we need to give them a chance. So many people have already decided to trash them with the what, 2 releases, now 3 including threads? Cmon now, why don't we give it time, wait for o, say maybe National Treasures Basketball or Absolute, who knows. Also, what is so wrong with Panini using the same name and design for different sports? I wouldn't do it for every product but for some its ok, all companies do it. As a collector, I have always loved a variety of products... BUT, it was starting to get to the point to where there were just some pointless products out there i.e. (timeline baseball, documentary, piece of history, X, etc). The one exclusive right I am a tad worried about is Topps baseball rights, now I love Topps but I sure am going to miss Premier, Sweet Spot, Ultimate, etc. Though I think there are going to be products people will miss from every manufacture, It's just something we are going to have to adapt with. As long as these companies don't try to screw you by releasing a "documentary" like product and charging you 100 bucks for it then it should be ok. I just hope they put out a variety of products, changing it up each year.

Now here is the question, Who do you want to get the exclusive football rights? UD or Panini?

Out with the Old In with the New