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

[rangerrick012]

Quote: Originally Posted by sunless

the ncaa and players have a very nice symbiotic relationship. 99% of the players get more than their fair share of the pie. o'bannon is just a greedy loser.

How in the heck are obannon and other players in the wrong here? The ncaa uses these guys for things like video games and jerseys, while hoarding everything as a "non profit" organization.

Don't blame obannon, blame the ncaa for not giving its athletes the fair share. Anyone wanna guess how many #2 jerseys Texas a&m will sell this year? And how much of that goes to manziel? It's been a long time coming. Sucks that we lose out as gamers, but the players are totally within their rights from what I've read on the case.

[rangerrick012]

Quote: Originally Posted by DetroitStyle

They could, they would just have to rename it. NCAA doesn't hold a license to a 68 team bracket. EA just wouldn't be able to use their name or logo.

Yeah but from what I've read here ea would have to pay teams individually instead of having them packaged together under ncaa. Combine that w the fact that ncaa basketball games have never made too much money, and I think it's more unlikely we'll see one anytime soon.

[Herky]

I can't see a EA college football title lasting long without the NCAA license to be honest. They might be able to put back in cool last features such as suspension and celebrations, but I don't think they will be able to feature all the schools and conferences. Plus, would awards and bowls have their real life names attached to them? I don't want a Tangerine Bowl or National Title Bowl in place of real life bowl games and stadiums.

I just think this will end up being a peeled back version of what we are used to. The gameplay might be nice, but the realism, depth, and naming if schools/conferences/bowls/awards probably won't be the same.

I really hope 2K picks up the license but we are probably looking at a 2 year cycle before that is polished.

I have mixed feelings about EA losing the license. Yes they did get rather lazy on current gen with development, but they had the pieces in place. Now someone will have to start over on building a deep college football game.

[Herky]

Quote: Originally Posted by rangerrick012

How in the heck are obannon and other players in the wrong here? The ncaa uses these guys for things like video games and jerseys, while hoarding everything as a "non profit" organization. Don't blame obannon, blame the ncaa for not giving its athletes the fair share. Anyone wanna guess how many #2 jerseys Texas a&m will sell this year? And how much of that goes to manziel? It's been a long time coming. Sucks that we lose out as gamers, but the players are totally within their rights from what I've read on the case.

Obannon is just mad because he didn't end up being an NBA player. Do you really think if he was playing in that league he'd care about this?

He's just a bitter former athlete who never made it big. Same with Sam Keller. Paying college kids opens up a can of worms because they you have to look at every single sport. Football on down to field hockey. How do you determine who gets what?

As a former Division 1 track athlete, I understand the difference between sports, the income they bring, being a poor college student athlete, and having the university make money off kids, but in the end these guys and gals are getting school paid for. They also get perks your average student doesn't get. I knew plenty of former teammates and players who had nice cars and got very good interest rates because of who they were. That's just one example but I could go on.

In short, if you want to pay players you have to pay all of them and how do you quantify who gets what?

[EvanRG]

Why am I the only one excited about this news? I feel like if anything, EA can create a game more creatively, and not worry about what the big brother "NCAA" thinks of it. Their only hurdle is school approval, I guess.

Not to mention, if they continue to expand the EA Teambuilder feature, we'll not skip a beat. This is a purely cosmetic thing. Reminds me of the Pro Evolution Soccer series. They allow you to customize everything (including league logos). Heck, if EA added a simple league logo editor, we could get the NCAA logo and other related material back in the game scott-free.

[MrMBrown]

Quote: Originally Posted by Herky

I can't see a EA college football title lasting long without the NCAA license to be honest. They might be able to put back in cool last features such as suspension and celebrations, but I don't think they will be able to feature all the schools and conferences. Plus, would awards and bowls have their real life names attached to them? I don't want a Tangerine Bowl or National Title Bowl in place of real life bowl games and stadiums. I just think this will end up being a peeled back version of what we are used to. The gameplay might be nice, but the realism, depth, and naming if schools/conferences/bowls/awards probably won't be the same. I really hope 2K picks up the license but we are probably looking at a 2 year cycle before that is polished. I have mixed feelings about EA losing the license. Yes they did get rather lazy on current gen with development, but they had the pieces in place. Now someone will have to start over on building a deep college football game.

We survived just fine in the old Bill Walsh College Football days. We'll be fine now.

[rangerrick012]

Quote: Originally Posted by Herky

Obannon is just mad because he didn't end up being an NBA player. Do you really think if he was playing in that league he'd care about this? He's just a bitter former athlete who never made it big. Same with Sam Keller. Paying college kids opens up a can of worms because they you have to look at every single sport. Football on down to field hockey. How do you determine who gets what? As a former Division 1 track athlete, I understand the difference between sports, the income they bring, being a poor college student athlete, and having the university make money off kids, but in the end these guys and gals are getting school paid for. They also get perks your average student doesn't get. I knew plenty of former teammates and players who had nice cars and got very good interest rates because of who they were. That's just one example but I could go on. In short, if you want to pay players you have to pay all of them and how do you quantify who gets what?

Guys like Bill Russell are also part of the suit. Is he just a "bitter" guy too?

In a perfect world, athletes would get paid based on how much revenue a short brings to a school.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Herky

I can't see a EA college football title lasting long without the NCAA license to be honest. They might be able to put back in cool last features such as suspension and celebrations, but I don't think they will be able to feature all the schools and conferences. Plus, would awards and bowls have their real life names attached to them? I don't want a Tangerine Bowl or National Title Bowl in place of real life bowl games and stadiums. I just think this will end up being a peeled back version of what we are used to. The gameplay might be nice, but the realism, depth, and naming if schools/conferences/bowls/awards probably won't be the same. I really hope 2K picks up the license but we are probably looking at a 2 year cycle before that is polished. I have mixed feelings about EA losing the license. Yes they did get rather lazy on current gen with development, but they had the pieces in place. Now someone will have to start over on building a deep college football game.

For the last time:

THE NCAA LICENSE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNIVERSITIES OR BOWLS OR AWARDS THAT ARE IN THE GAME.

EA HAS ALWAYS NEGOTIATED WITH THEM SEPARATELY!