American Needle Won! NFL Exclusive Deals May Be A Thing Of The Past

[ryan36]

You could still negotiate with the NFLPA and get all players in...but I think it just ends exclusivity, I'm not a lawyer tho. Aholbert is, however so read his posts in this thread.

And as far as the return of Apex, aw hell, ...oh wait. Hats, you meant hats

[bonbonan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Buckeyes_Doc

LOL. So everyone should wait until you have a bigger budget? Or you could just buy 1 game, and actually have a choice which game to buy. You can also download demo's, rent, etc to help with this huge decision.

I feel you should share this with your friend so that each of you can buy 1 game and exchange it. Then it will be save for you two.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Exonerated

Ok i just read this again. This has nothing to do with madden. It's concerning merchandising brande apparel. Also, American Needle has not one. Just need to put that out there. This anti-trust repeal is kinda dodgy. As one person on ESPN mentioned, the NFL is like Mcdonalds. Mcdonalds licenses out its equipment, food and such to certain companies. So does the NFL. There are hundreds of Mcdonalds . There are many NFL teams. Mcdonalds all operate separately but use the same things. The NFL teams operate separate by use the same things. Mcdonalds has competition from KFC and BK and others. The NFL has no competition. The NFL is being treated unfairly because it has no competition imo. Correct me if i'm wrong, but does the US have a higher court than the supreme court? Because I would appeal. Also, Madden is licensed by the NFL and the NFLPA. In my personal opinion, the ruling on this case is (not wrong) short-sighted.

The Mcdonalds analogy doesnt work. Every Mcdonalds uses the same trademark, has the same menu and are pretty much uniform. NFL teams are not. They all have different trademarks, all market themselves in different ways and have individual deals seperate from the NFL (The Redskins have an individual deal with Papa John's Pizza). The high court clearly stated that it sees the NFL as 32 seperate franchises...not one entity.

[djordan]

I think everyone is blowing this way out of proportion.... I really don't think this has anything to do with videogames... Just apparel.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by djordan

I think everyone is blowing this way out of proportion.... I really don't think this has anything to do with videogames... Just apparel.

LOL. This case focuses on exclusive deals. It can effect every kind of merchandise with the NFL brand.

[J_Posse]

Quote: Originally Posted by djordan

I think everyone is blowing this way out of proportion.... I really don't think this has anything to do with videogames... Just apparel.

Yeah, both those items are sold and bought by consumers (us), so the ruling would effect all of the NFL's exclusive contracts with companies such as EA, Reebok and DirecTV. This is awesome news on every conceivable level!!!!!!!!



Does anyone remember when the current exclusivity deal ends with EA Sports?

[JerzeyReign]

Quote: Originally Posted by Exonerated

Ok i just read this again. This has nothing to do with madden. It's concerning merchandising brande apparel. Also, American Needle has not one. Just need to put that out there. This anti-trust repeal is kinda dodgy. As one person on ESPN mentioned, the NFL is like Mcdonalds. Mcdonalds licenses out its equipment, food and such to certain companies. So does the NFL. There are hundreds of Mcdonalds . There are many NFL teams. Mcdonalds all operate separately but use the same things. The NFL teams operate separate by use the same things. Mcdonalds has competition from KFC and BK and others. The NFL has no competition. The NFL is being treated unfairly because it has no competition imo. Correct me if i'm wrong, but does the US have a higher court than the supreme court? Because I would appeal. Also, Madden is licensed by the NFL and the NFLPA. In my personal opinion, the ruling on this case is (not wrong) short-sighted.

WTF over?? Comparing Mickey D's to Madden does not help that post. You should never quote ESPN when on a forum, lol.

-The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. Only Obama holds more power then again the Supreme Court probably gets the final word.

-The NFL has plenty of comp, its' called other sports. Also we've had other football leagues try to start up but failed.

This is really good for those who want more than one football game. Wasn't there a lawsuit from some people who disliked EA's business practices fighting for the same thing? This looks really good for them if their still going thru with it.

[Matt Diesel]

Quote: Originally Posted by djordan

I think everyone is blowing this way out of proportion.... I really don't think this has anything to do with videogames... Just apparel.

It has to do with treating each franchise as an individual profit-based business. It transcends apparel. If won, any company that wants to make NFL Team products would have to deal with each team individually.