EA Study Claims It Doesn't Use All College Likenesses in Video Games, Just Some

[loccdogg26]

You guys in here getting angry over stuff that you can't control. Smh. On another note EA was doing the same thing on Madden by putting legendary players on there without permission until they were sued by Jim Brown and others.

[T-Moar]

In all honesty, O'Bannon and Co. are probably in the right here. My question is, though, what does this mean beyond the NCAA series? Are schools still going to be able to sell jerseys without names and not pay the players? Will we see a model for college athletes like the one we see for Teaching Fellows, where they're not even allowed to get outside jobs, but they get paid a little bit? This could very easily have implications beyond the athletic world, and if it comes to a ruling (it won't) the decision needs to be worded very carefully.

[Cryolemon]

Quote: Originally Posted by T-Moar

In all honesty, O'Bannon and Co. are probably in the right here. My question is, though, what does this mean beyond the NCAA series? Are schools still going to be able to sell jerseys without names and not pay the players? Will we see a model for college athletes like the one we see for Teaching Fellows, where they're not even allowed to get outside jobs, but they get paid a little bit? This could very easily have implications beyond the athletic world, and if it comes to a ruling (it won't) the decision needs to be worded very carefully.

That might be seen as a reasonable compromise.