Card Identification Forum

A 9 card Super Bowl set was made by Spotlight Tribute. The seller said they were sold in sheets numbered out of /1000. He had some cut down. These are hand cut 9/9 unknown out of 1,000 & bought/made in 2009. The folks who made them have done magazine inserts but not much more. Believe it to be a complete small set, would appreciate other's thoughts, information, ideas, etc. Here's a link to eBay where I believe he's got a couple sets left. https://www.ebay.com/itm/9-Card-PITTSBURGH-STEELERS-2009-Super-Bowl-XLIII-Tribute-Set-w-Ben-Troy-Ward-/143014004667?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286
Thanks for your time, enjoy your weekend. 

Bumping this up. OP has an IR in to add the set. Trying to determine if it is licensed or not. If not we can't list until all players in the set have retired.

Thanks. That makes sense, unfortunately I don't know if licensed or not either. Dug up all info I could find, most came from the seller as he knew a bit about the company. Friend actually bought this set, doesn't want to "trouble" anyone so he won't post here. I went & bought it as they're incredible cards-great memories. Figured it wouldn't hurt to ask for a hand. See if anyone knows anything about them to help add or just wait & enjoy. Appreciate the hand up. 

I don't understand Admin's stance. Do the player's lose their rights to use of their image when they retire? What about the teams' and leagues' trademark rights? If the cards were unauthorized and illegal at the time of production & release; aren't they still?  Players, teams, and leagues rights DO NOT expire when a player retires or becomes inactive. 

My guess is that players that retire are no longer protected by the players association and can use their own image as they please. Thats why they can sell their own autographed pictures at signings with their agents.

I did some more investigating and here is what I added to the IR in the comments:

 I did a little digging too. It appears that Spotlight Tribute Ltd. was a legitimate company that went under

https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0800723821

It was an entertainment magazine from what I coould find, which explains the perferated edges of cards we actually already have in the database in non-sport as they seemed to be inserted, or meant to be inserted into the magazine.

https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/22258-SPOTLIGHT-TRIBUTE

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/194651/2007-Spotlight-Tribute-4-Star-Trivia

Legitimate company...Entertainment which sports does fall under. 

EDIT: Sorry forgot to add this part. The individual cards do not have the NFLPA or NFL logo. I do not know if that is an issue since the sheet came out of an entertainment magazine. Sports Illustrated doesn't have the logos on any of the interior stuff they put out through Sports Illustrated for Kids

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/73992/cid/5303675/1989-Sports-Illustrated-for-Kids-3-Howie-Long?PageIndex=1