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

[ACardAttack]

Quote: Originally Posted by EAGLESFAN10

I wanna go back to the player Likeness I never understood why players in college didn't like people using their likeness BUT as soon as they go to NFL and they are in the game they are in AWWW to see themselves in the game ..... I just never understood that

They get payed for being in Madden

[EAGLESFAN10]

Quote: Originally Posted by ACardAttack

They get payed for being in Madden

But I would take it as a Honor to be featured in a game but that's just me

[superxero27]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

The NCAA should just allow players to get individual endorsements for their likenesses. If they don't want them doing gambling or porn websites and stuff like that, then allow each university to hire a guy who has to approve the endorsement. Then the big name guys like Manziel can get their money and everyone is happy and this silly argument that happens every single year will finally end. Nobody cares that the backup DT for Akron isn't getting paid. It's all about the big name players being able to capitalize on themselves.

As a regular college student, if someone wanted to pay me money for my autograph I could take it, no problem. If somebody wanted signed copies of the university-published research reports I did as a grad student, that would be no problem.

I understand how paying players formally or via boosters open up huge worm cans for the NCAA, as well as the whole tangled mess that agents bring in, but what exactly would be the problem with allowing student athletes to profit from their likeness the same way as any other student could?

If agents are the concern, simply add some groundrules: you can profit from your likeness with X exceptions...

[ACardAttack]

Quote: Originally Posted by EAGLESFAN10

But I would take it as a Honor to be featured in a game but that's just me

As would I!

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by ACardAttack

As would I!

I would say that by far the vast majority of cfb players over the years would have felt the same way. It wasn't until some scheming lawyer started whispering in the ears of a few disgruntled former players that they were being "exploited" that this became an issue. The real irony in all of this is that the only people who will wind up making any serious money out of this suit are the attorneys themselves.

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by EAGLESFAN10

But I would take it as a Honor to be featured in a game but that's just me

That's cool, but you should have a say in the matter.

Some people donate time, money, and items to charity, however charity isn't and shouldn't be mandatory.

[RedSoxFox7]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

I would say that by far the vast majority of cfb players over the years would have felt the same way. It wasn't until some scheming lawyer started whispering in the eras of a bunch of disgruntled former players that they were being "exploited" that this became an issue. The real irony in all of this is that the only people who will wind up making any serious money out of this suit are the attorneys themselves.

That's still the case today, but that doesn't change the fact they should be consulted first, and they should have to give consent second.

If you went to the 11,000 some odd FBS football players and asked them if they wanted to be in NCAA Football 15, officially, you'd probably get 90-95% of them just doing it to get their real name and face in the game. The top 5-10% that stand a chance of being drafted some day are the ones who will want compensation for their consent - and they deserve it.

This isn't about saying the players should be paid to play by the schools. This is about the NCAA, CLC, and EA infringing the intellectual property rights of the players, and regardless of how you feel about players deserving pay, that is exploitation.

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by RedSoxFox7

That's still the case today, but that doesn't change the fact they should be consulted first, and they should have to give consent second. If you went to the 11,000 some odd FBS football players and asked them if they wanted to be in NCAA Football 15, officially, you'd probably get 90-95% of them just doing it to get their real name and face in the game. The top 5-10% that stand a chance of being drafted some day are the ones who will want compensation for their consent - and they deserve it. This isn't about saying the players should be paid to play by the schools. This is about the NCAA, CLC, and EA infringing the intellectual property rights of the players, and regardless of how you feel about players deserving pay, that is exploitation.

5-10%? More like 1-2%.

Are you familiar with the legal adage "hard cases make bad law"? If ever there was a classic example of the truth of that maxim, this is it. The notion of altering the entire landscape of college athletics for the sake of putting a few bucks in the pockets of such a miniscule fraction of the participants in cfb is, imho, utter folly.