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  • SyracuseOrange
    Banned
    • Jul 2010
    • 7

    #1

    Did you know....

    i found it interesting to know that if your a player in DIV I Football you receive a free copy of the NCAA two weeks before the release date for any system you'd like.

    Also, that being said, a majority of players who are in the game play it as much as us, the customers do, which i thought id share after seeing a picture and article online by Flordia Gators (FR. #81)
  • GatorChomp1
    Rookie
    • Apr 2009
    • 200

    #2
    Re: Did you know....

    When did this start?

    I worked for CSU's football team for 3 years, and they never got it. This was just a little while ago too. Huh. Cool if it's true!

    I would just think it wouldn't be worth giving away 1500+ copies. Could be true though! Wish I didn't get injured! haha.
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    • NILAMO24
      Banned
      • Jul 2010
      • 9

      #3
      Re: Did you know....

      Originally posted by SyracuseOrange
      i found it interesting to know that if your a player in DIV I Football you receive a free copy of the NCAA two weeks before the release date for any system you'd like.

      Also, that being said, a majority of players who are in the game play it as much as us, the customers do, which i thought id share after seeing a picture and article online by Flordia Gators (FR. #81)
      Hard for me to believe how much of this is true. I work for a D1 football team and interact with the players everyday. Most of them love playing NCAA and for the past few years ive been there none of them have had the game early. Maybe us non-BCS conference D1 football teams get left out of that free and early NCAA.

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      • Equinox831
        We're Going Farming
        • Sep 2009
        • 2489

        #4
        Re: Did you know....

        I saw a guy named TerrellePryor12 on MW2 last night... I think he was legit :P

        But seriously, is this true? If it is then I'm gonna start working on that football scholarship that I'm not gonna get.
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        • Potatoes002
          MVP
          • Jul 2008
          • 2143

          #5
          Re: Did you know....

          I can't see EA giving away THOUSANDS of games early.

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          • IkeB2
            Rookie
            • Jul 2007
            • 115

            #6
            Re: Did you know....

            Yeah, I played D-1 and never had this happen. Also, they would be loosing millions by doing this.

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            • SyracuseOrange
              Banned
              • Jul 2010
              • 7

              #7
              Re: Did you know....

              just going by what i heard, saw that he had game about two weeks early, just had to look, maybe its just a school thing?

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              • HuskAir
                Rookie
                • Jun 2003
                • 257

                #8
                Re: Did you know....

                This wouldn't be legal... it's almost like the players getting paid.

                Someone once made Eric Crouch a free Ham Sandwich. Apparently that was frowned upon...he wound up paying for the sandwich.

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                • stoncold32
                  MVP
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 3588

                  #9
                  Re: Did you know....

                  i dont think this is true. When I was at OU, the football players were waiting in line for NCAA just like all the rest of us. I'm talking Mark Clayton, Brodney Pool, etc. Those guys are about as D-1 as it gets.

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                  • BigDofBA
                    B**m*r S**n*r!
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 9066

                    #10
                    Re: Did you know....

                    Originally posted by stoncold32
                    i dont think this is true. When I was at OU, the football players were waiting in line for NCAA just like all the rest of us. I'm talking Mark Clayton, Brodney Pool, etc. Those guys are about as D-1 as it gets.
                    No kidding. I saw Adrian Peterson at the Gamestop on 12th between Robinson and Main when I was in college. He waited in the car while one of his friends went in an got the game for him at midnight. There were a lot of players waiting in line.

                    I also have a friend that currently tutors OU players. Non of them are getting the game two weeks early.

                    This is completely untrue.

                    As for the players I saw at Gamestop, the first thing they do (besides cut in line), is goto the display game and check everyone's speed.
                    Last edited by BigDofBA; 07-12-2010, 06:12 PM.
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                    • stoncold32
                      MVP
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 3588

                      #11
                      Re: Did you know....

                      Originally posted by BigDofBA
                      No kidding. I saw Adrian Peterson at the Gamestop on 12th between Robinson and Alameda when I was in college. He waited in the car while one of his friends went in an got the game for him at midnight. There were a lot of players waiting in line.

                      I also have a friend that currently tutors OU players. Non of them are getting the game two weeks early.

                      This is completely untrue.

                      As for the players I saw at Gamestop, the first thing they do (besides cut in line), is goto the display game and check everyone's speed.
                      haha...yeah they did all try to cut in line. But i dont blame them. When NCAA 05 came out, the hype around it was HUGE, mainly due to NCAA 2004 being so awesome.

                      You guys have another Gamestop now in Norman? You lucky devils. Sooner Mall was the only option when I was there. Thats why the line for the game was like 2 hours long.

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                      • BigDofBA
                        B**m*r S**n*r!
                        • Aug 2002
                        • 9066

                        #12
                        Re: Did you know....

                        Originally posted by stoncold32
                        haha...yeah they did all try to cut in line. But i dont blame them. When NCAA 05 came out, the hype around it was HUGE, mainly due to NCAA 2004 being so awesome.

                        You guys have another Gamestop now in Norman? You lucky devils. Sooner Mall was the only option when I was there. Thats why the line for the game was like 2 hours long.
                        I don't live in Norman anymore but they built a Gamestop on 12th over by that Wal-Mart.

                        Anyway, players do not get the game early. I'm not sure why anyone would start a rumor like this.
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                        • Gotmadskillzson
                          Live your life
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 23442

                          #13
                          Re: Did you know....

                          Yeah totally false, because that essentially would be considered a bribe and would violate ncaa rules.

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                          • BROman
                            MVP
                            • May 2003
                            • 1107

                            #14
                            Re: Did you know....

                            if that's the case, ea owes me a copy of ncaa 2001 (spent a year as a D1 walk-on). but yea gms, ea can't legally do that.

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                            • teammaxwell
                              Rookie
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 258

                              #15
                              Re: Did you know....

                              lived with a trainer on the clemson team

                              they did not receive a free game... we would go wait in line at gamestop ... even saw football players standing in line like everyone else.
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