The Hope for NCAA Video Games in the Immediate Future is Dim (Podcast)

[jyod21]

Quote: Originally Posted by mercalnd

Ea was willing to continue even after losing their NCAA license. It's when the conferences and schools actually started pulling out of their license agreements that EA canceled the game. So while the issues arose because of player likenesses, EA lost the right to use many schools and conferences, making a proper college game all but impossible.

Wasn't it just like the University of Washington, and just a few other schools? I can't recall exactly how all of this went down, but I do remember what you are talking about.

I wonder how difficult it would be for EA to re-license those schools. I would still like if they attempted to continue, and just left out the schools that will not give EA the rights to use their likeness. After a few iterations, you would think those schools would come back. It's essentially free marketing for their athletic programs. That may be an opportunity for EA to work with the FCS schools to a much greater degree.

I don't have much knowledge on the legality of everything though, so I'm just doing some wishful thinking out loud.

[jello1717]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyod21

Wasn't it just like the University of Washington, and just a few other schools? I can't recall exactly how all of this went down, but I do remember what you are talking about. I wonder how difficult it would be for EA to re-license those schools. I would still like if they attempted to continue, and just left out the schools that will not give EA the rights to use their likeness. After a few iterations, you would think those schools would come back. It's essentially free marketing for their athletic programs. That may be an opportunity for EA to work with the FCS schools to a much greater degree. I don't have much knowledge on the legality of everything though, so I'm just doing some wishful thinking out loud.

It was a few conferences and a few schools, but then EA dropped the game. It's likely that more schools would've bowed out if EA hadn't cancelled the series.


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[blakeharrell]

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[firesloth]

Quote: Originally Posted by jello1717

It was a few conferences and a few schools, but then EA dropped the game. It's likely that more schools would've bowed out if EA hadn't cancelled the series. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The most important ones were Ohio State and the SEC pulling out. But, you're right: more schools almost certainly would have followed.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

I was never a huge college football fan (being a Syracuse fan, I have very little to cheer for lol), but I just love where EA was going with the NCAA game. I got desperate this past week and went back to my 360 to fire it up, but the drop off from PS4 to Xbox 360 is just so big that it takes a lot away from playing it.

I would do terrible things to get NCAA Football and College Hoops 2k back.

[Kodos]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeah...THAT Guy

I was never a huge college football fan (being a Syracuse fan, I have very little to cheer for lol), but I just love where EA was going with the NCAA game. I got desperate this past week and went back to my 360 to fire it up, but the drop off from PS4 to Xbox 360 is just so big that it takes a lot away from playing it. I would do terrible things to get NCAA Football and College Hoops 2k back.

And I would support you for doing those terrible things.

[Skulletor]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeah...THAT Guy

I was never a huge college football fan (being a Syracuse fan, I have very little to cheer for lol), but I just love where EA was going with the NCAA game. I got desperate this past week and went back to my 360 to fire it up, but the drop off from PS4 to Xbox 360 is just so big that it takes a lot away from playing it. I would do terrible things to get NCAA Football and College Hoops 2k back.

after Miami went to the ACC, I would always pick Syracuse as my springboard team in the Big East (can we talk about how much better Big East is as a conference name than AAC sometime?)


I remember one year, I was in my 5th season with SU, and made it to the BCS NC against USC, my starter was already hurt, my backup QB got hurt in the first quarter, so I put in my all everything CB (who was an athlete) in at QB


This was the year that the speed option was basically the win button, so I ran up and down the field all day with him, but kept having trouble punching it in


I had to run a 2 minute drill in the last 50 seconds to win the game with a CB who had like 75/75 THP/THA , and actually got it done


easily one of the best games I enjoyed

[cowboy_kmoney]

O how I wish it would make it's return.