What Might This Mean For A New NCAA Football Game?

[TarHeelPhenom]

https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources...e-and-likeness

[lvl]

Likely zilch.

[PhillyPhanatic14]

Quote: Originally Posted by lvl

Likely zilch.

lol this is literally the ONLY thing standing in the way of them making an NCAA game... EA has said they want to make the game. ESPN said they want an NCAA game during the draft this year. Fans clearly want the game with how much people pay for the last NCAA game. And the only reason the series got shut down was because players couldn't get paid for their likenesses.

[illwill10]

Hopefully it means something. Player Likeness was the main hurdle. EA wanted to(still does) make College Football. But they had to sign teams individually since they could just use the NCAA to get all teams. Most teams didn't want to risk anything. So now this could be the step that allows them to sign back with NCAA to get all D1 teams. This could allow them to use real player names and likenesses. Not sure if it would allow them to use current players on the cover though.


I'm trying to be optimistic. Since NCAA is looking at this route themselves, then Im optimistic it could happen. If this was just a random sports article that this could be a alternative to paying college athletes, then I wouldn't think much of it.

[Junior Moe]

If it comes to and the NCAA does modernize and allow current athletes to profit off their names and likeness then this could be big.

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[kehlis]

Hate to be pessimistic but it doesn't sound like there is any proposal to actually pay any of the student athletes.

The suit that ended the NCAA series was because EA was profiting and the players weren't getting any of that profit.

Reading a few articles, it sounds like the benefits being proposed are more on the educational side rather than any sort of actual monetary (in your pocket) benefit.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Junior Moe

If it comes to and the NCAA does modernize and allow current athletes to profit off their names and likeness then this could be big. Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

They aren't considering any payment directly to athletes:

Quote:

According to the board, the group will not consider any concepts that could be construed as payment for participation in college sports. The NCAA’s mission to provide opportunity for students to compete against other students prohibits any contemplation of pay-for-play.

And this quote below from a different ESPN article originally posted by PhillyPhantic14 in a separate thread:

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/s...names-likeness

Quote:

"While the formation of this group is an important step to confirming what we believe as an association, the group's work will not result in paying students as employees,'' Smith said. "That structure is contrary to the NCAA's educational mission and will not be a part of this discussion.''

[goillini03]

Hey Kehlis, maybe I am reading wrong, but the player’s likeness could be compensated. It just cannot be linked to pay for playing the sport. Wouldn’t that leave the door open for random players to say, hey EA, you can use my likeness in a video game if you like. This, they would not be paid for playing for the university?