1997 Topps Football Forum

Since the photo is Desmond Howard, can we make this count as a Howard card too?  I have it in my binder as such, but can't log it in the database as one which throws off my numbers.  What are the rules for wrong person cards?

The name listed on the card is used, not the person pictured.

The rules are it's a card for the person named, not the person whose photo was incorrectly used. Sorry, but it will remain a Woolford card. Nothing states that you can't add it to your Howard collection. I do that with various cards quite often (wrong photo or cameo cards).

Clearly it's a card for the name listed, for many reasons, but why not both?  Like a team card that shows multiple players shows up in this database for all players shown.  Just wondering.  I'm happy to play by the rules, just trying to cope with the annoying fact that the number of cards in my player binder is different from the number of cards shown in my TCDb collection!  Thanks for the replies!

Why not both?

TCDB rules are as both of us already stated.

The person named on the card is the one that should be associated with the card.

If the card has a specific person named, that's who goes in the Name field and/or gets linked. No secondary/background people.

If the card is team-related and doesn't mention specific people (like a basic Topps "Team Card"), anyone in the photo from that team (but not an opposing team) can be linked.

If the card is game/event-related and doesn't mention specific people (like a World Series card), anyone in the photo from either team can be linked.

Thanks all. Got it.