How Closely are Players in the NCAA Video Game Modeled After Real-Life Players

[Watson]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaiser Wilhelm

Or they could use their likeness and not get compensation? Let me rephrase, college athletes already get paid, they have the opportunity to go to school for free.

Exactly.


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[Warren Piecee]

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[Watson]

Quote: Originally Posted by Warren Piecee

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Why does that matter?

[Roggie]

Quote: Originally Posted by franko3219

One thing is for sure, if EA loses this suite it would ruin this game for me. I do not want to play a college football game that does not resemble anything that I see on Saturday's. Another thing is I do not understand the difference between EA selling a video game that has a players likeness and the NCAA/Schools selling jersey's with the players name and number on it; is that not the players likeness as well if it has the name on the jersey's?

They don't sell them with current player's names on the jerseys. Just a number, which doesn't use a player's likeness (minus retired jersey numbers, but if more than one guy wore it ever, it's not using their likeness.)

Example: I bought a number 5 UNC basketball jersey when Lawson played there. He's gone, but now Kendall Marshall is number 5. I wear it still, but it's technically both of their jerseys.

[Warren Piecee]

I mentioned the number in response to Rotax's post and its claims.

[franko3219]

Quote: Originally Posted by Roggie

They don't sell them with current player's names on the jerseys. Just a number, which doesn't use a player's likeness (minus retired jersey numbers, but if more than one guy wore it ever, it's not using their likeness.) Example: I bought a number 5 UNC basketball jersey when Lawson played there. He's gone, but now Kendall Marshall is number 5. I wear it still, but it's technically both of their jerseys.

Yeah, I just checked OSU's team shop and non of those have names either. Although couldn't this be the same as EA not using names either?

[Warren Piecee]

Quote: Originally Posted by franko3219

Yeah, I just checked OSU's team shop and non of those have names either. Although couldn't this be the same as EA not using names either?

I think you are absolutely right. They only sell jerseys with the numbers of the star players on each team on them. For the most part, those jerseys are purchased because they represent the player who wears them.

[Warren Piecee]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rotax

I can't even read your posts. What is with that text and all the similes? To answer the topic question. Skin/equipment/number. A lot of the time they have the wrong equipment and numbers out of the box.

To say that the only difference between all college players and all their representations in the game is “Skin/equipment/number” is inaccurate. I offer much supporting evidence above. If the issue were as simple as Rotax makes it out to be my post would not have been responded to 6 times and been read by 180 people. Furthermore, reading is hard, Rotax. Sorry you could not handle it.