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

[fballturkey]

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They paid each player in ultimate team.

I thought they only payed individuals that aren't currently covered by the NFL contract?

[Dogslax41]

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wait, so did EA pay all these former players to use their likeness in the "Ultimate Team" mode? i assumed so and would be shocked if they didnt, but reading some of the comments - it doesnt seem like they did.

Notice that all the Ultimate team players are current or past pros?

[DorianDonP]

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wait, so did EA pay all these former players to use their likeness in the "Ultimate Team" mode? i assumed so and would be shocked if they didnt, but reading some of the comments - it doesnt seem like they did.

Pretty sure that was covered in the NFL liscence contract that EA has.

[RaychelSnr]

this talk of CLC, then how come no other companies have made college games under this CLC whether its hoops or college football?

It's because EA Sports owns the exclusive rights, although the CLC license does expire this year: http://www.operationsports.com/news/...otball-license/

[TDenverFan]

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I thought they only payed individuals that aren't currently covered by the NFL contract?

That's what I thought, too.

[moose1234]

That couldnt be more wrong. Individual schools arent going to miss out on revenue because of a lawsuit they arent named in.

The lawsuit covers all ncaa represented schools . Tell me when you see a packers football game without the words nfl attached to it

[Dogslax41]

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One thing people are forgetting here with the NCAA series: Team Builder.

As critical as I am with EA, the company has done an absolutely amazing job with this asset. If EA is smart, they will leverage TB into a stand-alone game where the user supplies and curates content (team creation, logos, rosters, coaches, stadiums, etc), thus circumventing any NCAA (and even NFL) license. Additionally, lack of NCAA-centric design and implementation frees up a large amount of resources to apply towards gameplay, AI, and innovation - the things that should be foundation of any game.

Unless they go through the CLC expect teambuilder to be extremely limited and prevent you from creating anything resembling the college logos easily.

[BrandH]

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That couldnt be more wrong. Individual schools arent going to miss out on revenue because of a lawsuit they arent named in.

The lawsuit covers all ncaa represented schools . Tell me when you see a packers football game without the words nfl attached to it

What?!?!?!?

[OrangeCrush22]

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Major schools the CLC doesn't have...

Baylor
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas State
Michigan State
Miss State
Navy
NC State
Ohio State
Oregon
USC
Southern Miss

I'm probably missing some more.

[LambertandHam]

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Not too surprising with the recent lawsuit. Hopefully support for NCAA 14 will continue.

[gogators]

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ESPN's Brett McMurphy tweeted "First non-NCAA affiliated EA Sports college football video game will be called "College Football 15" source told ESPN.

There you have it. I look at ESPN probably having an even larger presence in the game now.

[BenGerman]

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It's because EA Sports owns the exclusive rights, although the CLC license does expire this year: http://www.operationsports.com/news/...otball-license/

Is it possible the CLC would decide not to renew it as well? Not sure why that would be the case, but I imagine it's possible.

[robbel]

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It's because EA Sports owns the exclusive rights, although the CLC license does expire this year: http://www.operationsports.com/news/...otball-license/

It expires in 2014.

Additionally, the Settlement provides that Electronic Arts will not enter into an exclusive trademark license with the AFL for five years from the date of approval of the Settlement; and that Electronic Arts will not renew its current collegiate football trademark license with the Collegiate Licensing Company (“CLC”) on an exclusive basis for five years after it expires in 2014; and that Electronic Arts will not seek any new exclusive trademark license for the purpose of making football videogames with the CLC, the NCAA, or any NCAA member institution covered by the current exclusive license for five years after the expiration of the current CLC agreement. You can read more about the Settlement here.

Quoted from the Pecover vs EA settlement at the easportslitigation website.

[aholbert32]

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That couldnt be more wrong. Individual schools arent going to miss out on revenue because of a lawsuit they arent named in.

The lawsuit covers all ncaa represented schools . Tell me when you see a packers football game without the words nfl attached to it

You are flat out wrong. Suing an association of atheltic programs is not the same as suing each individual school. Comparing a franchise's relationship with the NFL to a university's relationship to the NCAA is a horrible comparison.

[JLoco11]

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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.