[WoolyGuy]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

O'Bannon gets all of the blame thrown his way, despite it not really being his fault. The NCAA and EA deserve the blame. Had they gone about things differently, the series never hits a hiatus. Everyone knew the rosters were based on real life and that that had a huge potential to lead to litigation issues. They went on with it anyways. EA wanted to pay the players for real rosters, but the NCAA forbid it. This led to the game using real player likeness, but with no compensation leading to where we are now. All EA had to do was use generic rosters. The series never shuts down if they do that. All the NCAA had to do was have a NIL bill passed ages ago and the series likely never shuts down and we would have real rosters each year. Instead, the NCAA remained in their ways and EA kept toeing the line despite anybody who took a law class knew it would be a slam dunk case if they ever pursued it. O'Bannon did cause the issue, he only shed the light on it. Now we're likely months away from a NIL bill that may allow real players in the game with their names and all, and we are only a couple of years from the series returning. O'Bannon likely will receive no credit for that, but he probably should. He lit a match that jumpstarted a lot of this.

Very well said, and thank you for saying it. Never blame people for doing the right thing, even when it has some negative consequences for your own interests. Honestly, we are talking about a video game versus players real lives. Real life is always much more important.


As you clearly stated, each party is responsible for their actions, and not the actions of the other. EA and the NCAA are responsible for the legal situation they created. O'Bannon is responsible for challenging out what was wrong. And thank goodness he did. Every little bit helps, and he did his part.



In the long run, you are much more likely to get the kind of game you really want if the labor problem is sorted out, and that was not going to happen until someone forced the issue. O'Bannon helped the long term game development, even if it cost you in the short run.




On a related note, I am not sure what the right move is going forward. Part of me thinks we should vote with our pocketbooks and say we are not going to purchase a game that doesn't allow us to edit rosters as we see fit. The downside is that maybe that delays EAs re-entry into college football games.



But honestly.....is that a bad thing? Are we ever really going to get a good game and a best effort from EA? I think you know that answer. Maybe it's better to let this effort die, and both support and hope other companies coming in to try to make a better game?


Thoughts?