NCAA Football 14 News Post

NCAA Football Players Could Receive up to $20,000 in Likenesses Settlement

05:50 PM - June 30, 2014 by RaychelSnr

The cap on per-player compensation in the Ed O'Bannon case will be capped at $5,000 per year for players, with a maximum reward of up to $20,000 for players. However, the exact figure for what players could earn will be determined by the number of players who make a claim as well as what sport that player played (or plays). Other considerations will be if they appeared in the game either with their likeness or in a photograph, and the number of years the players appeared in the game.

No players receiving rewards will have their eligibility affected by the payout. In total, $60 million in settlements were reached between the Ed O'Bannon legal team and EA, the NCAA, and the CLC.

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# 21 mestevo @ 07/06/14 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by beerdujour


	the guys who rebuild rosters to have actual players on them should get $20,000 for their efforts, always appreciated!

I know this is in jest, but if anything that'd open them up to more legal risk than they are already creating player likenesses. Profiting off of players and not paying them is why this lawsuit exists, after all.

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Originally Posted by MichaelAngeloTMNT


	You guys are looking at this wrong. Sure, we don't have a game this year or probably next year, but once the NCAA allows the Athletes to receive compensation, imagine how realistic the game will be. Real players, likeness, headshots, ect. These athletes should get paid, O'Bannon won't earn much from this trial, but he will help Athletes get paid in the future and allow a much more realistic video game for us to enjoy.

There is so much that has to be figured out, a way to license the likeness of all the players similar to the players union isn't going to pop up overnight, and even if it did that doesn't mean it will be economical to even purchase those rights for use in a video game - certainly won't be at anything close to the $ per player that's being talked about.

# 22 Cusefan @ 07/06/14 01:12 PM

My company hired a D1 football player for summer help and talking about this with him has been pretty fascinating. He pretty much said that if he just got the game for free that would have been fine with him. It's just crazy how it works, he got a $2000 laptop for playing in a bowl game but couldn't get this game for free.

# 23 Sundown2600 @ 07/12/14 05:03 AM

and the lawyers get $,$$$,$$$,$$$ lol

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