NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

[cruithear]

Quote: Originally Posted by patsfan1993

Can't they just keep the series going as a generic team named game, upgrade teambuilder and let all 126 teams be replaced by teambuilder teams?

Wouldn't work for online play though.

[gohogs141]

Sucks a few people ruining it for the rest of us

[WVUJabroni97]

Why couldn't it have been Madden??

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

I'll post this one more time because I think most people missed it. This is from the press release: Member colleges and universities license their own trademarks and other intellectual property for the video game. They will have to independently decide whether to continue those business arrangements in the future. EA will have to work with the individual conferences like they always have to get rights to logos, stadiums and uniforms. Same with the BCS. This just affects the ability to use the NCAA mark.

This is true, but I can see schools increasing the licensing fee, thus making it harder for EA or anyone else to get all of the schools in the game.

[WIAggie]

Quote: Originally Posted by SECElit3

in one failed swoop, the series is done... just like that huh?

Yup...it's done

[Dogslax41]

Quote: Originally Posted by patsfan1993

Can't they just keep the series going as a generic team named game, upgrade teambuilder and let all 126 teams be replaced by teambuilder teams?

They already receive the bare minimum revenue for them to keep the NCAA series going. What do you think sales will be like when they put in generic teams. You think the game will sell on gameplay alone. That would require a huge improvement in the gameplay.

[lsu4life86]

if they indeed put out another game before their June 2014 contract end date they would be smart to utilize the next gen systems capabilities to keep the game open to major upgrades via downloadable content

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by DorianDonP

Good catch. So EA already deals with the schools and conferences individually.

As I mentioned earlier in this thread I imagine that will be a DISASTER. The power programs will want a fortune and it will be a very uneven playing field.