[hurdygurdyman]

The whole labeling of a card as "RC" by Beckett is a joke, even more so in baseball. Sure the Upper Deck cards show the players in college uniforms, but Prestige used to do that (as did other sets) and yet they are considered Rookie Cards. The big difference is that Upper Deck doesn't have a license with the NFL, but they do have a NCAA license. Until Upper Deck starts putting underclassman that aren't even draft eligible in their sets, the cards will still be considered rookie cards to me. Heck, even if they did do that I would consider the underclassman cards to be XRCs and that years rookie crop to be RCs.

This is an excellent synopsis. This is exactly how I feel as well.