Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

[SmashMan]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

We get that it's not all EA. The point is if they couldn't get a majority of the players artist permission, then they should just hold off on adding tattoos in the game until they do. That's all. How odd is it going to look if only a handful of players have tatts in the game? They should just wait until Madden 16 to add them.

Or the flip side: Why punish Kaepernick if it's taking other guys longer to get the rights to their tattoos (assuming their artists are willing to sign off)?

[Ovie832]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

so does nba 2k get permission from every tattoo artist that has a tattoo in the game?? I just don't understand.. as NBA2k has mostly all real tattoos.

Understand its a different league... but why wouldn't 2k be scared of getting sued then?

[SHAKYR]

It's EA fault they knew this for a while. They could have did this early in development but by mentioning it now. They make it seem like they put ina genuine effort.

[StefJoeHalt]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

so does nba 2k get permission from every tattoo artist that has a tattoo in the game?? I just don't understand.. as NBA2k has mostly all real tattoos.



Understand its a different league... but why wouldn't 2k be scared of getting sued then?

Good question..but my thought is with all the sues out against NFL..NFL just doesn't want to deal with more..also ur talking about NBA has what 12/15 guys a team to NFL's 53..


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[TDKing]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

Gee, I hope no tatted players are used on any magazine covers then or they could get sued too !!! Lol .....

[LorenzoDC]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

EA Madden Marketing Best Practices Checklist:

1. Hype shiny object
2. Stay silent as core fans discover shiny object is much less than what it first appeared to be
3. PROFIT!

[Ovie832]

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years and years of people saying "it isn't madden's fault... NFL won't allow tattoos in the game" seems to be flat out false..

Imagine all the other lies we are told... smh

[Hooe]

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Gee, I hope no tatted players are used on any magazine covers then or they could get sued too !!! Lol .....

A photograph of a person who has a tattoo is not an artistic recreation of said tattoo; the tattoo being the artist's original work. In this way, a photograph is markedly different from a video game asset.

[JKSportsGamer1984]

Or the flip side: Why punish Kaepernick if it's taking other guys longer to get the rights to their tattoos (assuming their artists are willing to sign off)?

All I'm saying is that it's going to look awkward & stand out if only Kap or a few players have tatts & no other players do. It's going to make you pay more attention to all the other players that don't have tatts but should have them in the game. I still say just wait til they're able to get most of the players artists permission & then add them.

[TDKing]

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A photograph of a person who has a tattoo is not an artistic recreation of said tattoo; the tattoo being the artist's original work. In this way, a photograph is markedly different from a video game asset.

Ah.... I see, thanks!

[apollon42]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

Richard Sherman's dreads should look like this

[strawberryshortcake]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

Because the NBA isn't the NFL. The NFL has different rules for these things.

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That doesn't quite make sense. Coprighting has nothing to do specifically with the NFL. It's not up to the NFL to give permissiin to EA to replicate a tatoo in game if the rights from the tatoo artist never gave permission in the first place. The NFL say to EA get all player tatoos in the game, and the artist can still come after EA if permission was never granted by the artist.

[dghustla]

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The players, perhaps not, but given the state of tattoo copyright law at the moment if I were a tattoo artist I would most likely want compensation for my original work appearing in some other format. Getting the required waiver may not be particularly easy, given that.

I don't have any tattoos but if I was an athlete in the NFL and especially a famous one at that, if my tattoo artist didn't sign the waiver release then best believe he won't see my business or any of my ppls business. Matter of fact since this is apart of the NFL symposium for players to know in advance, I wouldn't get tatted by anyone who refused to sign the waiver up front before doing work. That's a bad PR move to tattoo artist because it stems beyond video games. They could legitimately f*** up endorsement dollars with that foolishness.

I do acknowledge that many players have tattoos long before they reach the NFL but you should have an idea of who did your work.

[hanzsomehanz]

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Some may agree the timing was impeccable but I disagree strongly: tattoos in video games is not a novelty nor is the fashioning of Kap's tats.

Promote the use of ink when you have a solid clientele base otherwise your market push is premature esp if this is not used as a selling point to the consumer.

To have only one player out of hundreds model his ink screams of a waste of resources. They should at least give generic ink to the others who have ink but have not signed waivers.

This is basically a graphic demo - is this a new market EA will cater to?

It will be interesting to see if an image of Kap w/ his tats is used on the sleeve of the product as a marketing steak for the guys who salivate over these graphical add-ons.

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[lakers24]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

This raises a few questions for me:
1)Why wait this long before this was said? Couldn't this have been said a few years ago since people have been asking for how long now?

2) Couldn't this info have been given to the players so they could get clearance so it wouldn't just be Colin with tatts or couldn't they have waited until a lot of players have the waivers?

3) What the hell does this have to do with created players not being able to have tatts for so many years and why were they gone from the game BEFORE the Ricky Williams case?