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

[Gramps91]

very sad. I'm not big on NCAA football but am on NCAA Basketball. We haven't had a NCAA Bball game in years and this only hurts matter and now I doubt we'll ever see one again. smh. sad day.

[Playmaker76]

Thinking EXTREMELY optimistically about this, they could just do what PES does and make the generic teams COMPLETELY customizable to the point of importing the official logos, fight songs, uniforms, etc. into the game. Sadly there is a better chance of Half life 3 releasing as an XBOX One exclusive in 2015.

[cbutler0509]

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

From what I read it is important to remember that each team still can decide to be in the game. Their conferences however will not. So the SEC will be replaced with a fictitious conference that could still have SEC teams in it.

[aholbert32]

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Big Ten out now too.

In an era where gamers will be expecting even more authenticity, College Football games are going to be less authentic. Not a recipe for marketplace success.

EA's College Football series sold well before it became NCAA football and those games had fake names for some schools. Also if you are a college football fan and you have a choice between not buying a college football game and buying one that has all (or most) of the teams and no real conference names....which one will you choose?

[awill25]

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Honestly, if there is a game next year, the lack of authinticity will make it much less appealing. The NCAA pulling out was the begenning of the end and we are just now starting to bleed out.

If you really think some guys sitting around there computer at home could make the game better than a muli-million dollar company in EA, than I believe you are dreaming. All the customization in the world won't matter without the lisenses for the authentic product. This is wishful thinking at it's best...like guys who think they can play college sports until they play a pick up game with an actual college athlete and get a wake up call!

It is indeed a sad time for college sports gamers fellas. With 15 coming out or not.....the college game as we know it is OVER! That is until this suit with O'Bannon is over.

[JLoco11]

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A few weeks ago the NCAA pulled out and everyone was ready to kiss the game good bye.

Now conferences are dropping out and people are doing the same. Remember, all conferences are is a name of a group of schools. As long as the schools are still in the game, EA can certainly make some generic work arounds.

For example: Renaming a Conference. Give us a generic named conference like South Conference or Nor1h Conference and allow us the ability to change the names.

We already controlled bowl affiliations (which disappear next year anyways). We'll control the playoff system in theory.

As long as EA deals with the CLC and individual schools, EA will test the market with a game. If schools start dropping out, then the series will be in trouble.

[aholbert32]

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A few weeks ago the NCAA pulled out and everyone was ready to kiss the game good bye.

Now conferences are dropping out and people are doing the same. Remember, all conferences are is a name of a group of schools. As long as the schools are still in the game, EA can certainly make some generic work arounds.

For example: Renaming a Conference. Give us a generic named conference like South Conference or Nor1h Conference and allow us the ability to change the names.

We already controlled bowl affiliations (which disappear next year anyways). We'll control the playoff system in theory.

As long as EA deals with the CLC and individual schools, EA will test the market with a game. If schools start dropping out, then the series will be in trouble.

Exactly. Wake me up when Schools start dropping out. I could give a **** about logos and conference names.

[Peacefrog]

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Well, back to good ol'

[nortobc]

Why is this so complicated!!! All EA has to do is create a game with totally generic/random player names, colleges and conferences and let the user customize them all. Within 2 weeks somebody will have them all generated like we currently do with player names.

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[superxero27]

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The evidence appears to be building for this to be the final "real" college football game.
Going the way of March Madness/NCAA Basketball, and College Hoops. I hope to be wrong, but the evidence seems to be stacking up more and more that way.

I understand why, conferences want to avoid litigation just as much as the NCAA does, but for us as consumers it stinks.

Even if College Football 15 launches (I'm even more doubtful about that now), a not-official game won't do nearly as well especially if it's missing conferences.

The question now is, does EA have any incentive to patch the current version instead of just bailing on it like NCAA Basketball?

[JLoco11]

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Well, back to good ol'

Who the hell is Penn State playing against? The Denver Broncos without a logo?

[simgamer0005]

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

They could even go as shallow as Southeastern Football Conference, and they would be fine.

They should be able to call it the Southeastern Conference, because south east is a region. But they wouldn't be able to use the SEC's logo, they'd have to use a generic one.

[aholbert32]

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

The evidence appears to be building for this to be the final "real" college football game.
Going the way of March Madness/NCAA Basketball, and College Hoops. I hope to be wrong, but the evidence seems to be stacking up more and more that way.

I understand why, conferences want to avoid litigation just as much as the NCAA does, but for us as consumers it stinks.

Even if College Football 15 launches (I'm even more doubtful about that now), a not-official game won't do nearly as well especially if it's missing conferences.

The question now is, does EA have any incentive to patch the current version instead of just bailing on it like NCAA Basketball?

No incentive and it wont happen.

[superxero27]

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

Why is this so complicated!!! All EA has to do is create a game with totally generic/random player names, colleges and conferences and let the user customize them all. Within 2 weeks somebody will have them all generated like we currently do with player names.

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A game that won't have near the mass market appeal of a licensed game and hence wouldn't last much longer than 1 season.
Sales is what matters; I highly doubt a non-licensed game (especially since consumers are used to licensed and accurate games) will sell in sufficient numbers to justify its development/existence.

That being said, CFL or Arena League football would be neat...

[canesfins]

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The only 2 video games I need to be happy are college hoops and ncaa football. One of them was already taken away from me lets hope both wont be...