I hope you’re right, but I don’t have a lot of faith that we’ll see prices come back down in traditional retail spaces

The prices will NEVER go back down. Even if he walks the tariffs back in a few weeks, they will never go back. They showed us this a few years ago. People will continue to buy the things that they have to (because they don't have a choice), and the prices will become the new normal.

For what it's worth, the experience with that gum was the same in 1990 when those packs were new

It was kind of the hardware version of what would eventually become "compatibility mode"

May you not have to march behind any horses

Even if she would be interested in the future, it makes a lot of sense for her to skip it this season. She had almost no break between the end of the NCAA Tournament and the beginning of her WNBA career. Rest is important for longevity