Panini releases statement on mistakes in 2014 Flawless Football

Panini released a statement on their blog on Thursday commenting on some labeling mistakes that were found in 2014 Flawless Football.

It was previously discovered that patch cards of Russell Wilson, Colin Kapernick and Alshon Jeffrey were mistakenly labeled “game-worn” instead of “event-worn”. During their investigation into this issue Panini discovered that patch cards from five additional players were also labeled incorrectly. Here is the list of cards:

• Andrew Luck: Four total cards (three from the Patches Emerald parallel and one from the Patches Platinum parallel)
• Calvin Johnson Jr.: 14 total cards (13 from the base Patches insert and one from the Patches Platinum parallel)
• Cam Newton: 17 total cards (two from the base Patches insert, five from the Patches Emerald parallel and 10 from the Patches Gold parallel)
• Joe Flacco: One card from the Patches Platinum parallel
• Ryan Tannehill: One card from the Patches Gold parallel

Panini has also determined that two Greats Emerald parallels of Terrell Davis and a Patches card of Tajh Boyd contain mismatched pieces of jersey.

Panini is urging collectors that have obtained these cards to contact them immediately at [email protected]. To resolve the issue they will either buy back the card, exchange it for a replacement or rebuild the card with the proper memorabilia. Panini will cover all shipping costs incurred during this process.

This is the official statement from Panini about the mislabeled cards in Flawless Football

“We’ve spent most of this week thoroughly exploring and reassessing our processes and procedures, not just to identify what happened with this particular product, but also to strengthen every step in the product-development process to ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again. As part of that process, we uncovered additional cards that we’re impacted and we wanted to be proactive in bringing them to the attention of collectors.

“This week’s experiences, while not ideal, have only strengthened our focus, our desire and our commitment to doing things the right way every time; mistakes happen, they’re part of any human process. We are truly sorry about these mistakes; but we are grateful that our collectors were able to shed the light on this issue to allow us to look deeper into what went wrong in the process. Our intent is always to get it right and properly identify whether a patch is event-worn or game-worn. We evaluated the ‘event-worn’ vs. ‘game-worn’ strategy on a number of occasions — and while this process is much more detailed — and have determined that this was a better scenario than just identifying every patch as ‘player-worn.’ As always, we are committed to making this right for consumers.”