SEC, Pac-12, Big Ten Won't License Trademarks in Future Video Games

[AuburnAlumni]

No more College Hoops....

No more NCAA Football....

Those consist or consisted of about 95% of my console gaming time.

This is the suck.

[Cryolemon]

Re: SEC Won't License Trademarks in Future Video Games

How many schools would have to pull out? Lets say Alabama, Notre Dame and USC pull out. But the game allows individuals to replicate those teams through Teambuilder. Meaning people can create uniforms, stadiums and logos for those teams.

Would you still not buy the game?

I think it would put some people off. And I suppose the worry would be that if some teams jump everyone will.

As Pastapadre just tweeted:

Bryan Wiedey @pastapadre 3m
With the cover of the NCAA and conferences being lost schools become more exposed to litigation. The writing is on the wall here.

[DC1980]

EA should make a CFL game

[Duece]

Re: The SEC Won't License Trademarks in Future Video Games

Naw. Nobody is buying the new NCAA games every year because of the new sunbelt teams that get added. They're buying due to graphics and gameplay improvements.

OK you have a good point..
But considering the reception of the onfield gameplay of EA's football games tend to be varied year to year. College Football 15 might have very good gameplay, College Football 16's might suck and graphical improvements by EA are usually very minimal. I played NCAA Football 11 this morning and tried the demo intermediately after and most of the improvements were slight at best and only thing really noticeable were the new facemasks, shoes, gloves and uniforms.

[BenGerman]

Re: No SEC in Future College Football Video Games

So I guess when we thought the CLC was in control of all of this stuff, we were wrong? By the sounds of it, it seems like any school/conference could just jump of the ship individually.

[MNHuskerman]

This is the end for EA College Football. It was a nice ride while it lasted and you will be sorely missed. Now, can we trust EA to turn their full attention and resources to Madden to make it the "King" of all sports games as it should be? I'm calling my shot now, and believe that Madden 15 (or 26) will be the football game to end all football game debates and will put the final nail in the 2K5 coffin. Madden will also ascend to the TOP of the sports game landscape and it will surpass NBA 2K, Fifa and The Show. Now, put that in your pipe and smoke it! The EA Football house will no longer be divided against itself (Madden/NCAA), and the results will be staggering...in a good way.

[Cryolemon]

Re: The SEC Won't License Trademarks in Future Video Games

EA should make a CFL game

Would anyone outside Canada (and me and one of my friends lol) actually buy it?

[Dcourtne]

This is the end for EA College Football. It was a nice ride while it lasted and you will be sorely missed. Now, can we trust EA to turn their full attention and resources to Madden to make it the "King" of all sports games as it should be? I'm calling my shot now, and believe that Madden 15 (or 26) will be the football game to end all football game debates and will put the final nail in the 2K5 coffin. Madden will also ascend to the TOP of the sports game landscape and it will surpass NBA 2K, Fifa and The Show. Now, put that in your pipe and smoke it! The EA Football house will no longer be divided against itself (Madden/NCAA), and the results will be staggering...in a good way.

If Madden had the same quality of online dynasty play, I'd be down with that, even though I'd miss NCAA.

[DC1980]

This is the end for EA College Football. It was a nice ride while it lasted and you will be sorely missed. Now, can we trust EA to turn their full attention and resources to Madden to make it the "King" of all sports games as it should be? I'm calling my shot now, and believe that Madden 15 (or 26) will be the football game to end all football game debates and will put the final nail in the 2K5 coffin. Madden will also ascend to the TOP of the sports game landscape and it will surpass NBA 2K, Fifa and The Show. Now, put that in your pipe and smoke it! The EA Football house will no longer be divided against itself (Madden/NCAA), and the results will be staggering...in a good way.

Madden sucks compared to NBA2K, FIFA, and MLB The Show

[wpgfan]

Re: The SEC Won't License Trademarks in Future Video Games

Madden sucks...always has.

If EA dropped NCAA, I wouldn't buy another one of their titles.

[aimiami]

what a joke. First of all does any base a team likeness off a videogame? Ive never hated a player, school, etc because of how good they were in a video game. This really sucks man. Looks like there might not be a true college football game unless 2k come to the rescue.
Hell, it looks like all college games wont exist... so much for ncaa baseball, basketball, and now football. Just dumb that were getting the shaft.

[The_Gaming_Disciple]

Anyone realistically thinking EA will do anything to make Madden/NCAA great games from hence forth are delusional.

These games are geared for casual gamers and kids, not persons seeking to find the true simulation experience of Sunday football.

EA has more than enough resources and talents to make these games great and choose not to.

Game developers are puppets on a string stick and their moves are dictated by the higher ups with grey suits.

Who's ready for some SEGA COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!?

[Scribe1980]

It's over. Playing out as I thought it would. There will be no more college football video games - lawyerin' up. Please understand that legal protection for schools and conferences trumps all. Grab your copy of '14 while you can.

[malky]

So I guess when we thought the CLC was in control of all of this stuff, we were wrong? By the sounds of it, it seems like any school/conference could just jump of the ship individually.

That was only a few people that thought the clc was in control , myself and others knew the writing was on the wall months ago, I guess it takes big capital letters of SEC on the wall to see what's happening smdh

[lowercasecurtis]

Re: The SEC Won't License Trademarks in Future Video Games

pasta just posted on twitter. Big 10 also out.

A sad day.

"@pastapadre
Update; Big Ten joins SEC in departing video game support. "