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Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

if he wins this case it goes beyond just a video game. Then basically either the NCAA has to pay players (which opens up pandora's box and ruins college sports) or the NCAA will just stop putting anything with players on anything. That means selling jerseys with a current player's number, posters with player's pictures, and basically anything else because those can be considered based on player's likenesses just like the video game.

That's not going to happen, there's a reason he decided to go after EA and not the NCAA. As we're witnessing he has a legitimate chance of winning against EA, the same can't be said against an educational institution.

Against EA he can (and will) make the argument that a publicly traded company is profiting off his likeness without his permission, the same can't be said for the NCAA. He was offered a chance at a free education from two major universities, something that costs the average person tens of thousands of dollars.

If he were to go after the NCAA, all they'd do is show him the bill for what he would've paid in tuition, books and housing adjusted for inflation with interest (since I doubt he was smart enough to get academic scholarships and would've taken out loans) and his lawsuit goes away quietly.