1997 SPx Football Forum

In doing some research into the SPx Football sets, I'm seeing some things I dont see in any other sets (At least up until now).  You can see on the attachment of a Terrell Card card I sent to PSA many years ago, I identified the card as a 1996 card.  The reason I sent it in as a 1996 card is because you can see on the attachment (1) The last year of stats showing is 1995 (Which usually indicates the card was issued the following year) and also (2) the card is actually labeled (c) 1996 The Upper Deck Company, kind of makes it a no brainer, or so I thought. (Hoping this is showing up clearly on the attachments)

In trying to now add this card to my registry, I get an error because PSA is now indicating this is a 1997 card, and the reason they say it's a 1997 card is becuase that card and set are listed here on this site as 1997:  1997 SPx Football Checklist | Trading Card Database (tcdb.com)

I guess I'm not saying it's impossible for this card, and ALL these cards from being identified as a 1997 card/set, just asking if it is, How is is possible based on the evidence form the card itself?

If you look at the 1996 and 1997 sets, you can see that your card matches the 1997 listing.  All of the cards bear a 1996 copyright date, which is typical for sets released early in the year.  If you look at the packaging section for each set, you can clearly read that the set your card is from was sold as a 1997 set:

It is considered a 1997 card in the hobby, PSA holdered the card wrong. I couldn't find the exact release date for the set, but it appears an after season March/April 1997 release so they probably didn't have 1996 season stats available. But the backs of the cards make reference to the 1996 season. See the Marino example. I also found an advertisting flyer stating 1997. Who knows what the licensing rules were on why they used the 1996 copyright.

OUTSTANDING Info!  Thank you both.  PSA actually has trhe card and is reslabbing as a 1997; I was trying to prove them wrong but I see they, and you all, are correct.  Appreciate the info!