EA Study Claims It Doesn't Use All College Likenesses in Video Games, Just Some

[dingleberryfinn]

Quote: Originally Posted by da ThRONe

Why would anybody in their right mind sign this?

As a matter of pride, 99% of these guys are never goin' to make one dollar playin' football anyways
so bein' in a video game can help to cement their legacy. Years down the road their children can play
& say "that's my old man".

[DIRRTY30]

Quote: Originally Posted by lowercasecurtis

This Greg Shaheen seems like one greedy douche. Likeness is being added illegally, please, it's not like the game is being hacked to add in names. All I'm reading is "we (NCAA) aren't getting even more money than we already are, and we clearly need more money so I, I mean we, can buy a new yacht." I still believe this lawsuit isn't so much about the players getting paid but NCAA execs lining their pockets.

I don't understand why people think the NCAA is suing EA. The lawsuit is by these former players against EA and the NCAA.

Really, if the NCAA and EA can successfully argue that the players are indeed being paid, in terms of the value of the scholarship, which at some schools, for 4 years, can be upward of $160,000, then they might actually win this. If these players don't want their likeness used, then they can also pay their own way through college. Schools sell jerseys with current popular players' numbers on them, but don't use names. Schools, television networks and the NCAA promote games using images and videos of current players. Really, the game is just another form of promotion for college football. And the revenue generated by the licensing brings money into the NCAA, which is then spent on many other things that benefit student athletes.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Quote: Originally Posted by DIRRTY30

I don't understand why people think the NCAA is suing EA. The lawsuit is by these former players against EA and the NCAA. Really, if the NCAA and EA can successfully argue that the players are indeed being paid, in terms of the value of the scholarship, which at some schools, for 4 years, can be upward of $160,000, then they might actually win this. If these players don't want their likeness used, then they can also pay their own way through college. Schools sell jerseys with current popular players' numbers on them, but don't use names. Schools, television networks and the NCAA promote games using images and videos of current players. Really, the game is just another form of promotion for college football. And the revenue generated by the licensing brings money into the NCAA, which is then spent on many other things that benefit student athletes.

Except that's not an option. If these athletes want to play college sports at all, they have to sign away their likeness rights to have amateur eligibility. Take Andrew Luck, for example. His family was already quite wealthy when he enrolled at Stanford. If he could have just forfeited his scholarship for the right to sign endorsement deals he would have done it in half a minute. He likely would have come out way ahead.

[bccards13]

I say pay the players out of the NCAA's pocket. Quit making schools take away scholarships from successful students and giving them to athletes and just let the athletes get paid. Most of the really good athletes just take blow off classes to get through to the pros anyway.

The NCAA is too much of a corporation and needs to be reigned in. The players can't even use their own names because they're property of the NCAA. It's ridiculous! Just pay the players, and end this.

[Cryolemon]

Quote: Originally Posted by IlluminatusUIUC

Because if they don't get any benefit from it, why would they sign it? I suppose the argument would be that players want to play as themselves in the game, but other then that they are signing away their likeness rights for no compensation at all.

They more or less do that now, since IIRC the schools themselves are allowed to use them in promotional materials.

[jeebs9]

This isn't good at all. I've always loved naming players. But I've always knew something like this would eventually come to a head. We all know what's going on when we get the game and now that we can switch roster online. It's even more wide spread. oh well.. I guess I'll get the next NCAA just for good old sake.

[jlmattick54]

This will eventually end college sports games totally I have a feeling. Hey O Bannon maybe you should have graduated college. How was that ligament he was gifted from a cadaver not a special benefit?

[jwjones]

Screw Ed O'Bannon! Just because he wasted his talents that were given to him by the Nets & he wasted it doesn't mean he screw over society for their right to have fun. He is a loser.