EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportzbro

Yes, and that VIP treatment you mention is where the compensation should end. What about the kids that get academic scholarships - Should they be compensated on top of the scholarship for increasing program rankings/job placement/etc.

Student stipends are already an extremely common practice among universities. In addition to their academic scholarships, many students receive thousands of dollars each semester for doing work, research or teaching outside their classroom responsibilities.

Athletes are pretty much the only type of students who can't receive stipends right now because of the NCAA's archaic amateurism rules.

Yet they do just as much work, if not more, for a university than a teacher assistant or a research assistant does.

[Crimsontide27]

Quote: Originally Posted by jerwoods

if i was EA and knew let say in dec 2012 that this was going to be my last ncaa game most likely for good i would have done this 1 Add a Custom Playoff 4'8'12'16 2 add all 1-a and 1-aa teams add all 1-aa conf 3 add storming the field after a big win in dynasty mode add loss of scholarships bowl bans add all uni 4 put in a stadium editor

There was a copy already with storming the field, it was removed from the retail version due to outside pressure.

[ubernoob]

All athletes should be entitled to their fair share?

Yup. And every employee at Nike should get paid like Jordan since they do all the work too.

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by ubernoob

All athletes should be entitled to their fair share? Yup. And every employee at Nike should get paid like Jordan since they do all the work too.

Way to live up to your name...wow

[mcpats]

Universities won't pay ANY of their student-athletes, but any NCAA athlete can be free to persue any outside endorsements or compensation that are available to them...seems pretty simple.

On a side note I wonder how many kids that were going to be freshmen football players next year will be bummed out that they can't play as themselves in next years college game?

One other question: Does Ed O'Bannon get a larger portion of the settlement since he's one of the named litigants?

[sportzbro]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dogslax41

Life was so terrible...no. Would I do it all over again in a heartbeat absolutely but to sit and listen to a jocksniffer tell me that playing D1 ball doesn't require serious life altering sacrifices then yes that gets on my nerves. A PRIVILEGE that every single one of us worked non stop for pre-college and in college and earned. At no point did I ever say it was unfair. What I said was you have ZERO room to trivialize the sacrifices athletes make.

You've done nothing but perpetuate the general stereotypes people have about players. Jock sniffer? Definitely have the mentality I'd expect - and you got me... totally jealous of your bum knees, post-concussion syndrome, and your very short-lived glory days. You aren't some badass warrior - you played a sport. Get over yourself.

[NDAlum]

Quote: Originally Posted by da ThRONe

And you make the decision to go to the school. That doesn't make the escalating cost of college fair or the exploitation of college athletes fair.

This kind of statement is ridiculous in my opinion. Exploitation is such a strong word and has no reason to be part of this conversation.

However it's clear you feel it is. I just want to say I 1,000% disagree with you and I was a D-1 college athlete. Life was pretty damn good.

[jerwoods]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crimsontide27

There was a copy already with storming the field, it was removed from the retail version due to outside pressure.

i understand if the ncaa does not like that in their game

but since they never will be another ncaa video game i just would have kept that secret until the release


and i would had cut the price to 35 bucks as well yes they would have been upset but since EA will make no more college football games what do they have to lose