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NCAA Will Not Renew License With EA to use NCAA name [Up: EA still making College FB]
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Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
WHAT?
Please tell me someone else is getting another shot!
Please tell me someone else is getting another shot!
Does that mean no more NCAA College Football games or they are not looking to make an exclusive contract with EA.
IcyRhythms
Member
OMFG
FIRST STEP
COME ON
PLEASE LET THE NFL BE NEXT
FIRST STEP
COME ON
PLEASE LET THE NFL BE NEXT
No, the entire NCAA business model of exploiting its student-athletes is under attacked. The NCAA knows its in trouble and is doing whatever it can to prove it's really a 'non-profit'. Which is one of the biggest jokes you can tell.
Takamura-San
Member
What does this guy have to say?
MiniBossBattle
Member
2K LETS GO!
Sapphire Dreams
Member
I really hope this is the end of the monopoly.
I read this as they are opting out because of the player likenesses lawsuit
IcyRhythms
Member
GameSeeker
Member
Clearly the lawsuit is having an effect.
Wouldn't surprise me if you see "COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF" with only the big schools splitting all the money.
I think NCAA basketball just didn't sell very well.
Release it in fall: (when the season starts): and get crushed by COD, Halo, Triple A games
Release it in March: Short sales window, people will forget about college hoops in a month
Wishmaster92
Member
WHAT??? HAHAAAA
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I hope this isn't true, NCAA football sells well and I'm still sad that no one makes an NCAA basketball game.
It would be unfortunate if the last NCAA football game was on the old systems. Could have been great on XBO and PS4.
CaptainCally24
Neo Member
yeah if they give it the same attention as NBA 2K but if it's anything like the yearly abomination that is MLB 2K Would Never Want
XANDER CAGE
Member
Woah, this is big news.
The NCAA is just the sports body.
They don't control the teams likeness or stadiums.
The CLC (Collegiate Licensing Company) is in charge of all of the schools licensing agreements.
http://www.clc.com/
They don't control the teams likeness or stadiums.
The CLC (Collegiate Licensing Company) is in charge of all of the schools licensing agreements.
http://www.clc.com/
Sojiro
Member
That is exactly how I read that too. After 2014 we may be looking at a long time before another NCAA football game is released.
mightynine
Member
Sounds like someone looking to make a college football game will have to go to every school directly or possibily approach a conference and work out a deal.
So there might not be a college football game after '14.
EDIT: Follow-up to what Stooge said, does the CLC also handle the BCS and coming College Football Playoff? That could be a way to do it.
So there might not be a college football game after '14.
EDIT: Follow-up to what Stooge said, does the CLC also handle the BCS and coming College Football Playoff? That could be a way to do it.
BolognaSoup
Member
Yep. It's up to the schools to individually participate if they want to. Sounds like that game would consist of incomplete football conferences/divisions at best.
I could see the big time schools like OSU, USC, Florida, UM, Alabma, etc. banding together to charge a hefty premium to have them in a game because what football game would sell without them?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Yep. The idea of independently licensing with EVERY college INDIVIDUALLY is crazy. It would never work.
Someone read my post and stop jumping to conclusions. This is just the NCAA buttoning down the hatches.
Until the CLC says they aren't going to deal with EA there is still a game.
http://www.clc.com/
EA doesn't have to go to each school on their own. Look at the list of CLC clients: it will be fine. There might be a few outlires, but EA is getting their teams likenesses from the CLC.
http://www.clc.com/Clients.aspx
Until the CLC says they aren't going to deal with EA there is still a game.
http://www.clc.com/
EA doesn't have to go to each school on their own. Look at the list of CLC clients: it will be fine. There might be a few outlires, but EA is getting their teams likenesses from the CLC.
http://www.clc.com/Clients.aspx
DamnTheMan
Banned
You haven't played backbreaker have you? Or you'd know what you suggested is not the best idea, although that game did have some of the coolest looking tackles I've ever seen.
weevles
Member
The NCAA-brand license is no longer on the table. But it sounds like individual schools are free to license as they see fit. I don't think any but the largest video game companies would even want to go near something like that where they had to chase every single college in Division I just to get them into their game. I'd expect EA to re-evaluate the game title, but it's still possible for them to continue making college sports games.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
It'd have to be called College Football '15 or something.
Senor Kami
Banned
This doesn't sound great. I think it's unlikely that this the NCAA being like, "screw EA we won't sell to them but we're open to someone else." Sounds more like, "we aren't licensing our name to anyone," especially with the added line that they're totally ok with EA going to each school individually.
Maybe this is a good thing though. You can't use real college kids in these games due to NCAA rules, right? If the NCAA is bowing out and letting schools do whatever they want then maybe that will finally change.
Maybe this is a good thing though. You can't use real college kids in these games due to NCAA rules, right? If the NCAA is bowing out and letting schools do whatever they want then maybe that will finally change.
Teletraan1
Banned
These games aren't even on sale in my country because of NCAA rules the last time I was into them, I had to drive over the border to even buy them. It would be cool if 2k could make Football and Basketball games featuring NCAA. The only problem for football is that old 2k5 team must be long gone so without the creative force who was behind that game it wont be the same any longer. That 2K Sports All Pro Football revival was shit wasn't it?
Or they will strike up a licensing deal with the new College Football Playoff.
It's an awful name, but it's an awful name in actual college football too.
Takamura-San
Member
I presume that this is not the first time that EA has heard this decision.
Meaning that if EA wants to keep doing college games, they are already dealing with the CLC. Which is very likely. At the same time this means that other publishers (2K) may also be approaching them for licensing.
Meaning that if EA wants to keep doing college games, they are already dealing with the CLC. Which is very likely. At the same time this means that other publishers (2K) may also be approaching them for licensing.
