Peter Moore On NCAA Football, "We'll Be Back"
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NCAA Football is always going to have a bit of speculation around when/if/maybe someday it will return.
In an interview with IGN, EA Chief Competition Officer Peter Moore added his voice to the chorus of speculation with a rather optimistic tone.
Check out the quotes from the interview compiled by Polygon's Owen Good:
Currently there's still no traction for a game to actually make a comeback since the lawsuit's settlement checks are still going out.
As we've reported in the past, NCAA Football will only make a comeback when the legal structures of the NCAA change to allow players to be paid. A game with generic rosters would still not be a legally viable option and most likely several schools would balk at such an effort anyways -- thus it's unlikely anything but a fully licensed game with real players on real teams will be shipped. EA will almost certainly not pursue a college game of any kind unless there is a zero percent chance of a lawsuit.
So while we appreciate Moore's optimism, it does look like we're still in a holding pattern waiting on the NCAA to do something right.
In other words, the world may look like this before a NCAA Football game ships again.
NCAA Football is always going to have a bit of speculation around when/if/maybe someday it will return.
In an interview with IGN, EA Chief Competition Officer Peter Moore added his voice to the chorus of speculation with a rather optimistic tone.
Check out the quotes from the interview compiled by Polygon's Owen Good:
“NCAA Football became the lightning rod for bigger issues regarding college athletes getting paid for their performance, not only in football but all college sports,” said Moore, who was EA Sports president from 2007 to 2011. “And their likeness. It was a sad day when we realized, ‘We are in the sights of a number of lawsuits.’ A number of athletes which were all combined eventually into one singular suit and said, ‘That’s me.’ When your lawyers’ fees are more than the revenue you can expect to get in.
It was an unclear future for us,” Moore said. “It was a really sad day and we said, ‘We just can’t do this anymore.’ And one day I know we’ll be back.
Currently there's still no traction for a game to actually make a comeback since the lawsuit's settlement checks are still going out.
As we've reported in the past, NCAA Football will only make a comeback when the legal structures of the NCAA change to allow players to be paid. A game with generic rosters would still not be a legally viable option and most likely several schools would balk at such an effort anyways -- thus it's unlikely anything but a fully licensed game with real players on real teams will be shipped. EA will almost certainly not pursue a college game of any kind unless there is a zero percent chance of a lawsuit.
So while we appreciate Moore's optimism, it does look like we're still in a holding pattern waiting on the NCAA to do something right.
In other words, the world may look like this before a NCAA Football game ships again.
Comments
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Just do what 2k did in nba2k have randomized people . And also let people be able to create the rosters so if they do want realism they are able too
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What about EA BIG games though, shouldnt even be a priority to have 2 of the exact same games in the market.
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The ncaa should pay there ? players.
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not_osirus_jenkins wrote: »The ncaa should pay there ? players.
I heard something about players getting stipends. -
The Recipe wrote: »not_osirus_jenkins wrote: »The ncaa should pay there ? players.
I heard something about players getting stipends.
They should. Divvy it up. 5000 a semester to all players. -
this lying pos
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all they need to do it, buy the school licenses like before and them just super randomize the roster. Unfortunately they cannot allow roster editing because that's what got them into this mess.