NCAA athletes will be able to make money from endorsements and other venues starting Thursday

[canes21]

If we have real rosters then I don't care about Roster Share much either. I'd love to have classic rosters made by the community, but TeamBuilder could ease that pain if it exists.

I think if we end up in a situation where there's no group licensing and other things forbid us from getting real rosters then I doubt we get roster share or TeamBuilder. If we end up with real rosters I think the chances of those features returning is significantly higher.

[sherrane]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Even with group licensing the star player could still refuse to be a part of the group and decide to negotiate 1 on 1 to try and get more compensation. Overall, for the 99.99% of players that aren't stars the group licensing will make it a smoother process. I still believe we'll get group licensing when a federal bill is in place, but I could easily be wrong. I still also believe that we'll have authentic rosters for the release in two years. I also believe if get group licensing that every FBS school will be in the game.

This is correct. I remember a computer game NFL Challenge made by XOR Software from the mid-80's. They had an agreement with the NFLPA to use player likeness. John Elway was not a member of the NFLPA so he was named John Yawle in the game. EA would not likely be able to get away with something that obvious today and will either have to meet the player's demands or fabricate a player.