SEC, Pac-12, Big Ten Won't License Trademarks in Future Video Games

[OReilly10]

So its over.


It would be great if we got a nice comprehensive "F.U." patch from EA that somehow increased customization possibilities and also added the playoff option.

[slick589]

Quote: Originally Posted by OReilly10

So its over. It would be great if we got a nice comprehensive "F.U." patch from EA that somehow increased customization possibilities and also added the playoff option.

If only there was a way to merge madden with NCAA and release one comprehensive football game.

[DrPhibes]

Pandora's box has been opened.

EA had a good run, but the series has been living on borrowed time for a while (going back even to Sam Keller, when the first smoke appeared).

I don't believe any university of any type of CFB prominence would even consider individually signing on. There is too much potential risk and there is no deal lucrative enough for them to go through a potential headache over a video game. It just won't be worth their while.

[malky]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cryolemon

Agreed, it's only going to take one college to jump and that will kill it in my opinion.

Which is going to happen, if you have eyes

1 NCAA bail
2 Stanford and Kansas thinking about leaving the clc
3 SEC bail
4 BIG ten bail
5 PAC 12 bail

Seriously if you can't figure out the next few steps, you're not paying attention

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrPhibes

Pandora's box has been opened. EA had a good run, but the series has been living on borrowed time for a while (going back even to Sam Keller, when the first smoke appeared). I don't believe any university of any type of CFB prominence would individually sign on. There is too much potential risk and there is no deal lucrative enough for them to go through a potential headache over a video game. It just won't be worth their while.

Actually, the first smoke appeared when EA had the Hawaii "Mascot" in the game and he wasn't licensed through the school or something. But he sued them for using his likeness and they quickly settled with him. I think that was 2003 or 2004. If they couldn't say he was just a random generic person dressed up in Hawaiian garb, then they couldn't really say the same thing about a player who's height, weight, hair color, position, throwing hand, and uniform number all matched up directly with their real life counterparts.

[Ky3217]

Quote: Originally Posted by BenGerman

Just to name a few... Alabama's athletic department made $124 million dollars last year, Texas' made $120 million, Ohio State made $116 million, Florida's made $106 million, and Tennessee made $101 million. Like I said, just do a little research and you will see where I'm coming from. I won't get into the whole "college athletes already get paid enough in scholarships" nonsense, but I will note that there are a lot of people (myself included) who could argue that that is not at all true either. Anyway, athletic departments make a lot of money (not all, but most D1 schools), and plenty enough to give each of their athletes 50-100 bucks a week to quell all of this stuff.

Congratulations. You named a few of the very small number of schools that actually make money. And no, most D1 schools do not make money. In fact, only 23 did.
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports...ms-in-the-red/

And actually no. After you factor in expenses, the colleges you named didnt make nearly as much money as you think they did.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...idies/2142443/

Compare a scholarship athlete to a student who has to pay their way through college, and you will see that they indeed do, get enough.

So once again, schools cant afford it. At least not right now. Maybe they could if they say, cut a bunch of sports programs. Im sure that would please a lot of people.

[awill25]

Guys, I don't know whats so hard to see right now. I mean take the rose colored glasses off. No University in the land wants to deal with the liability from a video game. IT IS NOT THAT PROFITABLE FOR THEM. They don't need the "advertising" of being in a video game either. Just silly to think so. In the past, the NCAA delt with everything. I'm sure the schools probably could care less about being in the game. What's it to them? But with possible ramifications, and the monster that is the NCAA not there to buffer the friction...this is GAME OVER. Sad day, yes. But lets be realistic.

[Sparkles]

Yupp it looks like we're done here :/