Judge Rules In Favor of O'Bannon, NCAA Violates Anti-Trust Law

[Critical Kills]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

Plenty of other games they can make to turn a profit. My only point was that some seem to think it's a given the game will come back when NCAA always played second fiddle to Madden. Unless they see a HUGE potential for profit they will have no need to make the game again. Not sure that a game done without some teams or with or without some players is going to be very appeasing.

And a game with actual named players with their likeness will be a HUGE game. I think you underestimate just how much profit an annual sports game beings in of a series like NCAA...it's much better than other series specifically because it's annual revenue that shareholders can count on.

So in that regards even if it's not as much money as some other IPs in the short term in the long run they are very profitable. And as others have stated EA executives have already said they are doing what they can to bring the game back so be don't need to speculate on it as it's already a fact that it's not a question of if it will come back but when..

[Seahawk76]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

Plenty of other games they can make to turn a profit.

There are very few games they can make that can be released annually as a new product with relatively minor changes to gameplay.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Perfect Zero

I will tell you this: high customization flew out the window when the judge ruled against Electronic Arts. There is no way they want to go down that road again.

They won't need high customization if they have all of the players names in likenesses.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

And a game with actual named players with their likeness will be a HUGE game. I think you underestimate just how much profit an annual sports game beings in of a series like NCAA...it's much better than other series specifically because it's annual revenue that shareholders can count on. So in that regards even if it's not as much money as some other IPs in the short term in the long run they are very profitable. And as others have stated EA executives have already said they are doing what they can to bring the game back so be don't need to speculate on it as it's already a fact that it's not a question of if it will come back but when..

I'm not sure real names was what was holding NCAA back from becoming 'huge' (from whatever it could have been characterized before). To me it's just more in licensing costs, likely significantly increasing up front risk of a franchise revival. A lot of those costs have yet to be figured out though and may not be for a long time.

[Perfect Zero]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

They won't need high customization if they have all of the players names in likenesses.

But if the same Universities that did not want to be a part of the un-released NCAA Football 15 don't want to be part of future versions either, you will be missing a lot of players. This is especially true if the players get smart and dole out the rights to their likenesses sparingly.

[loccdogg26]

Ed O' Bannon just did an interview on Mike and Mike. He clearly stated that he did not get any money out of this lawsuit.

[DaSmerg]

Yeah, said it before, keep saying it, will keep saying it...paying college athletes is stupid and wrong.

In regards to a NCAA game? How much more potential revenue do you really think can put out there...like video game licensing...before a minor league football and basketball system arises, draining a large swath of 'A' level talent away from the NCAA teams?

In less than a decade you could be playing with all your fully licensed amateurs alright, just it'll cost the end of generations of college athletics. But hey, it was the principal, right?

[Yuss]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSmerg

Yeah, said it before, keep saying it, will keep saying it...paying college athletes is stupid and wrong. In regards to a NCAA game? How much more potential revenue do you really think can put out there...like video game licensing...before a minor league football and basketball system arises, draining a large swath of 'A' level talent away from the NCAA teams? In less than a decade you could be playing with all your fully licensed amateurs alright, just it'll cost the end of generations of college athletics. But hey, it was the principal, right?

The NBA already has a minor league system.The NFL doesn't need one because it has a free one in College football. Plus for marketing reasons the NBA/NFL want college football/basketball to remain popular in the United States. You can have a player become a household name before playing a single down of pro football (i.e. Johnny Manziel). Adam Silver cited marketing as one of the reasons he wants to increase the age limit to 20.

Plus a minor league system coming along and replacing college sports is not plausible. College sports are ingrained in American sports culture for almost a century. No minor league football team will be bigger than "Alabama, Texas, Notre Dame, etc. No minor league basketball teams will be bigger than Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, UNC, etc. The exposure a player gets is as close as you can get to the Pros. There's way too much money involved in major college sports for this to happen.