NCAA Will Not Renew EA Sports Contract, NCAA Football Series is Dead in Name Only

[MrSerendipity]

Quote: Originally Posted by BucksFan5Covers

The only good thing about this is maybe the can transfer everyone from ncaa to work on madden or nba live..

Most will lose their job.

[JLoco11]

Keep in mind, that if the NCAA & EA win the legal battle with O'Bannon and Keller, it clears the way for licensing in the future.

This is not the legal system ruling that what they're doing is illegal, this is a contract coming to an end and because of the uncertainty, they're not renewing.

If they win their case = we will see future NCAA games.

If they lose their case = the series would have ended anyway.

[blackceasar]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaredlib

EA could still go the route of generic teams if they want to right?

That's not going to happen. There is not enough interest i a "generic" PRO football game for 2k to have continued that ALL Pro stuff they did. And 2k is probably not as much as a dollars/profit watcher as EA is. So I seriously doubt that EA is going to make a generic anything. It's one of those things that if you cant do it right (which would be with the actual license) then just dont waste the money doing it at all. Yes I know it sounds good, and I think we want something, anything so bad that we try to convince ourselves it would happen.. but I think EA will just lay low until the NCAA decides they might want to start it back up again. #realtalk

[TMJOHNS18]

Maybe NCAA team can work on Arena or Canadian Football now.

Gimme Kurt Warner Indoor 2!

[DorianDonP]

On a real note, how depressing. Been playing this series for over a decade. Used to do the rosters myself before I found out that people like me enjoyed naming them. I like NBA 2k and The Show, but I love college football way more than I do basketball, baseball, the NFL.

I pray EA offers a playoff as DLC. Would be willing to pay a good amount since this might be the last college football game for awhile.

I think at some point, there will be more college football games. But I'm not sure when or from who.

[wolverinemaniac]

They could def go the way of generic teams, and allow us to adjust and teambuild our own realistic rosters and teams.

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gosens6

Damn, thank god they at least went out finally giving us a good game this gen

they did? I was still wiating for 6 patches to fix all the problems I've noticed so far...

[speedtrucker]

terrible news, especially since NCAA '14 isn't on the EA ignite XB1/PS4 launch list so NCAA dies this fall with the 360/PS3...