EA Sports Will Not Publish College Football Game Next Year, Future Plans in Doubt

[T-Moar]

Wow, this is a shock. Did NOT expect this to happen. I guess 14 just turned into a buy for me.

Hopefully we can get a patch that includes the CF Playoff now?

[Swamp Swagger]

Man this just flat out sucks. Ncaa football was a must buy every year but it's all over now...

No college games period

[dso122783]

Here is the thing I don't understand about this whole thing, and this stupid "A.P.U."

These high school football players KNOW they will get paid nothing to go to college and play football. They KNOW there is a college football video game that does NOT pay athletes. Yet, they still CHOOSE to go to these schools and play. So, here I have an idea...go to a NDSU, or The Citadel, or Towson...they can still get a FREE education, AND get drafted into the NFL. But they don't have to worry about being in an NCAA video game, on TV (Do you think the NDSU players are going to sue ESPN for filming Gameday up there last week?), not getting money from jersey sales, etc.

So there is the solution. Why is that so hard to understand? How can you sue for something you knew you weren't going to get? When I was growing up and playing NCAA Football with my friends I thought it would be so cool to see my number on my team in that game. And now people are suing over it because they never amounted to anything in the next level.

[kingkilla56]

It was inevitable. Hold onto your NCAA14s. They will be worth a decent penny in a few years.

[GeneralMike]

Sad to see it go. Not much more I can say about it. Golden Goose killed.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by wolverinemaniac

on the bright side I no longer have a need for a console, I can cancel my next gen preorder and save some money. Back to exclusively pcgaming for me. PEACE

I may just go with a 3DS XL and keep playing my PS3/360 for a few more years, unless the next-gen sports titles blow me away.

[T-Moar]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkilla56

It was inevitable. Hold onto your NCAA14s. They will be worth a decent penny in a few years.

Oh, you mean like College Hoops 2k8 is now?

[Spooky]

Kinda bummed. End of an era. My fondest memory was being piss drunk back in 2001-2002ish and trying to play a game, but being so blitzed that we couldn't get past the opening screen and literally rolling around on the ground laughing with a buddy at the intro which had every teams mascot come out and do a little 10 second dance before moving on to the next one (I believe it was NCAA 2002 that did that.) Good times.

To be honest, I'm starting to age out of video games (early 30's), and with the little free time I do still have, I have found that NCAA was one of the games that has taken a backseat big time over the past few years. I would always buy it, but increasingly, would end up trading it in by mid-October for something else.

After this lawsuit, this game will never be the same, even if they were to pick the franchise back up in 3-4 years. Rosters would be completely anonymous to avoid another fiasco, as this case now sets a precedent for future lawsuits.

Bon voyage, NCAA. Thank you for getting me through the boring summers of my teens and 20's.