@dudleydes Thank you a ton! The srm file fixed both issues! Didn't realize it would fix both - much appreciated!

@chadz

This post should do the trick.

Just tried the above workaround and it did indeed work. I created a .srm on my laptop then dragged that into the Retropie snes folder. The players now have names. Thank you!

Still strange why that happens, but nice fix.