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Quote: Originally Posted by tarheelguy4736

Here is a what if solution that maybe anybody with a legal background could help: What if the Judge sides with the NCAA and the O'Bannon team loses the case? The likelihood of that happening looks slim but it could happen. Wouldn't that set a precedent for future cases? So student athletes in the future couldn't be able to sue on the rights of likeness because of how this turned out and the ruling? And if that is the case, wouldn't the EA Sports team be able to go back to making the game like it was before but with less obvious players/numbers on the team (ie, randomized rosters)? Just a thought and not sure how that would hold up legally.

Quote: Originally Posted by MichaelAngeloTMNT

Either way there will be an NCAA Football game again. The EA Exec said during the trial they were making $80 mil a year off of NCAA Football alone. EA said it wants to continue to make the Football series, they just need to wait until this is straightened out. Whether the NCAA wins or O'Bannon wins, there will be a NCAA Football game again. NCAA Basketball or Baseball is unlikely, but possible.

Guys, as the story indicate this was the settlement, it is not going in front of a judge and is done.



As for the future of NCAA games there is no lock there will be a game in the future. If you clicked on the top link in the story it shows you that EA also had a very large settlement with the CLC which is the biggest problem.

As was mentioned previously in the thread, some teams have already dropped out (or threatened to) of the CLC so a future game would be like back in the Bill Walsh days where you were playing games like Tallahassee vs. South Bend.

Given the success of Arena football I don't think there is much of a market for a game like that nowadays.


We can hope but I'm not as optimistic as some.