EA Sports Will Not Publish College Football Game Next Year, Future Plans in Doubt

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by JLoco11

Sure the NCAA would lose money and appeal, but if things don't go their way, they will be losing money to players as opposed to keeping all their reduced revenue & profits for themselves.

The money lost would be nothing compared to the end result of the best players not being in college at all. It's most definitely in the best interest of the NCAA to keep these guys in school for as long as possible.

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by C the Lyte

Clowney isn't working for free. He is getting compensated via scholarship. To say "free education" like it's just getting paid in peanuts is asinine IMO. It costs $ to go to most of these schools, $ that most of these guys don't have. I never went to a university b/c of money. Some are getting opportunities that, if not for their athletic talents and luck, they couldn't get into a community college.

Why shouldn't he get the same opportunity to profit from his name and likeness that the NCCA and his school do? And to be clear, we're talking profit in the same exact manner, money.

[Peacefrog]

I would be okay with players getting paid, so long as they made both football and school their "jobs." Any players seeking payment/endorsements/entitlements must maintain a 3.5 minimum GPA (hell, make it 3.75), and they must graduate or risk having to pay back whatever they were given.

[ntmeangreen11]

Good. I will sleep better knowing some of the people who have made this stagnant game and blatantly ignored its fanbase are now out of jobs. $65 a year for what has been the same game since 2004 and has never showed progress. Give me an fn break.

What we can all hope for is that 2K will make a game with fictional teams that is actually worth a damn. Or once players are finally getting paid and the NCAA can negotiate a new license 2K hops on it and EA isn't given the chance again.

[barats]

Quote: Originally Posted by ntmeangreen11

Good. I will sleep better knowing some of the people who have made this stagnant game and blatantly ignored its fanbase are now out of jobs. $65 a year for what has been the same game since 2004 and has never showed progress. Give me an fn break. What we can all hope for is that 2K will make a game with fictional teams that is actually worth a damn. Or once players are finally getting paid and the NCAA can negotiate a new license 2K hops on it and EA isn't given the chance again.

I'm sure most of these guys will be integrated into other games at EA. Madden, NHL, etc.

But I agree. EA as a whole has ignored Madden and NCAA for years. Adding junk to it that no one wants and touting it as some big feature. Yet ignoring gameplay every single year. Gameplay features were never hyped.

And they release the game basically as a beta test version and we are the testers. Except they slap a $60 price tag on the broken game. They read all these bugs/glitches/complaints and then issue a few patches and tuners, usually which cause other problems.

I haven't bought either NCAA or Madden in 2 years. Tired of wasting my money on a company that obviously does not care about their football games. They also let NBA Live go down the drain as well and become so bad, they cancelled it all together.

EA is capable of making good sports games. FIFA and NHL are very good from what I hear.

[bc21045]

How is a free education the same as being "paid"? I've had several jobs that offer education benefits, none of them offer it in lieu of a salary.

Also how can you on one hand realize that many athletes wouldn't be able to get into these colleges without an athletic scholarship but fail to realize that a college education means nothing if you're not prepared to take advantage of it?

If the education is "payment" isn't it up to the school to make sure they're educating these kids? If you're just passing athletes without them going to class so they stay eligible you're cheating them out of their payment no? If it's about the education a kid who doesn't go to class and doesn't do the work shouldn't be allowed to stay at the school. People say take away their scholarship and make them pay for the school as if athletic scholarships aren't the school's way of getting unqualified athletes onto the football field and basketball court for no reason other than generating money for the school.

The other thing i've always taken issue with is the idea that they should be grateful for getting a "free education" at all. The point of going to college is to prepare you for your chosen career. If my chosen career is professional football or basketball player why should I be grateful that you gave me a free education in something else? If you plan to be a lawyer how valuable is an education in art history?

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Peacefrog

I would be okay with players getting paid, so long as they made both football and school their "jobs." Any players seeking payment/endorsements/entitlements must maintain a 3.5 minimum GPA (hell, make it 3.75), and they must graduate or risk having to pay back whatever they were given.

Once you cross the line and say that schools should pay players you lose leverage on any kind of "education" incentive. The money these institutions make has absolutely nothing to with the education these guys are supposedly getting. Its entirety generated from the "service" these players and coaches provide. The product on the field. So once you acknowledge the player contribution with compensation you also acknowledged the real relationship between the two entities. Guys like Clowney, Manziel ect aren't attending those schools for anything remotely to do with education.

[montycrook]

Dont know if this has been brought up or not, but here it goes. Some if not all of the people posting on here do not realize all the hidden money that these players get. And im not talking about under the table stuff either. You guys realize that most of these FBS schools and even FCS ones give out meal money after games because the cafeteria is usually closed on Saturdays. They also include a monthly stipend for things like rent that can range from form $700-$1000 a month. There is also pell-grant money they may receive, if they are on full-scholarship for football, which you are if you are at an FBS school, or any sport, well guess what, thats free $$$$. The problem is, and this is from speaking to a couple of former SEC football players, is that most of these guys run through this cash in like 2 or 3 days. Also there is the cash from going to bowl games also, if you dont fly they pay for your mileage. So the problem isnt they need money, its they need someone to show them how to manage it. You make a $1000 go along ways as a college student, especially if you have your housing paid for, and meals. Just my 2 cents.