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

[ubernoob]

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Doable? Seriously?? This is EA SPORTS we're talking about right? You do realize that right?

You do realize this is the same "EA SPORTS" who cannot even release a football game where the kickoff is at least random? The CPU ALWAYS kicks if it wins the coin toss! The can't even get that right and expect them to change 120 teams etc etc.....lol.

I realize this post might get me banned and so be it. It's about time someone told the bold faced truth:

If EA SPORTS Football Dev team tried to piss on a brush fire....they'd miss. Collectively even. The amount of incompetence with that Dev team has proven, over the years, to be staggering.

For the schools to pull out would be stupid. This game is marketing gold for Schools. They know young people (including athletes) play this game. It's a recruiting tool. Or could be used as one anyway. It's absolutely stupid for schools to pull out.......however...... what runs those schools? $$$$

At the end of the day, it's all about the $$ and always is. The schools WILL pull out because of that, and only that, reason.

This game is dead. Period. RIP. It's over guys. Enjoy NCAA 14' football cause this is the end of the line. You still waiting for a patch to drop??? Keep holding your breath....

Judging by this (and 90% of other posts in this section) we should be glad if the NCAA football games go away.

Stop taking every. single. bit. of. news. as "THE SKY IS FALLING." This article was written to keep people updated with what is happening. Whine if the game goes away. Whine if it stays. Seriously, can't you guys let something play out before you get up in arms?

That being said, thank you for an entertaining thread.

[BenGerman]

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Unless schools drop out, I very much doubt the series is in jeopardy for next year. The use of the logos is already so minimal.

[Jimbo614]

And a few statistics from Artrell Hawkins of FOXSports...
The NCAA made 11 BILLION Dollars last year.
That's$ 627,000 per Athlete including Golfers, Girl Softball players and Football and Basketball.
Of that total, 99 % of that was made by less than 1% of it's athletes.. Manziel, Clowney, etc,
The ELITE Football and Basketball players;
The average Scholarship is valued at $29000 per year:
Those Scholaships are awarded on a season to season basis ;

[Perfect Zero]

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4) Someone is pulling our chain promising a game in the future. Shame on them.

I remember when the NCAA didn't re-up, I told people that the conferences would be hard to keep. Next will be the individual schools. Certain posters mocked me for comparing NBA Elite to the next NCAA Football in the sence that EA can pull the plug on any time... I really hope this isn't the end, but damn it's so close.

If the dominoes fall, it's the end of it. There's a reason why EA goes for even the minor leagues in FIFA. Licenses sell games; not every gamer is an OSer.

[Cryolemon]

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Unless schools drop out, I very much doubt the series is in jeopardy for next year. The use of the logos is already so minimal.

The thing is, given what has been posted, it's looking more and more likely that schools will drop out. I wonder who'll be the first to jump.

[ab2c4]

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Believe it or not, this game series is the main reason I own a console. I guess I won't have to worry about saving money up for a ps4 so fast. Sure I will still buy a ps4 for other games, eventually. Maybe for Christmas next year.

Maybe a new agreement will be made between the NCAA and EA or somebody else down the road for an officially licensed game. I am sure it will happen eventually. Hopefully this will work out for the best for College Football games down the road.

[OUKOOL]

Very disappointed I will no longer be able to play with my VOLS

you can still play with your vols and any other school as of now the only thing that won't be in the game will be the sec conference logos

[BonesKnows85]

Safe to say that the series will die. I don't really know why EA is even bothering at this point. Just call it a day.

[BonesKnows85]

I just hope Madden will offer the ability to create draft classes, or they might as well end that series too.

[ab2c4]

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Maybe I am misreading this, but what about Update 3 in the original post:

UPDATE #3: In a statement to Joystiq, a CLC representative said "150 collegiate institutions, including SEC schools, have approved renewal of the EA college football license, to begin with the 2015 edition. As with any licensed product, individual schools continue to make their own decisions."

Doesn't that mean we will see an officially licensed product for NCAA Football 2015?

[BigDofBA]

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There will be a game next year but I have a horrible feeling this is the beginning of the end. O'Bannon is going to win his case, schools will get scared and opt out, our fun will be over.

[BonesKnows85]

Say these are the last dominoes to fall (which I doubt), wonder if EA will offer a conference editor. To where you can edit/create/upload conference logos, names, championship games, logos. That way individuals will be able to recreate the leagues that are out.

Could easily be done under the teambuilder format. Computer games have done this for years.

And this is all assuming that these are the only things out and that all 125-130 schools are in. I don't understand the 150 school deal. I don't see myself playing the game without the SEC logos on the field, and SEC Championship Game.

If EA doesn't do something major to restore the game, then that's prob it. For me, at least. Sales of this game have already been slipping, so that will prob be the final blow. Mainly because I doubt EA will incorporate some fancy editor to replace all that can't be in game.

Never though one bum basketball player that couldn't cut in the pros could do so much damage.

[BBallcoach]

So no conference logos or names maybe... So what as long as the schools are in who cares they will probably let us rename the conferences.

[bcruise]

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Maybe I am misreading this, but what about Update 3 in the original post:

UPDATE #3: In a statement to Joystiq, a CLC representative said "150 collegiate institutions, including SEC schools, have approved renewal of the EA college football license, to begin with the 2015 edition. As with any licensed product, individual schools continue to make their own decisions."

Doesn't that mean we will see an officially licensed product for NCAA Football 2015?

Assuming things stay as they currently are, yes. All the schools would still have their names and logos, and the only thing missing would be the NCAA and 3 conferences logos, and the names of their title games.

However, people are worried about the slippery slope here - that the schools will follow suit, and then you start getting into generic school names. At some point the game will lose sales if a lot of it goes generic, and EA will have to decide if making a game like that is worth it to them.

Personally I think this is as far as it goes - I don't think the schools will drop out. And I think there will still be a game next year even if it's missing real conference names and logos.

[BigDofBA]

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Say these are the last dominoes to fall (which I doubt), wonder if EA will offer a conference editor. To where you can edit/create/upload conference logos, names, championship games, logos. That way individuals will be able to recreate the leagues that are out.

Could easily be done under the teambuilder format. Computer games have done this for years.

And this is all assuming that these are the only things out and that all 125-130 schools are in. I don't understand the 150 school deal. I don't see myself playing the game without the SEC logos on the field, and SEC Championship Game.

If EA doesn't do something major to restore the game, then that's prob it. For me, at least. Sales of this game have already been slipping, so that will prob be the final blow. Mainly because I doubt EA will incorporate some fancy editor to replace all that can't be in game.

Never though one bum basketball player that couldn't cut in the pros could do so much damage.

You really don't think the Universities are going to start to try and cover their tails as well?

O'Bannon is going to win his case even though I don't want him to. Then dominoes will start falling.

The NCAA logo was first. Then conference logos. Soon it will be entire Universities.