While I know that as a member of the players union, unless you opt out like Barry Bonds and strike your own deal with the card companies, you pretty much must allow your image to be used by the card companies for their cards.
Usually, no problem.
That said, I have to believe that Topps and Upper Deck can't just do ANYTHING with a player's image and I would think that the players do not have to pose for ANY type of shot that they don't feel comfortable with or allow the card companies to do something with the image that.......well flat out makes them look ridiculous.
If all that is true, how do you explain this one?
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In our business, when I go to seminars, people are always advising us to get creative with our sports portrait photos. "You're dealing with high school kids," they say. "They'll do just about anything."
Apparently, MLB players are just like high school kids.
What's so bad about this photo? Remember, this is a guy who cheats and lies to his wife.
This is not that big of a deal ...
Night Owl,
Somewhat related, I was walking by a studio some time ago and they had a window of high school senior portraits displayed and I stopped and looked at them. Let's just say that there sure are a wide variety of shots and settings for those nowadays. One guy was posing with an electric guitar in front of a tree. I have no problem in principle but I do like the standard portrait shot for senior pictures.
Nobody chewing on bats though. Even the guys on the baseball team.
Kevin
Mario,
Josh's wife certainly has been a trooper throughout all of this.
Kevin
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