NCAA Sam Keller vs. EA Update (Patent Arcade)

[colkilla]

when i played (ages ago) we got $60 on road trips, $30 for home games. my likeness was used in the year weurfel (sp?) was on the cover. if keller wins i want my cut. in all seriousness, this lawsuit is stupid in my opinion...

[Strummer101er]

Call me crazy, but I think it might actually be a GOOD thing if Keller wins.

EA would probably respond by putting a roster builder online (kinda like Team Builder), and then the community would band together, edit the rosters online and we'd end up being able to download the most accurate rosters ever.

Come to think of it, EA should ALREADY have an online roster builder that users can edit and download.

[ka520]

Quote: Originally Posted by jkra0512

Really guy, is that necessary?

So very neccessary.

[HokieB]

This case pisses me off.

I don't know the name of one single player on, say, Akron.

And if I play a game with Akron with default rosters, I still will not know a single player's name.

I'd love to put Keller on the stand, read off the number, weight, height, home town, etc. of the third-string LG on Idaho, and have him tell me who this player is.

[knyght]

Quote: Originally Posted by HokieB

This case pisses me off. I don't know the name of one single player on, say, Akron. And if I play a game with Akron with default rosters, I still will not know a single player's name. I'd love to put Keller on the stand, read off the number, weight, height, home town, etc. of the third-string LG on Idaho, and have him tell me who this player is.

Jordan Johnson!

[gator3guy]

The NCAA is the biggest crook there is. I know this is between Keller and EA, but if the NCAA allowed player's likenesses to be used in anything there wouldn't be a case. The NCAA makes more money than anyone. And to all those who say "the player's get a free education," well that's true for most football/basketball players, but I play Divison I baseball and we have to split 11 scholarships between the 25-30 of us. I and the rest of my teammates have a partial scholarship, yet the NCAA still makes their money. And to NHL fans out their, they are including the CHL which is all amateurs. And guess what, they can use their NAMES AND LIKENESS. It's the NCAA that's the problem.

[ODogg]

Yeah the NCAA is so awful, making money while giving out free housing and education to students who in many cases otherwise wouldn't be able to even sniff a college education. They're just monsters.

[gogators]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Yeah the NCAA is so awful, making money while giving out free housing and education to students who in many cases otherwise wouldn't be able to even sniff a college education. They're just monsters.

Exactly! Given a free education and not having to pay back anywhere from an average of $20,000-$40,000 is enough.