NCAA won't renew contract with EA
The news comes one year after EA filed a $27 million settlement in a class action lawsuit dating back to 2008, which also stipulated that EA could not renew its current exclusive license with NCAA, but could enter a new, non-exclusive agreement for its college football series. The payout for that lawsuit reportedly stalled in Appeals court this month.
"But given the current business climate and costs of litigation, we determined participating in this game is not in the best interests of the NCAA," the NCAA added. "The NCAA has never licensed the use of current student-athlete names, images or likenesses to EA." EA faced another lawsuit dating back to 2009 in which former Nebraska quarterback Samuel Keller alleged that EA adopted the likeness of student athletes for its college football games. A California court denied EA's motion for dismissal of the class-action suit in February 2010, and later in May 2012.
The suit was combined with a lawsuit from former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon against the NCAA, who claimed that the NCAA blocked "him and other former college athletes from getting paid for their likenesses in [EA Sports] videogames after they left college," according to Bloomberg.
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StonerzardPosted:
I hope 2K gets it, NCAA College Hoops 2K15 would be good, or even having the NCAA inside NBA 2K series, that way you can start off in college and work your way to the NBA. Now that would be fun!
RuinsPosted:
ExoticWolfsvar Looks like no more ncaa games. Their not even that popular.
To tell you the truth, this is like my first time hearing about these games in months, probably a year. I have never played NCAA games that I remember.
nether did i
ExoticWolfsPosted:
var Looks like no more ncaa games. Their not even that popular.
To tell you the truth, this is like my first time hearing about these games in months, probably a year. I have never played NCAA games that I remember.
SahvidgePosted:
Ouch. Wonder what would cause them to do that though? It's not like the NCAA games aren't popular??
AlbericiPosted:
Whirl :facepalm: why would they not continue the tradition of NCAA on EA?
I know but wow they have been with them for a long time
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