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

[BizDevConglomerate]

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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[BA2929]

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

Well EA, now that you don't have a game that more than 1,000 people are going to buy next year (that was a sarcastically low number, calm down), how about giving us the playoff option I wanted in this year? I'm not going to buy '15 now and that will be the first time I haven't purchased the NCAA franchise since NCAA '98. So, be a pal and give me the playoff option this year via download, k? I'll even pay $5 for it.

Thanks.

[bad_philanthropy]

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

EA does still have the license until June '14 I believe. NCAA '15 released in May?

[superxero27]

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

Just to name a few...

Alabama's athletic department made $124 million dollars last year, Texas' made $120 million, Ohio State made $116 million, Florida's made $106 million, and Tennessee made $101 million. Like I said, just do a little research and you will see where I'm coming from.

Congratulations on picking the outliers and asserting those as proof of your claim. Unfortunately, most athletic departments are NOT profitable. Research, indeed, but don't just stop when you find some info you like.

[awill25]

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

I feel like drinking a beer and listening to country music all day! Maybe it is sad that a grown man is quite upset about the end of a video game....but thats where I am. Man, some good memories. And Great memories playing it with buddies in high school!!

[superxero27]

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

EA does still have the license until June '14 I believe. NCAA '15 released in May?

Given the litigious mess EA finds itself in right now, I would be shocked if they leveraged the license to produce one more version.

[bad_philanthropy]

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

Sad that NCAA Football as we've known it is done for the time being. We can only hope at the conclusion of the court stuff it can come back in some way resembling what it has been. Was a great marketing tool for football programs and schools themselves.

[fistofrage]

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

EA does still have the license until June '14 I believe. NCAA '15 released in May?

Pretty sure they have the license until June because its implied or agreed upon that new versions will come out in July. I highly doubt EA has any intentions of releasing a game in May.....but on a side note, it would be an easy money grab. Just release the same broken game again with really fouled up rosters and announcers that won't say anyones name.

[BenGerman]

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

Congratulations. You named a few of the very small number of schools that actually make money. And no, most D1 schools do not make money. In fact, only 23 did.

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/25/ncaa-report-shows-many-college-programs-in-the-red/

And actually no. After you factor in expenses, the colleges you named didnt make nearly as much money as you think they did.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2013/05/07/ncaa-finances-subsidies/2142443/

Compare a scholarship athlete to a student who has to pay their way through college, and you will see that they indeed do, get enough.

So once again, schools cant afford it. At least not right now. Maybe they could if they say, cut a bunch of sports programs. Im sure that would please a lot of people.

From ESPN: http://espn.go.com/ncaa/revenue

There are several methods that might help pay for a student athlete stipend, including upping tuition of students by a very small margin. The fact is, student athletes (not just football, as you mentioned earlier) aren't being paid enough. Steve Spurrier has gone to lengths explaining this kind of thing to people, so maybe you could find a transcript of his -- as I'm sure he explains it much better than I am. You said earlier that college athletes get paid more than their fair share through scholarships. What about the 50+% who don't have full scholarships?

The problem is a deep and complicated one. I submit that there is no easy answer, but I think you are mistaken if you believe that schools won't be paying student athletes sooner rather than later. I get your opinion, and I see where you are coming from, I just don't agree in the slightest. I'll end the conversation here, because I don't want to detract from the actual purpose of the thread. Once student athletes are paid, schools presumably wouldn't have to worry about lawsuits.

[bad_philanthropy]

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I was only joking about the May '14 release. Obviously that is not going to happen.

[Moose Factory]

I wish EA would just combine college football with madden and do something revolutionary already! This all may force them to.

[BenGerman]

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

I could see a heavily customizable game that is attached to Madden as sort of a DLC, at some point. I think, unless this whole issue with player likeness is resolved, that would probably be our best hope for a new game.

[frankstallone83]

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From ESPN: http://espn.go.com/ncaa/revenue

There are several methods that might help pay for a student athlete stipend, including upping tuition of students by a very small margin. The fact is, student athletes (not just football, as you mentioned earlier) aren't being paid enough. Steve Spurrier has gone to lengths explaining this kind of thing to people, so maybe you could find a transcript of his -- as I'm sure he explains it much better than I am. You said earlier that college athletes get paid more than their fair share through scholarships. What about the 50+% who don't have full scholarships?

The problem is a deep and complicated one. I submit that there is no easy answer, but I think you are mistaken if you believe that schools won't be paying student athletes sooner rather than later. I get your opinion, and I see where you are coming from, I just don't agree in the slightest. I'll end the conversation here, because I don't want to detract from the actual purpose of the thread. Once student athletes are paid, schools presumably wouldn't have to worry about lawsuits.

Those are gross revenues....not income. Click on the expenses tab and subtract one from the other to see how much money they made.

[Soonerfan09]

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Just to name a few...

Alabama's athletic department made $124 million dollars last year, Texas' made $120 million, Ohio State made $116 million, Florida's made $106 million, and Tennessee made $101 million. Like I said, just do a little research and you will see where I'm coming from.

I won't get into the whole "college athletes already get paid enough in scholarships" nonsense, but I will note that there are a lot of people (myself included) who could argue that that is not at all true either.

Anyway, athletic departments make a lot of money (not all, but most D1 schools), and plenty enough to give each of their athletes 50-100 bucks a week to quell all of this stuff.

it costs 45000 a year to attend tulsa, 80 players = 3.6 million dollars. add in travel costs, medical costs, food costs(football players eat alot), tutoring costs, equipment costs, etc., this is for one sport only. non athletic students already pay fees to help support out of control athletic departments, how is that fair.

[Cryolemon]

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

I feel like drinking a beer and listening to country music all day! Maybe it is sad that a grown man is quite upset about the end of a video game....but thats where I am. Man, some good memories. And Great memories playing it with buddies in high school!!

Maybe you should write a country song about the demise of NCAA lol