While there are some quotes that work really well, there isn't enough to get enough people individual 40 year old cup avatars, which would mean people doubling up or everyone settling on one and going with that for everyone. I personally like the idea of uniform avatars so that we all blend together in main board convos, others may not like doubling up or uniformity.
The retro allows for people to have any player current or historical. Heck you could even make 70s pop culture people into hockey cards, or players from other teams.
For instance I would want a Hunter Thompson card:
Make up whatever stats you like.