2021 Bowman Baseball Forum

Why is this not an RC? Where is the explanation about what qualifies a card to be an RC?

It's an insert

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/266437/cid/16403800

Okay, right you are.

But is there a list of things that must be in place in order to be a RC? I thought I saw it somewhere on here.

It's called the FAQ

First base card in a Major Release. No inserts, no parallels (unless it's a "Retail" version of a base Hobby), nothing outside Major Releases (so no College, Oddball, Minor League, etc.). There are some exceptions for things like Panini Chronicles, Update sets released same year in other sets (like what Upper Deck used to do with SP Authentic) and full sets released within other sets (like UD Ice). Also we fully understand Soccer "RCs" are a clusterbleep.

and here's the FAQ entry

ssabreman wrote:

Okay, right you are.

But is there a list of things that must be in place in order to be a RC? I thought I saw it somewhere on here.

Long story short - Davis Schneider does not yet have a rookie card - I believe that if he has a card in this year's Topps Update set then that will be his rookie card.

No RC yet and yes, correct assumption. But it is Topps nowadays and no guarantee he'll actually get a card in Update....

I can pretty much guarantee we won't see Davis with a card in 23 Update. His Topps Now cards have the call up designation rather than RC. In that set, Topps gives rookies who debut early in the year an RC designation but at some point it switches to call up.The exact cutoff date is different every year but players with that designation do not generally (ever?) get a base card in flagship 1, 2 or Update until the following season.