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

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If EA has to approach 100 schools individually for licenses this game will be over. Or they will at least be forced to limit themselves to fewer schools, likely just the major programs.

But if they can pull it off perhaps they can put life back into this title by returning celebrations and more of the exciting atmosphere of college ball which was removed due to stodgy NCAA oversight.

Depends on how much money is involved.. Fifa has a TON of teams across a lot of countries...

[Perfect Zero]

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My question to those of you that say that losing the NCAA is good is this: Why would the schools themselves want bigger hits, suspensions and the like? I doubt any school would allow their licensor to allow this.

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If NCAA isn't going to do a deal with EA Sports, they're not going to do a deal with any other company.

You young whippersnappers are too young to remember Bill Walsh College Football, which was one of the best football games to ever be produced and had no NCAA or university affiliation. You instead played with "College Station" and "Michigan" (common state name that is under public use) and "Columbus".

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This is actually GRRRRREAT! It's really sad for cats to kind of worship 2k. They could've put a generic game out, the amount of features that are in their games, and cult following they have, they easily could've out sold EA. So ppl stop relying on 2K TO CAPTAIN KIRK the gaming industry.

Like my man said Bill Walsh College Football was the arguably best game ever. Along with the game came index cards of roster breakdowns. I believe it was the year Teddie Bruschi's Arizona Wildcats entered the season #1 it was a great year. Notre Dame was called South Bend lol. Etc.


This is the possible beginning of a open thinking to sports gaming. A college Bball game should follow as well.

NCAA never heard the saying "its cheaper to keep her"?

[Strategizer]

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My question to those of you that say that losing the NCAA is good is this: Why would the schools themselves want bigger hits, suspensions and the like? I doubt any school would allow their licensor to allow this.

Yeah I don't see those things changing. Even things like rushing the field are technically prohibited by schools.

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You REALLY think I have the time or interest to read 33 pages? Get a life Mr. Critic. I still say there is the possibility the number of schools covered in this game will be scaled back.

You only need to read the last page to figure it out. Seeing irrelevant comments that have already been proven not to be the case is annoying.

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This changes the game completely. I don't think we'll see another college football game like the NCAA series for quite some time. Yes, maybe we get something similar, but so many questions now as to how it can be handled. How much money will it take to sign up individual schools? Will we have actual players (minus the names of course) like we've had all these years? Lots of questions. Let's not pretend this is anything but a crushing blow to college sports gaming.

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I still say there is the possibility the number of schools covered in this game will be scaled back.

And you would be terribly wrong



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I don't know. Would O'Bannon and Keller care about the athletes getting their fair share had they made it big in the NBA and NFL respectively?

Don't think that is relevant at all, it's still money they should be entitled to whether they now are in the NBA or bag groceries for a living.


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Don't think that is relevant at all, it's still money they should be entitled to whether they now are in the NBA or bag groceries for a living.


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never said they weren't entitled to it. All I was saying was......never mind, it's not even worth arguing about it.

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With the NCAA out of the way, I can see EA adding an option for a full-blown 16-team playoff in the next game. That's a plus.

When they do rename the series, I hope they fix the year and make it College Football 14. Bugs me that it's NCAA 14 for the 2013 season.

they do that cause technically the season goes into the 2014 calendar year. all sports game do this, except baseball (maybe?) since their season is confined to the same calendar year.

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Its going to be the same as NCAA 14 but instead The NCAA wont be included in it. Thats it.

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they do that cause technically the season goes into the 2014 calendar year. all sports game do this, except baseball (maybe?) since their season is confined to the same calendar year.

Exactly. Basically, it has to do with what year the Championship Game is played. This year's College Football National Champion will be the 2014 BCS National Champion.

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With the ps4 I have no doubt next years game will be a major upgrade. Not sure about full playoffs, probably will reflect reality which is 4 schools.

You mean like the "major" upgrade that was made with the jump to this gen?

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Glad to see this thread has finally slowed down. Last night when the news first broke, I would refresh while reading the last page and suddenly theres 2 new pages lol

[BenGerman]

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I've had this discussion a million times with other people, and there is a lot to talk and think about. I think athletes should be given a stipend of about fifty bucks a week. I have a ton of friends involved in college athletics right now, and while they all have some time to socialize, it's pretty much impossible to work and play a sport at the same time. So when my friends and I all go eat on Friday nights or whatever, they get the shaft because they don't have a little extra spending money like we do.

That also prevents smaller schools from being able to pay their student athletes (if you have 20,000 students, and 200 student athletes, that's a $16 hike in tuition a year). It also prevents choosing which school you're going to go to as an athlete into and turning it into a business decision. If players get paid for their likeness in school, they are going to pick whichever school can sell their likeness best, and education gets thrown by the wayside. Schools could choose to up tuition or the athletic programs could pay for it.

I wonder how something like that would figure into this stuff going on with EA? If players are getting some kind of stipend (as Spurrier suggested the other day), would people be able to use their likeness? I'd guess no, but I'm sure it blurs the line a little bit.