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

[roadman]

Wouldn't it be better if football players, if they ever make it to the pro's, have something to fall back on before they retire?

Why not take advantage of a free ride when you are younger vs paying out of your own pocket when you are older?

For instance, let's say a player makes it in the pro's for two years and then is out of the NFL. Sure, they have the Canadian league, Euro league, etc...., but they retire before they are 30.

What will they do the rest of the 30 yrs of their life?

Not much in life is guaranteed, but I would assume you'd like that college degree buttoned up before you retire or are out of the game.

[AUChase]

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 know some of this post may be hyperbole, but please take your soapbox somewhere else with the 2k crap.

The thought that there was no progression in the series since 2004 is laughable and completely wrong. It just further solidifies my opinion that people on the internet do not understand the work that actually does go into developing some of these games.

If you have still paid $65.00 for the game, for the past 8 years and don't enjoy it every single year, then that's your problem.. it's a free market.

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Wouldn't it be better if football players, if they ever make it to the pro's, have something to fall back on before they retire?

I don't follow. There doesn't seem to be a single reasonable person advocating against this. What's the connection you're trying to make?

[GeauxTigers]

I wish they would consider doing some type of "patch" to '14 next year that would add in the upcoming four team playoff system ... perhaps even an update to team's schedules to reflect the actual '14 season and conference realignment (the last two aren't as important; but would really like the playoff for ongoing gameplay). I hope the individuals who do rosters every fall will continue to do them next year even if it's still using the '14 game.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sam Marlowe

I don't follow. There doesn't seem to be a single reasonable person advocating against this. What's the connection you're trying to make?

I didn't state it properly.

We all know there are busts in the draft in the first round.

If there is a developmental league, and HS kids bypass college and get paid until they are ready to go pro, what life to they have after football? No degree and washed up.

If they want a career outside of football, they will most likely need a degree.

Am I missing something?

[lookatmenow]

EA Sports your statement is a bunch of crap!! just like the sports game you have put out for years. This part is so funny:
"one that challenges our ability to deliver an authentic sports experience, which is the very foundation of EA SPORTS games"
What a joke!!
You would not exist if others could have made a football game and you know it, that's why you paid millions to eliminate competition and now you find yourself eliminated!

[BenGerman]

One last thing I want to say on the subject -- and this is coming from someone who has argued over and over again that athletes should receive some kind of compensation...

If O'Bannon thought it was so wrong that he wasn't being paid to play, than he should have never freaking played in the first place. He knows what he signed up for. And while I respect anyone who disagrees with the rule (hell, I disagree with the rule), rules are there until they aren't. And in this case, the rule is that student athletes can't be compensated for their likeness. Because this selfish jerk wanted a few extra dollars in his pocket after the fact, thousands of gamers lose out, and that sucks.

Unless the NCAA starts paying players or allows them to make money off of their likeness, we will never see a college sports game again.

[ntmeangreen11]

Quote: Originally Posted by AUChase

I know some of this post may be hyperbole, but please take your soapbox somewhere else with the 2k crap. The thought that there was no progression in the series since 2004 is laughable and completely wrong. It just further solidifies my opinion that people on the internet do not understand the work that actually does go into developing some of these games. If you have still paid $65.00 for the game, for the past 8 years and don't enjoy it every single year, then that's your problem.. it's a free market.

I haven't bought the game for several years.

We'll agree to disagree. EA has ignored their fanbase for long enough on a game they knew would sell either way. I hope they get fisted by this lawsuit and never want to put their hands on a college game again.