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Post by HHH316 on Jul 17, 2013 15:20:21 GMT -5
ESPN.com news services
The NCAA says it will no longer allow Electronic Arts Inc. to use its logo and name in video games.
The NCAA announced Wednesday it will not enter into a new contract with EA Sports and NCAA Football 2014 will be the last edition of the popular game.
The move comes as the NCAA fights a lawsuit that demands the NCAA find a way to cut players in on the billions of dollars earned by from live broadcasts, memorabilia sales, video games and in other areas.
The NCAA says in a statement it is confident in its legal position regarding the use of trademarks in video games, but "we determined participating in this game is not in the best interests of the NCAA."
The plaintiffs in the case against the NCAA would not be able to use the elimination of the EA Sports partnership as admissible evidence of the NCAA's guilt in court.
So I'm guessing 2K will try landing them.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 17, 2013 15:25:48 GMT -5
This blows, no more bringing over NCAA rosters to Madden
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Post by K Dot on Jul 18, 2013 15:25:31 GMT -5
I've heard EA will still try to make a college football game and it'll be called "College Football 15"
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 1, 2013 12:16:58 GMT -5
I've heard EA will still try to make a college football game and it'll be called "College Football 15" They would get sued in an instant
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Oct 1, 2013 12:34:05 GMT -5
I've heard EA will still try to make a college football game and it'll be called "College Football 15" They would get sued in an instant EA University of Phoenix Football '15
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 1, 2013 14:26:58 GMT -5
They would get sued in an instant EA University of Phoenix Football '15 That sounds shady. University of Phoenix doesn't have a football team
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Oct 1, 2013 16:45:50 GMT -5
EA University of Phoenix Football '15 That sounds shady. University of Phoenix doesn't have a football team Thats the joke. They will sponsor anything
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 1, 2013 17:21:04 GMT -5
That sounds shady. University of Phoenix doesn't have a football team Thats the joke. They will sponsor anything I didn't know they sponsored anything
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Post by Happy Pizza on Oct 1, 2013 17:27:39 GMT -5
I've heard EA will still try to make a college football game and it'll be called "College Football 15" They would get sued in an instant Actually, they wouldn't. The Collegiate Licensing Company holds the contracts with most of the major universities, not the NCAA. So all the teams people care about could still appear in EA's game, they would just lose the NCAA logo and its respective trademarks.
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 1, 2013 17:30:26 GMT -5
They would get sued in an instant Actually, they wouldn't. The Collegiate Licensing Company holds the contracts with most of the major universities, not the NCAA. So all the teams people care about could still appear in EA's game, they would just lose the NCAA logo and its respective trademarks. Really? because I thought the NCAA was in charge of all of the colleges licensing
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Post by Happy Pizza on Oct 1, 2013 17:38:20 GMT -5
Nope. The NCAA is a nonprofit, third-party organization responsible for the planning and managing of intercollegiate athletic programs. They have nothing to do with the negotiation of licensing contracts between schools and corporate sponsors. For example, any piece of Penn State merchandise I buy will have a CLC sticker on it somewhere, but not necessarily an NCAA sticker.
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