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

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by patsfan1993

Can't they just keep the series going as a generic team named game, upgrade teambuilder and let all 126 teams be replaced by teambuilder teams?

Sure. Why would they want to?

[Earl1963]

The NCAA has a bunch of stiffs running the show. 1st no celebration, now this? They keep it up it can soon blow up in their faces. Nothing good will come from this power tripp'n.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

This is true, but I can see schools increasing the licensing fee, thus making it harder for EA or anyone else to get all of the schools in the game.

Let them increase the fee. EA is saving money because its not paying the NCAA. More money for the conferences.

[Brandwin]

So with what Aaron posted - We could see a college football game from EA next year, it just wouldn't have the NCAA name etc.. attached to it?

[ultralow36]

so its "Nick Saben" football 16

[Zac]

Quote: Originally Posted by TracerBullet

Also puts the nail in the coffin for a possible College Hoops/NCAA Basketball game.

Actually, this is great news for a possible return for college hoops.

With NCAA out of the picture, and them having the ability to just license conferences or schools, they could go the Konami route. Start back up, and only go with a few of the big guys at first. And as the game sells, they have more money to get other licenses, they slowly add them in each year.

They could start back up with just three or four real life conferences and they schools, and then add one or two each year after.

Same could be said with college football.

I can dream man, I can dream.

[Dogslax41]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Correct. The playoffs actually would be called the BCS playoffs because the BCS is a separate entity from the NCAA. The conferences are not being sued in the O'bannon suit so they arent affected right now. If anything the removal of the NCAA opens more money for the conferences and BCS.

The only worry is that it becomes cost prohibitive for a video game developer with the number of hands that will probably be extended looking for a cut.

[MrMBrown]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

Yes that's true.. but that doesn't mean the decision wont spark 2k to make their own college football game with generic teams (or teams users create, like on APF 2k8). Now is the perfect time to strike, while EA is down.

Yeah,because APF 2K8 was such a huge seller for them.