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

[EvanRG]

Why am I the only one excited about this news? I feel like if anything, EA can create a game more creatively, and not worry about what the big brother "NCAA" thinks of it. Their only hurdle is school approval, I guess.

Not to mention, if they continue to expand the EA Teambuilder feature, we'll not skip a beat. This is a purely cosmetic thing. Reminds me of the Pro Evolution Soccer series. They allow you to customize everything (including league logos). Heck, if EA added a simple league logo editor, we could get the NCAA logo and other related material back in the game scott-free.

[MrMBrown]

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I can't see a EA college football title lasting long without the NCAA license to be honest. They might be able to put back in cool last features such as suspension and celebrations, but I don't think they will be able to feature all the schools and conferences. Plus, would awards and bowls have their real life names attached to them? I don't want a Tangerine Bowl or National Title Bowl in place of real life bowl games and stadiums.

I just think this will end up being a peeled back version of what we are used to. The gameplay might be nice, but the realism, depth, and naming if schools/conferences/bowls/awards probably won't be the same.

I really hope 2K picks up the license but we are probably looking at a 2 year cycle before that is polished.

I have mixed feelings about EA losing the license. Yes they did get rather lazy on current gen with development, but they had the pieces in place. Now someone will have to start over on building a deep college football game.

We survived just fine in the old Bill Walsh College Football days. We'll be fine now.

[rangerrick012]

Obannon is just mad because he didn't end up being an NBA player. Do you really think if he was playing in that league he'd care about this?

He's just a bitter former athlete who never made it big. Same with Sam Keller. Paying college kids opens up a can of worms because they you have to look at every single sport. Football on down to field hockey. How do you determine who gets what?

As a former Division 1 track athlete, I understand the difference between sports, the income they bring, being a poor college student athlete, and having the university make money off kids, but in the end these guys and gals are getting school paid for. They also get perks your average student doesn't get. I knew plenty of former teammates and players who had nice cars and got very good interest rates because of who they were. That's just one example but I could go on.

In short, if you want to pay players you have to pay all of them and how do you quantify who gets what?

Guys like Bill Russell are also part of the suit. Is he just a "bitter" guy too?

In a perfect world, athletes would get paid based on how much revenue a short brings to a school.

[aholbert32]

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I can't see a EA college football title lasting long without the NCAA license to be honest. They might be able to put back in cool last features such as suspension and celebrations, but I don't think they will be able to feature all the schools and conferences. Plus, would awards and bowls have their real life names attached to them? I don't want a Tangerine Bowl or National Title Bowl in place of real life bowl games and stadiums.

I just think this will end up being a peeled back version of what we are used to. The gameplay might be nice, but the realism, depth, and naming if schools/conferences/bowls/awards probably won't be the same.

I really hope 2K picks up the license but we are probably looking at a 2 year cycle before that is polished.

I have mixed feelings about EA losing the license. Yes they did get rather lazy on current gen with development, but they had the pieces in place. Now someone will have to start over on building a deep college football game.

For the last time:

THE NCAA LICENSE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNIVERSITIES OR BOWLS OR AWARDS THAT ARE IN THE GAME.

EA HAS ALWAYS NEGOTIATED WITH THEM SEPARATELY!

[Herky]

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We survived just fine in the old Bill Walsh College Football days. We'll be fine now.

I remember playing 10 Yard Fight on NES and thinking that was great. Same with the all the Tecmo Bowls.

We will all live, but I just would hate to have to go back to the way things were 12 to 15 years ago in terms of depth in a college football game. We've gotten used to a pretty deep product with EA and now things might be scaled back.

Like I said, I hope 2K jumps into the game because they made some fantastic sports games. College Hoops 2K8 still gets play out of me with the updated rosters. The presentation is still amazing in that game.

[LegendKilla13]

might have to pick up NCAA 14 now. was gonna wait for next gen

[rangerrick012]

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The conclusion: The fair market value for the average FBS football player is $137,357 per year, and the fair market value for the average men's basketball player is $289,031 per year.

Right now the average player earns just $23,204 in scholarship money.

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-college-athletes-are-worth-2013-3#ixzz2ZOwokZlM

I don't think players should get 50% of all revenue, but they definitely aren't getting their fair share right now.

[Herky]

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For the last time:

THE NCAA LICENSE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNIVERSITIES OR BOWLS OR AWARDS THAT ARE IN THE GAME.

EA HAS ALWAYS NEGOTIATED WITH THEM SEPARATELY!

But would they be able to include everything from stadiums, fight songs and updated uniforms? Would every school that was in NCAA 14 be able to be in College Football 15? Are we looking at nothing changing at all from the license not being renewed?

There are no many conflicting views on this.

[MrMBrown]

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But would they be able to include everything from stadiums, fight songs and updated uniforms? Would every school that was in NCAA 14 be able to be in College Football 15? Are we looking at nothing changing at all from the license not being renewed?

There are no many conflicting views on this.

If EA is negotiating with the schools seperately, they why wouldn't they be able to include that stuff?

[GisherJohn24]

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What about the Bowl games? Would they stay? And for music, I got custom soundtracks, problem solved...

[MrMBrown]

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What about the Bowl games? Would they stay? And for music, I got custom soundtracks, problem solved...

read aholberts post.

[bluengold34_OS]

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http://www.businessinsider.com/heres...#ixzz2ZOwokZlM

I don't think players should get 50% of all revenue, but they definitely aren't getting their fair share right now.

I just don't understand how this is any different than what happens in life after college. My Wife is a food scientist, and she created a very prominent product that is in the open market for public consumption right now, while working for her previous company. She has since left the company, and has secured employment with a different company.

She received her salary, but not a dime from the millions that her past company is raking in at the moment from the products sales in the fast food industry. When my Wife signed her contract with her previous company, she knew that whatever she created was the property of said company, even though she was the innovator and creator of said product -

While I understand that it sucks to be a athlete in college, and not get paid(I was one) these athletes know what they are doing when they sign their name to the dotted line on the Letter of Intent. Is it fair - probably not - but life really isn't about fair is it?

[aholbert32]

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But would they be able to include everything from stadiums, fight songs and updated uniforms? Would every school that was in NCAA 14 be able to be in College Football 15? Are we looking at nothing changing at all from the license not being renewed?

There are no many conflicting views on this.

Yes. There are no conflicting views here. Just people providing false info.

The NCAA doesnt control the stadiums/uniforms/logos/bowls/awards/fight songs. The CLC does for most of the schools. A few schools partner with another company and Notre Dame does it on their own. The Bowls always negotiated separately. Same with the awards.

The CLC/Bowls/Awards have no risk of legitimate litigation by continuing to be in the game. These schools arent going to turn away free money because the NCAA is in a lawsuit.

[JTommy67]

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For the last time:

THE NCAA LICENSE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNIVERSITIES OR BOWLS OR AWARDS THAT ARE IN THE GAME.

EA HAS ALWAYS NEGOTIATED WITH THEM SEPARATELY!

Sorry to break it to you man, but looks like you're gonna to have to repeat this again and again and again because people in this thread just ain't gettin' it.

IMO getting the NCAA out of the way is a blessing.

[MrMBrown]

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Sorry to break it to you man, but looks like you're gonna to have to repeat this again and again and again because people in this thread just ain't gettin' it.

IMO getting the NCAA out of the way is a blessing.

More like people in this thread don't want to get it.