NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

[dingleberryfinn]

Re: NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

If the NCAA is no longer involved, doesn't that mean they will now be allowed to use actual players' names and likenesses in their games? The only reason they couldn't before is it's against NCAA rules, now they are no longer affiliated with each other

I don't know much but I do know we'll never see a college game
with present day players on the roster.

[nc0ffey]

No. No entity can license players names and if a player was paid by EA to use his name, they would no longer be considered an amateur and would be deemed ineligible.

Couldn't the players sign some sort of waiver giving them the right to use their name/likeness with out compensation? Not that I care as long as there is a college game and it has plenty of customizable options.

[AKUMA2000]

Re: NCAA 2014 = THE END!

I think 2K might take it. But not sure. I think a lot of people forget that 2K had Gamebreaker the same time E.A. wsa making NCAA and that failed. Although that was a long time ago. Be interesting to see what happens next year.

Gamebreaker was my game back in the day, hopefully it makes a return next year....now we just have to wait and see how everything turns out.

[aholbert32]

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Couldn't the players sign some sort of waiver giving them the right to use their name/likeness with out compensation? Not that I care as long as there is a college game and it has plenty of customizable options.

Possibly but why would they do that?

[BrandH]

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Couldn't the players sign some sort of waiver giving them the right to use their name/likeness with out compensation? Not that I care as long as there is a college game and it has plenty of customizable options.

They can't use their likeness for anything other than charity whether they are paid or not from what I understand.

[Strings74]

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To clarify the differences for people who do not quite understand what the NCAA and CLC are:

NCAA = Non profit association, funded by universities to keep the rules and integrity of sports across all of college. In other words, the policing agent to monitor ALL sports (not just football) to make sure athletes and schools are following the rules they agree to follow.

CLC = The licensing agent of colleges that ALLOWS the use of trademarks and licenses for universities. They control logos, mascots, fight songs, football fields, bowl games, heisman trophies etc.


In other words, EA is losing the rules policing association. It's losing the governing body of what constitutes an amateur athlete.

BUT, they can still maintain trademarks and licenses with each school, which is what the game needs each year to survive.

Finally someone gets it. Holy cow guys calm down.

I gotta say though, I really hope 2k jumps in the pool soon.

[Herky]

Re: NCAA 2014 = THE END!

Gamebreaker was my game back in the day, hopefully it makes a return next year....now we just have to wait and see how everything turns out.

I loved the Gamebreaker titles as well but 989 Studios did those and they went out of business awhile ago.

[outkaz79]

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Which may ultimately mean, welcome back discipline system, fans storming the field/ripping down goal posts, and other things the NCAA didn't want in the game.

^^^THIS!!!!

[tbennett54]

Re: NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

Can EA bring back sanctions and over the top celebrations?

[moose1234]

The one thing I will say if the sec gets there way and starts paying players ,then real names in a game will be right around the corner

[aholbert32]

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Finally someone gets it. Holy cow guys calm down.

I gotta say though, I really hope 2k jumps in the pool soon.

My question is:

Why would 2k jump in now? The CLC license is still expensive. EA still plans to release a game next year. What has changed to make the market more viable for 2k?

[mestevo]

Re: NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

Which may ultimately mean, welcome back discipline system, fans storming the field/ripping down goal posts, and other things the NCAA didn't want in the game.

That really depends on the other licensors and if they have the clout/contract terms to limit things they may not want in the game.

[Jasong7777]

Re: NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

Ok.............

[Jr.]

Re: NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

My question is:

Why would 2k jump in now? The CLC license is still expensive. EA still plans to release a game next year. What has changed to make the market more viable for 2k?

Yeah, I really don't think this changes anything in regards to another company swooping in and making a game.

[Mckinley Cash]

Does this mean EA will have more creative freedom? Can players be suspended for team rule violations etc again? I hope so.