NCAA Football 14 News Post

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

05:23 PM - September 26, 2013 by FloorGeneral

Here is the official statement from EA Sports:

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	"Today I am sad to announce that we will not be publishing a new college football game next year, and we are evaluating our plan for the future of the franchise. This is as profoundly disappointing to the people who make this game as I expect it will be for the millions who enjoy playing it each year. I�d like to explain a couple of the factors that brought us to this decision. We have been stuck in the middle of a dispute between the NCAA and student-athletes who seek compensation for playing college football. Just like companies that broadcast college games and those that provide equipment and apparel, we follow rules that are set by the NCAA � but those rules are being challenged by some student-athletes. For our part, we are working to settle the lawsuits with the student-athletes. Meanwhile, the NCAA and a number of conferences have withdrawn their support of our game. The ongoing legal issues combined with increased questions surrounding schools and conferences have left us in a difficult position � one that challenges our ability to deliver an authentic sports experience, which is the very foundation of EA SPORTS games. At EA SPORTS, college football has always been a labor of love, and it is unfortunate that these business and legal issues have impacted our ability to make next year�s game. This franchise has been developed by a team that is deeply committed to the tradition and culture of this sport � that�s why fans have always loved it. We are working to retain the talented people who are part of the team by placing them elsewhere within the EA SPORTS organization. In the meantime, we will continue to be connected and engaged with our fans who are playing EA SPORTS NCAA Football. Our decision does not affect our commitment to NCAA Football 14 and the consumers who love playing the game."

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# 261 RogueHominid @ 09/27/13 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by goillini03


	Legally and ethically questionable comment being used from a guy with an R. Kelly signature.

Ha! Well, irony is one of life's genuine joys. I like that line because it's vapid, so it's not really a ringing endorsement for Mr. Kelly.

# 262 goillini03 @ 09/27/13 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Trojan Man


	Ha! Well, irony is one of life's genuine joys. I like that line because it's vapid--an entire line made up of one word. So it's not really a ringing endorsement for Mr. Kelly.

LOL! I disagree with your view but had to call you out!

# 263 R.Moncrief @ 09/27/13 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by kingkilla56


	It was inevitable. Hold onto your NCAA14s. They will be worth a decent penny in a few years.

lol, wut?

NCAA 14 sold what? Maybe a million copies combined between X360 and PS3. The game will never be rare enough or sought after enough to be worth anything to anyone.

Now, take for instance the prototype catridge to Legend of Zelda for NES. That thing had rarity and commanded attention, sold for a bit over $50k at an auction IIRC.

Anyway, my two cents on this... EA Sports should make the next 365 days a great experience for the NCAA fans they hold with such high regard.. release some patches that build upon the product. Give back to your gaming community by building on your latest and ultimately final release.

Through patches, + many more releases to the uniform store, this game can live on for a very long time, at least as long as current gen consoles are relevant. If EA abandons it completely (which I'm leaning to bet they will) then whatever.. their statement to the public was a waste of time and energy.

Thanks for the good times. I guess it's all over.

# 264 kingkilla56 @ 09/27/13 02:01 AM

lol, wut?

I said decent penny. I didnt say it would buy you a house. I just sold an old College hoops game for 50 bucks. It was decent.

# 265 cliffgator @ 09/27/13 02:06 AM

are you scared that you will get away with the BS that you have been getting away with in NCAA ?

# 266 mjavon @ 09/27/13 02:15 AM

I don't see them keeping up with patches in the extended future. From a business perspective, they don't stand to gain anything by developing anything that isn't paid-for DLC.

# 267 jeremym480 @ 09/27/13 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by T-Moar


	Oh, you mean like College Hoops 2k8 is now?

I picked up CH2K8 out of the $5 bin about 2-3 years ago. I sold it this past April for $45. That's what I can turning a profit.

Just check out CH2k8 on Ebay right now. Some sellers have them listed for $60-$85. I'd be willing to bet that that price is only going to increase, well as long as we don't have a CH game. You're certainly not going to get rich off of selling it, but it's nice to get a little extra $$$ for a new game or something every now and then.

# 268 mjarz02 @ 09/27/13 02:40 AM

This was bound to happen, the relationship between college athlete and college institution is full of exploitation , on both sides. I can see the argument from both sides, it's just sad to see the game end.

# 269 xirdneh132 @ 09/27/13 03:02 AM

Then they should make a few patches. Improve pass coverage as much as possible, make the game more customizable (if possible). For me my dream in this game is to be able to use duplicate numbers. I know there are editors that do that but they haven't worked for me and EA should just create a patch so that we can edit numbers. There has to be a way to do it, you can do it with Teambuilder, some numbers are already duplicated in the game, we know it's possible. Sucks that it's gone but this was coming, NCAA has gotten away with too much for too long and eventually their greed would come back to get them. Goodbye to my favorite franchise.

# 270 ActLikeYouCrow @ 09/27/13 03:16 AM

isnt everyone really glad they didnt put the playoff in this year. now the bcs can live forever, yes!

# 271 dickey1331 @ 09/27/13 03:30 AM

This really sucks. I did go out and buy NCAA 14 though since this will be the last year.

# 272 DaSmerg @ 09/27/13 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	Loved what the Big 10 commish said today. NFL football needs to set up a minor league system. If you want to make $25K or $50K out of HS without going to 4 yrs of college, go to the minor leagues like baseball or the D-League like basketball.

Work for football or basketball cash? You mean like baseball, soccer, hockey, etc? Wha? They do that?

That sounds like a lot of work. What could possibly go wrong with handing out cold cash to folks?

# 273 inkcil @ 09/27/13 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by RedSoxFox7


	It's not about the players "wasting" their free "education." It's that the entire proposition is a farce. The vast majority of them aren't there for anything but an education in football, and that's all the vast majority of them get. The vast majority of these kids aren't getting valuable college degrees. The vast majority of these kids are getting worthless degrees, like so many other non-athletes are doing these days. They're not getting degrees in engineering or the sciences, they're getting trash like communications degrees. The scholarships are handed out because it's the only way the NCAA can get away with the exploitation. It's the only way the NCAA gets the shrinking few fans to actually believe the lie that the education means anything here.

I agree wholeheartedly. What a lot of people (mostly the kids) don't realize is that a college education means NOTHING without a job, and and job means nothing ($0,000) if you're not getting paid. And guess what - an education DOES NOT equal a job opportunity anymore. That time when a college education automatically equated to a good job, decent salary and economic opportunity dried up in the mid/late 90's.

People with Master's degrees are living with their parents nowdays by the droves...it's crazy man. People with Bachelors move back home "for the summer" and end up still at home 8 years later because the job their degree earned them pays peanuts. But once some of these kids finish high school and college they'll see for themselves. Then they'll understand the whole "smoke and mirrors" behind the "value of an education" argument. And don't forget that the cost of an education has been ridiculously over-inflated in the last 20 years.

LOL at some of these colleges claiming that their Tuition Fees alone are worth $15-25k a year. LOL. How much does it really cost the school to give a football player that a $100,000 scholarship when the player doesn't even go to class? What does it mean that you gave him a $100,000 education? Did his room, board and meals cost $100,000 over 4 years? Cause he's not burdening the teachers with all of his completed assignments and tests they have to grade. Show me all the labs he completed. Show me all the educational field trips you took him on. Show me the internship-to-job placement program you put him in. Show me how his critical thinking and comparative analysis skills have soared in your classrooms. Show me the bonds he has with his professors. Show me how he has learned to lead in the corporate work environment that you've been preparing him for. Show me how much he knows about his industry of intellectual profession. Show me how he can compete with the academic scholarship recipient for that spot on Wall Street. Show me how he left your school 4 years later smarter and intellectually superior than when he came in. Yeah right.

But hey, there is nothing new under the sun and I believe NCAA football will be back someday, even if not by EA.

# 274 tforbes @ 09/27/13 05:42 AM

Will someone else make a college football game in the future? Like maybe 2k sports?

# 275 bigdoc85 @ 09/27/13 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by tforbes


	Will someone else make a college football game in the future? Like maybe 2k sports?

Why would 2k or anyone else jump into this mess and risk the probable litigation? NO ONE will make a college football game (or basketball game) unless the college athletes get paid and in exchange authorize the licensing of their likenesses, etc.

# 276 koebner @ 09/27/13 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bigdoc85


	Why would 2k or anyone else jump into this mess and risk the probable litigation? NO ONE will make a college football game (or basketball game) unless the college athletes get paid and in exchange authorize the licensing of their likenesses, etc.

Exactly. And the cost of licensing the players as well as the schools and conferences make a college sports video game highly unlikely in the future.

# 277 kaletore11 @ 09/27/13 07:01 AM

Well, that sucks.

I really liked NCAA games, at least much more than madden.

# 278 crandolph @ 09/27/13 08:25 AM

This is awesome!!! All you people who want 2K to develop a football game....well.....here you go

# 279 Peacefrog @ 09/27/13 09:04 AM

Two possible positives I see coming from this:

1) If they figure out the legalities, and make a game the following year, that means they'll have been able to put more than the usual one year of development into the game. Maybe they get more ambitious, or just fix bugs and make gameplay smoother than a meth addict's gums.

2) NCAA 2015 will be released in 2015. NCAA 2016 will be released in 2016. That's how it should be!

This is, of course, if they end up making a game following next year's hiatus.

# 280 StormJH1 @ 09/27/13 09:19 AM

Sad. This was an inevitability as soon as the licenses started falling apart and the legal issues intensified. At the bottom of it all, the game doesn't generate the type of profit to justify the legal and PR risks.

Been playing every iteration on some version since NCAA 2003, there have been times I more of an "NCAA player" than "video gamer".

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