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

[AaronS444]

The NCAA is headed for extinction... and it just can't happen soon enough.

[The_Gaming_Disciple]

It is what it is. EA had the chance to make something great over the past few years and decided to screw the consumer and now they are getting the shaft. Galatians 6:7 - ...whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap....

[Crimsontide27]

Quite a bit of speculation here, and I certainly cant blame anyone. Let me put a few rumors to rest.

1) The dev team is not getting fired or reallocated. Most of the team has been working on another project for the past 2 months already....that they knew well before they would be doing.

2) The game isnt a raging financial success now, so it all boils down to how much all the contracts will cost to cover all the fees to release next years version.

3) The removal of the NCAA logo does not mean that all the tatoos, tearing down goal posts, suspensions etc will get in the game. The CLC will protect its image as well. ( We do still have a working copy of the one NCAA game that did have the goal posts getting ripped down bonus points to anyone who remembers the year that beta version was released to the press.

4)Feel free to search back through my post history over a year or so ago and see that we knew the contract wouldnt be renewed back then. This took no one at work by suprise.

[lsu4life86]

They start development on the next years game before the current years is out.

[BA2929]

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Gaming_Disciple

It is what it is. EA had the chance to make something great over the past few years and decided to screw the consumer and now they are getting the shaft. Galatians 6:7 - ...whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap....

I don't think you read much of this thread.......

[timbosliceGB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scribe1980

College sports games are dead. No more talk about another company picking it up, please. It's over. It is and always has been about business, money and CYA. The NCAA is in major CYA mode as a direct result of the O'Bannon lawsuit, and obviously fears, or is bracing for, a court loss. A good lesson for younger OS members who grew up with releases every fall, assuming this was your God-given right. It is not, and never was. Lawyers rule the world.

people forget before 1997 ea made fully licensed college football game with out ncaa license. Ea will get a deal done wiht college license company you can bet money on it we will see a college football 15 game.

[timbosliceGB]

Ea will get a deal done with college license company yes we might not have over 100 schools in the game but we will still have a game next year don't worry.

[Quint75]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crimsontide27

Quite a bit of speculation here, and I certainly cant blame anyone. Let me put a few rumors to rest. 1) The dev team is not getting fired or reallocated. Most of the team has been working on another project for the past 2 months already....that they knew well before they would be doing. 2) The game isnt a raging financial success now, so it all boils down to how much all the contracts will cost to cover all the fees to release next years version. 3) The removal of the NCAA logo does not mean that all the tatoos, tearing down goal posts, suspensions etc will get in the game. The CLC will protect its image as well. ( We do still have a working copy of the one NCAA game that did have the goal posts getting ripped down bonus points to anyone who remembers the year that beta version was released to the press. 4)Feel free to search back through my post history over a year or so ago and see that we knew the contract wouldnt be renewed back then. This took no one at work by suprise.

Wow, a few questions here:

Your #2 makes it sound like a new game next year is NOT a done deal and that contracts/costs could keep the game from continuing. True?

You say the team is working on another project. Is anyone working on patches and tuner updates for NCAA 14? I myself would love to see fumbles returned to their proper frequency instead of RBs never fumbling. I hope '14 has people dedicated to keep improving it.

Thanks!