Judge Nixes NCAA Players Antitrust Claims -- Case Not Over...Yet

[poopoop]

Re: Judge Nixes NCAA Players Antitrust Claims -- Case Not Over...Yet

Do some people just love to debate? Love to be different? What's the deal?

For the ones siding with the Sam Keller's of the world, are you going to be satisfied with no college football game, or a game that is comprised of completely random players?

Just wondering what the line of thinking is here.

We have to be careful and avoid being selfish and trying to justify things just based on what we want. This whole thing is about selfishness and greed on both sides, why add to it?

Would I be satisfied with no football game? No.
Would I be satisfied with a game of completely random players? Depends.

Is any of this relevant to whether or not it's fair for game companies and the NCAA to profit off through using a player's likeness in a video game? Nah.

We can play dumb and try to pretend the players in the game aren't built to match real life players. Or make fun of Sam Keller, his career or call him greedy. We can even cling to things like "but but they signed something saying the school could use their likeness!" It's still wrong from a fairness standpoint, we'll see how it plays out from a legal one.

[ODogg]

Re: Judge Nixes NCAA Players Antitrust Claims -- Case Not Over...Yet

We have to be careful and avoid being selfish and trying to justify things just based on what we want. This whole thing is about selfishness and greed on both sides, why add to it?

Would I be satisfied with no football game? No.
Would I be satisfied with a game of completely random players? Depends.

Is any of this relevant to whether or not it's fair for game companies and the NCAA to profit off through using a player's likeness in a video game? Nah.

We can play dumb and try to pretend the players in the game aren't built to match real life players. Or make fun of Sam Keller, his career or call him greedy. We can even cling to things like "but but they signed something saying the school could use their likeness!" It's still wrong from a fairness standpoint, we'll see how it plays out from a legal one.

Your opinion, I see absolutely nothing wrong with it from a fairness standpoint..

[SonOfEd]

Re: Judge Nixes NCAA Players Antitrust Claims -- Case Not Over...Yet

I didnt buy NCAA 06 because of the back up QB behind Rudy Carpenter on ASU (Sam Keller.) Nor did I purchase Coach K basketball back in the day for Ed O'Bannon. And I am pretty sure most purchasers of the NCAA title arent buying it for a specific player either. We purchase it as a representation of the college sport. You dont see any lawsuits against ESPN for advertising an upcomming game using an actual photo or video AND naming the star atheletes. Maybe they could sue for a piece of the advertising revenue. Maybe ESPN can sue the players for lost ratings during a blowout. Judas Priest!

[VonRye]

Re: Judge Nixes NCAA Players Antitrust Claims -- Case Not Over...Yet

O'Bannon case judge denies players past damages

A federal judge will allow college football and basketball players from major programs to challenge NCAA rules prohibiting compensation beyond the value of their athletic scholarships, but denied them from pursuing billions of dollars in past revenues.


In her report, Wilken wrote that the players' lawyers failed to provide a strong enough way of determining which members: were in the class; EA Sports built avatars for in its video games; appeared on game rosters in televised games.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/obannon-case-judge-denies-players-184950086--ncaaf.html

[mattynokes]

Re: Judge Nixes NCAA Players Antitrust Claims -- Case Not Over...Yet

Without the NCAA, E!SPN, etc... Tim Tebow goes the Eric Crouch route instead of being a 1st round pick and making a good deal of money before the NFL is willing to admit Tebow is an overhyped Eric Crouch.