Many on NCAA Team Blindsided, Then Escorted Out of the Building

[DorianDonP]

I just wanted a playoff DLC before the curtain call. But not getting what I wanted has pretty much always been the theme with NCAA this gen.

[BleedGreen710]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmik58

No way the "higher ups" would have allowed the game to add in that kind of customization. It doesn't appeal to the casual fans.

Neither does the Owner Mode they added in Madden 25. I wouldn't doubt that they were planning something big like that for NCAA15.

[awill25]

Quote: Originally Posted by superxero27

You actually think the NCAA will even consider changing its amateurism rules anytime soon? Even if hypothetically the suit against the NCAA by O'Bannon and Co. forced them too somehow, it would drag on and on for many years.

I think the more likely outcome will be for the power conferences to break away from the NCAA all together. There is too much $ to be made under their restriction. This along with the NCAA's pick and chose rules enforcement may drive the big boys away.

[MrSerendipity]

There are some pretty bitter folks in this thread. Fact is, we don't know what they were planning for next year. We know what they've said they were planning for next year. But simply because you assume that EA is saying it to save face, doesn't mean you're right. With the release of Next Gen Consoles, I can definitely understand why they'd finally give in to us customization guys. As upset as I am that we aren't going to get that, I'm even more upset that EA did in fact have to let people go. I wonder how O'Bannon feels about being the reason people are on the unemployment line now.

[da ThRONe]

People being laid off is never a good thing. Par the theme of this thread I hope those individuals that were let go find acceptable employment soon.

As for the direction of full customization I think it is the epitome of what went wrong over with NCAA this past gen. Entirely too much fluff and not enough sustain.

[superxero27]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportzbro

Oh yea, I'm suuuurrree that they planned to finally do what everyone had been begging for them to add for years. "Oh, NCAA 15 was the one and we were really gonna try this time, but gee wiz now we can't!" - Right... this is just PR bs to save face and keep EA in a good light with it's fanbase. IMO - good riddance. The game had no direction, barely improved year to year, and offered zero customization or fun factor.

So how exactly would this put EA in good graces with their fanbase? Telling people that they scrapped the idea people have been clamoring for for years just before they were going to implement it would make them look worse.

[superxero27]

Quote: Originally Posted by awill25

I think the more likely outcome will be for the power conferences to break away from the NCAA all together. There is too much $ to be made under their restriction. This along with the NCAA's pick and chose rules enforcement may drive the big boys away.

The big problem with that is the tax exemption the NCAA enjoys. If the big boys wanted to break away and form their own NCAA-like body (they would need some structure for governance), they would have a lot of legal legwork and fighting ahead of them to garner a similar exemption.

Another problem now, is that the recent issues with the NCAA have garnered considerable interest from the public, and in some cases some levels of government.

If a chunk of schools were to break away from the NCAA now and try to establish their own body, the scrutiny on that new body would be immense (first of all because the NCAA would likely sue to stop it), and not just from the public and the media; the feds would most likely at one point or another become involved, be it for tax-exempt purposes, the afore-mentioned suit, because interstate commerce is entirely within their purview, or by grandstanding politicians. If there's one thing the NCAA doesn't want, it's the feds snooping everywhere and I can guarantee any new body to spin off the NCAA wouldn't want that either.

[xandermole25]

Quote: Originally Posted by superxero27

You actually think the NCAA will even consider changing its amateurism rules anytime soon? Even if hypothetically the suit against the NCAA by O'Bannon and Co. forced them too somehow, it would drag on and on for many years.

do I think they are gonna change it?
Not with outside pressure, but I think there are gonna be changes to the structure so maybe the NCAA may not change, but colleges will leave the NCAA