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

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by BenGerman

It will be interesting to see what happens next. As others have mentioned EA would probably be turning down money by not making a College Football 2015. But it would also make sense that they may just want to wash their hands of the series as a whole. We'll see.

It really doesnt though. They are already in the lawsuit. Walking away from the series when it makes a profit shows a potential jury that it believes the Obannon lawsuit has merit. It hurts them more to walk away from the series.

For the NCAA, they dont make a ton from this license. The schools and the CLC do. So it doesnt make sense for them to continue to license its mark to a game that lead to a huge lawsuit.

[mgsmith119]

Quote: Originally Posted by TexanCam

You also have to count in the fact that some of the smaller schools get their brand out this way too. It's good for a schools marketing. They will produce them as long as it doesn't cost too much for licensing.

On the same note though, smaller schools don't have the legal budgets to defend themselves if some former player decides to take them to court over an O'Bannon like case.

[TexanCam]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaredlib

Did somebody just pull this out of their butt?

Think it was deleted with some other threads on the forum.

[USNAggie44]

Mark Cuban's BCS Playoff football 15

[MrMBrown]

Quote: Originally Posted by GisherJohn24

i don't show as much remorse for them because the game is still broken and would have been around longer if they wouldn't have taken shortcuts... I dont' blame the devs mind you, just corporate. It takes longer than 9 months to finish a football game.

yeah,we heard you the first couple of times you said it.

[The JareBear]

If somebody, EA, 2K, doesn't matter, makes a generic game with a good engine and a teambuilder type deal where people can make any amount of teams or conferences they want, I'm sure it will sell

[77Hockey]

That super conference can't come fast enough.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaredlib

Did somebody just pull this out of their butt?

Maybe or maybe not. Could be true. I just dont trust the internet that easily.