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  • footballfan41
    Banned
    • Jul 2012
    • 240

    #16
    O'Bannon should not get a Dime, all this cause something think they look like a computer person, maybe we should sue someone, i look like a few they used in games before

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    • noplace
      MVP
      • Jul 2004
      • 2114

      #17
      Re: O'Bannon Legal Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

      NCAA bailing on this is basically a admission of guilt.. If you didnt do anything wrong why are you running? Yeah the contract was up but come on now that greedy branch isnt running from any money unless they fear losing it...
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      • Irishwhiskey119
        Banned
        • Jul 2012
        • 65

        #18
        O'Bannon and Keller. Biggest scumbags on the planet.

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        • BA2929
          The Designated Hitter
          • Jul 2008
          • 3353

          #19
          Re: O'Bannon Defense Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

          Originally posted by mctrees02
          They are defending his interest in the case.

          Next time you're at the library, you might want to pick up a John Grisham novel instead. You might be able to expand your knowledge of the law a bit more with his writings!
          Very true about defending his interest.

          In regards to the rest: I've read everything Grisham has ever written. All of his books are not novels but all of his novels are indeed books.


          Originally posted by MMChrisS
          Not the best at Laywerese myself, but decided for the sake of simplicity to simply change it to Legal team. That way, there can be no confusion!!
          I'm easily confused. Took me a second to find the thread again after you changed the title.
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          • Greencollarbaseball
            Pro
            • Jun 2012
            • 928

            #20
            I can't for the life of me understand how the NCAA or schools don't have a waiver that athletes need to sign that says the school and or NCAA can use their likeness while they are in the athletic programs. It seems like that would have been thought of a long time ago.
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            • satchmykels
              Rookie
              • Nov 2004
              • 178

              #21
              Re: O'Bannon Defense Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

              Originally posted by BA2929
              Very true about defending his interest.

              In regards to the rest: I've read everything Grisham has ever written. All of his books are not novels but all of his novels are indeed books.

              Yeah, but who's this Grishman character you mentioned?

              "My law knowledge comes mainly from John Grishman books."

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              • grandchampbaby117
                Banned
                • Jun 2011
                • 122

                #22
                Sad day for college gamers! I hate the o'bannons .....

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                • aevans0913
                  Rookie
                  • Jul 2013
                  • 364

                  #23
                  Easy way to fix this, create a bowl game called the EA Sports Bowl. The winning team of this bowl game gets a certain percentage of profits from the video game to use towards scholarships or some sort of academic benefit. Case closed everybody wins.
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                  • Chedapalooza
                    MVP
                    • Jul 2011
                    • 2467

                    #24
                    Re: O'Bannon Defense Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

                    Originally posted by Razorback73
                    If O'Bannon wins this lawsuit and college football videogames go away, I'm going to sue him for stealing my potential enjoyment of future videogames. I value the damages as a result of this at no less than $4 million. Anyone else wanna jump in on this?
                    Sign me up. Class action suit as consumers. Ill take a free madden 15 to compensate.
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                    • BA2929
                      The Designated Hitter
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 3353

                      #25
                      Re: O'Bannon Defense Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

                      Originally posted by satchmykels
                      Yeah, but who's this Grishman character you mentioned?

                      "My law knowledge comes mainly from John Grishman books."
                      LOL. You sly dog.
                      I must have had John Goodman on my mind. He writes a mean book.
                      "Baseball is the coolest sport because, at any moment, the catcher can stop the game and go tell the pitcher a secret" - Rob Fee

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                      • tHurley2010
                        Pro
                        • May 2011
                        • 542

                        #26
                        Re: O'Bannon Defense Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

                        Originally posted by goalieump413
                        This, of course, has been an increasingly popular discussion across the country. Should student athletes get paid to play (football)? The answer, I think, lies in the scale to which college football has become such a powerfully profitable enterprise. Think about it, EA Sports sells an NCAA football game because college football is huge. They don't sell a college baseball game because college baseball isn't huge. It comes down to market demand.

                        This lawsuit is more a catalyst to changing the landscape of money in college athletics than the largely academic debate that's been ongoing. Former players think that they should profit from video game sales, but that only kicks down the door to any other sale of merchandise related to their college playing career. Watch out.
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                        • Computalover
                          Rookie
                          • Oct 2007
                          • 107

                          #27
                          If they win the case, whats to stop each individual schools from suing the athletes for the "payments" already made to them? i.e. scholarships, room and board, training costs, uniforms and clothing, books.. travel etc etc. some schools can be upwards of 100k plus.. if you win the battle, and you claiming to want compensation.. wouldnt that compensation be reduced by the payments already given? and they did sign the deal didnt they? its in the contract to use their likeness by the college, and the governing body.. NCAA..
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                          • Perfect Zero
                            1B, OF
                            • Jun 2005
                            • 4019

                            #28
                            Re: O'Bannon Legal Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

                            I am not an expert on contract law, but I would think that a case for the players being extorted through the NCAA might work. It's not like the kids have another choice (the CFL really isn't a choice when it comes to experience and playing time).

                            This is why the whole question of another effort from EA is far from closed. Are the universities willing to allow these lawsuits to continue? Right now it's the NCAA, but the next step is the universities themselves. It's better to close off the gap now than to let the problems continue. I want the series to continue especially since this is the best CFB game that I've ever played. However, these cases and the results from the shrapnel are not doing EA any favors.
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                            • superxero27
                              Pro
                              • May 2006
                              • 687

                              #29
                              Re: O'Bannon Legal Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

                              "Ducking their responsibilities"?

                              Well, what did they THINK the large software company was going to do??
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                              • MacDiiddy
                                Rookie
                                • Jul 2010
                                • 138

                                #30
                                Re: O'Bannon Legal Team Reacts to NCAA Decision

                                The only thing I really care about, outside of the presence of a college football game is

                                if now 2k or some other company can jump on in and make their version as well. IDK if this is even a possibility or if EA is going to make the conferences and award committees sign exclusivity deals with them, I hope not.

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