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

[Mckinley Cash]

Does this mean EA will have more creative freedom? Can players be suspended for team rule violations etc again? I hope so.

[TDenverFan]

2k football is basically dead. I don't see them making a college game, especially without an NFL game.

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

That really depends on the other licensors and if they have the clout/contract terms to limit things they may not want in the game.

Very true. I always assumed it was the NCAA that kept those things out, but it could be that the CLC doesn't want those items in there either.

Just hopeful thinking at this point on my end.

[Strings74]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

My question is: Why would 2k jump in now? The CLC license is still expensive. EA still plans to release a game next year. What has changed to make the market more viable for 2k?

Perhaps nothing. None of us know what the CLC license costs in terms of video game economics. Furthermore, none of us know the specifics of the contracts between the CLC, NCAA and EA or to what extent they had any exclusivity provisions.

I simply hope that 2k (or whoever else) concludes that the timing is right to give a new title a shot. After all the EA product is not exactly stellar and we are heading into a new console generation. Perhaps they see it as an opportunity. It's my personal hope anyway.

[BenGerman]

The one thing I will say about 2K is that their success with the NBA game may lead them to try and expand back to football.

It probably won't be anytime soon, but as the market for gaming grows, that's the kind of thing I wouldn't be totally surprised to see in the future.

[Strings74]

I'll tell you what, the one thing I'd love to see above all others would be to see some of the smart people who make MLB The Show take a stab at a football game (pro or college) on PS4.

[IUxHOOSIERS]

this is your chance 2k to start right now for a 2016 game!!!

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Strings74

Perhaps nothing. None of us know what the CLC license costs in terms of video game economics. Furthermore, none of us know the specifics of the contracts between the CLC, NCAA and EA or to what extent they had any exclusivity provisions. I simply hope that 2k (or whoever else) concludes that the timing is right to give a new title a shot. After all the EA product is not exactly stellar and we are heading into a new console generation. Perhaps they see it as an opportunity. It's my personal hope anyway.

Here is what we know:

2k's last CF title sold very little
The CLC license was so expensive that it drove 2k away from making their CB game.