Many on NCAA Team Blindsided, Then Escorted Out of the Building

[awill25]

Quote: Originally Posted by superxero27

The big problem with that is the tax exemption the NCAA enjoys. If the big boys wanted to break away and form their own NCAA-like body (they would need some structure for governance), they would have a lot of legal legwork and fighting ahead of them to garner a similar exemption. Another problem now, is that the recent issues with the NCAA have garnered considerable interest from the public, and in some cases some levels of government. If a chunk of schools were to break away from the NCAA now and try to establish their own body, the scrutiny on that new body would be immense (first of all because the NCAA would likely sue to stop it), and not just from the public and the media; the feds would most likely at one point or another become involved, be it for tax-exempt purposes, the afore-mentioned suit, because interstate commerce is entirely within their purview, or by grandstanding politicians. If there's one thing the NCAA doesn't want, it's the feds snooping everywhere and I can guarantee any new body to spin off the NCAA wouldn't want that either.

Very valid points. The actual preliminary plan would be for there to be many different governing bodies (individual conferences). I personally think this could get very messy with different conferences enforcing different rules. However this is what the early talk is. I work in college athletics and thats the "word around the campfire" as they say.

Only a matter of time......It's more of a fact that schools will either break away or the NCAA will undergo major reform than it is an opinion. One of the two is coming within the next 7-10 years, that is without question.

[NDFan1029]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bama22Tide

I hate it when people try to lie and make us gamers feel like we are going to miss out on something that was never going to happen. I believe that they were going to implement the dynasty feature where you could receive help from boosters like in NCAA Basketball. They stadium builds and Jersey crap is just a lie. Team Builder is for that BS. Its just a shame the EA Football franchise is only going to be Madden. Also why didn't those a holes sue 2KSports? they made college football and basketball games using players likeness.. Oh yeah because 2K doesn't have the pockets of EA.

Completely agree with you there. They just want people to feel upset about the thing being axed.

[NDFan1029]

Quote: Originally Posted by superxero27

So how exactly would this put EA in good graces with their fanbase? Telling people that they scrapped the idea people have been clamoring for for years just before they were going to implement it would make them look worse.

No it wouldn't. It would make the NCAA look like the bad guys because they killed off the possibility of a game with these supposedly amazing new features. Given how little EA actually changed/implemented with the current gen versions of the game over the past 7 years, I'm much more inclined to believe this "major customization" thing was completely made up.

[Sundown2600]

All I can say without trashing this series current gen is I really hope those talented devs find work at another company very soon.

[ncaafootball14markus]

So haumiller, the main culprit of the failure of these past year's iterations wasn't let go, but these other designers were?!? Are you serious? How does this man retain a job, when he had nothing to do with the success that made ncaa 14 the best of current-gen? EA is going down hill...plain and simple.

[Ziza9Noles94]

A little compassion can go a long way. Some people need to let go of their bitterness over the game series personally letting them down and maybe identify with the messed up situation these hastily unemployed devs are going through.

I also doubt any laid off former employee is basically going to spin good PR for EA by outright lying about changes they were planning or hoping to make to the game. What sense does that make? smh

[Peacefrog]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown2600

All I can say without trashing this series current gen is I really hope those talented devs find work at another company very soon.

These guys were content to release a game with glaring flaws, glitches and bugs, both in gameplay and functionality. I haven't gotten any coach Exp in the online dynasty I joined since I started, and I can't tell you how many times I've had to replay games due to freezes/crashes during end-of-game highlights.

Yeah, it sucks that some people are out of work, but lets not kid ourselves by saying they're talented. This whole PS3/360 generation of football games have been garbage. It sounds to me like a lot of those guys found a paycheck that required minimal effort, and stuck with it for five years. Maybe some of them need to go back to testing.

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Peacefrog

These guys were content to release a game with glaring flaws, glitches and bugs, both in gameplay and functionality. I haven't gotten any coach Exp in the online dynasty I joined since I started, and I can't tell you how many times I've had to replay games due to freezes/crashes during end-of-game highlights. Yeah, it sucks that some people are out of work, but lets not kid ourselves by saying they're talented. This whole PS3/360 generation of football games have been garbage. It sounds to me like a lot of those guys found a paycheck that required minimal effort, and stuck with it for five years. Maybe some of them need to go back to testing.

I have been as critical as any about NCAA this entire gen, however I'm forced to wonder how much of the blame lays with the suits and how much with the actual developers.

A lot of the devs were on these sites hearing compliants all the time, but we know EA sell games to make money not please the fans. Instead of fixing the real issues they give us back of the box changes. That sounds more like the kind of decision the suits make and they're probably the ones keeping their jobs.