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CM Hooe · 10-25-2017, 06:20 PM

How many times are we going to do this song and dance?

The exclusivity deal still exists, the NFL and NFLPA prefer to negotiate exclusive deals (though the NFLPA has remained non-exclusive with respect to licensing their IP to mobile games), EA can't afford to lose the NFL license because that would destroy their product overnight, and there's no news about any other AAA game studio working on a Gen-4 football title in any capacity.

Further, to directly address the premise of the video, how and why would the termination of the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and NFLPA have any bearing on how those two entities individually license their respective intellectual property to third parties? I don't see any connection there.

10-25-2017, 06:20 PM	#4
CM Hooe Dead! OVR: 45 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Culver City, CA Posts: 20,963	Re: 2K Making a Return? How many times are we going to do this song and dance? The exclusivity deal still exists, the NFL and NFLPA prefer to negotiate exclusive deals (though the NFLPA has remained non-exclusive with respect to licensing their IP to mobile games), EA can't afford to lose the NFL license because that would destroy their product overnight, and there's no news about any other AAA game studio working on a Gen-4 football title in any capacity. Further, to directly address the premise of the video, how and why would the termination of the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and NFLPA have any bearing on how those two entities individually license their respective intellectual property to third parties? I don't see any connection there.