05:23 PM - September 26, 2013 by FloorGeneral
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NCAA Football 14 News Post
05:23 PM - September 26, 2013 by FloorGeneralHere is the official statement from EA Sports:
NCAA Football 14 Videos
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No way the NCAA is going to negotiate with every individual player.
Whoever is responsible for this will be CGI into GTA 5 and Trevor will have a talk with you.
Everyone seems to be missing that there will be no college game for the 2014-2015 season for sure, but there MAY still be one for future years. So I am still holding on to that last bit of hope that this game, which I grew up with (playing tournaments with my brother and cousins), will be back.
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blkrptnt819 @ 09/29/13 10:53 AM
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blkrptnt819 @ 09/29/13 10:58 AM
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AlterEgoDuane @ 09/29/13 11:06 AM
To be honest... this makes me hate all these greedy, spoiled college football/basketball players. They are AMATEURS. They should not get paid to merely play the game. That is completely outrageous and should never happen. What SHOULD happen is that they should be allowed to make money up to a certain amount, or take a cut of the money someone makes on their autograph, jerseys, media appearances, etc.
Yes, they should get a larger stipend so that when all is said and done, they have more than $60 to spend for a weekend. I'm a grown man and I still can't find a way to make $60 last. I can't imagine what it's like for a college kid, let alone a college-athlete. Another thing is, limit the amount of off-season time they spend on football and mandate that they all get jobs to make extra money and not just screw around.
Finally, I can already tell you what's going to happen if players are allowed to be compensated for marketing-related things or if the stipend goes up. It will go like this: Teams will stop marketing their star players. Schools don't want to pay players, at all. So, if there is a new rule paying players, or having them receive contributions, then you won't see any more Texas A&M #2 jerseys. They will be generic jerseys with no number or with 00 or something like that on there so that they don't have to compensate the players on the field. And also, you won't see the schools openly promoting players because they'd have to pay the player a royalty. No more Ohio State #5 jerseys. No more Alabama #10 jerseys. And you certainly won't see any official player meetings or autograph signings unless it is a fan day or something and the school doesn't have to pay the players much money at all.
What it also means is that these college games are pretty much dead. Again, schools will not want to pay their players any royalties, so, they will most likely not agree to sign on to licensing of a college game. Unless every player got some sort of small royalty like $.05 for every game sold or something. But, even that adds up to a ton of money. So, the future is indeed bleak for collegiate video games, my friends.
The only way this holds up is if somehow the NCAA wins and doesn't have to compensate players. But, judging how this lawsuit is already going, the chances of that happening are slim to none with none the heavy favorite right now.
And finally, the NCAA could settle with O'Bannon and Keller to keep things as they are and that would open up the video game market once more, but again, that seems to have a less than 0 chance of happening. But, you never know.
Yes, they should get a larger stipend so that when all is said and done, they have more than $60 to spend for a weekend. I'm a grown man and I still can't find a way to make $60 last. I can't imagine what it's like for a college kid, let alone a college-athlete. Another thing is, limit the amount of off-season time they spend on football and mandate that they all get jobs to make extra money and not just screw around.
Finally, I can already tell you what's going to happen if players are allowed to be compensated for marketing-related things or if the stipend goes up. It will go like this: Teams will stop marketing their star players. Schools don't want to pay players, at all. So, if there is a new rule paying players, or having them receive contributions, then you won't see any more Texas A&M #2 jerseys. They will be generic jerseys with no number or with 00 or something like that on there so that they don't have to compensate the players on the field. And also, you won't see the schools openly promoting players because they'd have to pay the player a royalty. No more Ohio State #5 jerseys. No more Alabama #10 jerseys. And you certainly won't see any official player meetings or autograph signings unless it is a fan day or something and the school doesn't have to pay the players much money at all.
What it also means is that these college games are pretty much dead. Again, schools will not want to pay their players any royalties, so, they will most likely not agree to sign on to licensing of a college game. Unless every player got some sort of small royalty like $.05 for every game sold or something. But, even that adds up to a ton of money. So, the future is indeed bleak for collegiate video games, my friends.
The only way this holds up is if somehow the NCAA wins and doesn't have to compensate players. But, judging how this lawsuit is already going, the chances of that happening are slim to none with none the heavy favorite right now.
And finally, the NCAA could settle with O'Bannon and Keller to keep things as they are and that would open up the video game market once more, but again, that seems to have a less than 0 chance of happening. But, you never know.
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Perfect Zero @ 09/29/13 01:11 PM
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That sucks I have been buying ncaa since 07 I love this damn game. I always buy ncaa and wont even buy madden . guess I'll have no choice but to stick to ncaa 14.
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blkrptnt819 @ 09/29/13 06:34 PM
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What do you guys think is the best route to take here if you haven't bought the game yet? Can I expect the price to drop on used versions like any other year or will this become a coveted game and drive up prices? NCAA Basketball 10 suffered the same fate but you can get used copies on Amazon for under $25.
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superxero27 @ 09/30/13 02:48 AM
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If the NCAA is able to whether the legal storm swirling around this case with its structure intact, I would think this might actually be a feasible option. Conferences and athletic departments aren't stupid, exposure is exposure and the game provides a not-insignificant amount of exposure (I'm curious if there are figures to be found on what effects NCAA Football has on the exposure of the sport), and that means $.
Would it be possible for the NCAA to spearhead forming such a union for its athletes? Add in a clause to their agreements saying that "by signging here, you consent to be represented by the NCAAPA (or whatever)." Finding college-y sounding language to couch it in shouldn't be too hard; think of it as a preparing the kid for the pro sports labor market in some way.
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JohnDoe8865 @ 09/30/13 06:52 AM
Maybe I'm wrong here or maybe I'm putting 2 and 2 together here long after everyone else has but; regarding the fact that it's been confirmed that you CANNOT import NCAA 14 draft classes into next-gen Madden NFL 25 - I have some suspicion that this was part of the NCAA/EA settlement agreement.
I have no evidence, just a hunch. It was confirmed forever to be IN and then just recently we hear that they were "mistaken". Not likely IMO. I wonder what the total fallout from this will be in Madden (if any) going forward?
I have no evidence, just a hunch. It was confirmed forever to be IN and then just recently we hear that they were "mistaken". Not likely IMO. I wonder what the total fallout from this will be in Madden (if any) going forward?
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SpartyParty11 @ 09/30/13 09:12 AM
I'm really bummed. This was the only game I bought from EA Sports since 2009. I quit playing Madden since it bored the crap out of me. You would think they would patch the crap out of this game since it's the last one that will be made but I highly doubt it.
To be honest with you, the EA team should simply take all assets from NCAA and turn the series into an open-ended football SIM*. Team Builder essentially makes needing any NCAA (or even NFL, CFL, XFL, you name it) license unnecessary because the user can create, curate and share content. If EA allowed more customization, this could be a real cash cow.
* Yes, SIM and EA in a sentence, I know...
* Yes, SIM and EA in a sentence, I know...
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