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Ed O'Bannon lawsuit strikes another blow -SIAP
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:36 pm
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I know this topic has been discussed at length, but are we witnissing the beginning of the end to the NCAA?? I forgot EA Sports was named in the lawsuit also...we might be seeing the end to their college titles also.
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A former EA Sports producer says the company’s college sports video games were designed to replicate existing athletes without using their names, according to testimony obtained by AL.com.
Jeremy Strauser, an employee of EA Sports from 1995-2011, testified that video game players were created to correlate with existing players numbers and biographical information. Strauser’s testimony took place last December but was filed by EA Sports last week.
I know this topic has been discussed at length, but are we witnissing the beginning of the end to the NCAA?? I forgot EA Sports was named in the lawsuit also...we might be seeing the end to their college titles also.
This post was edited on 5/10/13 at 12:37 pm
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Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:39 pm to MrBiriwa
NCAA might go but the schools will throw the players a small cut to keep doing the NCAA titles.......way to much money in it for them to go away
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:43 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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NCAA might go but the schools will throw the players a small cut to keep doing the NCAA titles.......way to much money in it for them to go away
Or they could just randomize the players?
Also the O'Bannon lawsuit has greater stakes than just the EA video games.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:44 pm to MrBiriwa
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I know this topic has been discussed at length, but are we witnissing the beginning of the end to the NCAA?? I forgot EA Sports was named in the lawsuit also...we might be seeing the end to their college titles also.
They'd already announced the end of the NCAA Football series before this revelation and they ended the NCAA Basketball / March Madness series a few years ago.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:48 pm to teke184
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They'd already announced the end of the NCAA Football series
Is this suppose to be the last year? I could swear I saw an ad for NCAA 2014
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:49 pm to jacks40
I'm apparently mistaken.
They are releasing NCAA 2014, but I thought I'd read that they were canning the NCAA series after this year.
They are releasing NCAA 2014, but I thought I'd read that they were canning the NCAA series after this year.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:53 pm to teke184
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They are releasing NCAA 2014, but I thought I'd read that they were canning the NCAA series after this year.
Noooooo!
My buddy and I have been keeping score of every game we've played for the last three years. Nerdy as hell but fun as heck too.
I just tied up this years's series, it's 39-39. yeah yeah, CSB
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:05 pm to Tiger the Hutt
So we are supposed to feel bad for Ed O'Bannon because he sucked at what he did and had to find another way to try and make money?
Now he is going to have even more people hate him for ending college sports games
Now he is going to have even more people hate him for ending college sports games
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:09 pm to GeauxAggie972
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So we are supposed to feel bad for Ed O'Bannon because he sucked at what he did and had to find another way to try and make money?
No, you are "supposed" to feel anything. Do what you want no one really cares.
Some people think that the NCAA shouldn't have likeness rights to athletes in perpetuity.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:15 pm to MrBiriwa
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are we witnissing the beginning of the end to the NCAA??
I think the NCAA is failing miserably in the court of public opinion. Right now, the plaintiffs are successfully positioning this as the powerless players against the powerful NCAA/Presidents. The NCAA, Presidents and ADs only say "we can't afford to give the players any more because then we can't fund our current departments."
The truth is, a college athletic department is an organization. As long as the courts and schools support Title IX, women's sports are a necessary overhead cost to compete in basketball and football. In other words, basketball and football athletes wouldn't have the legal opportunity to compete and generate revenue if it weren't for the existence of women's teams. Therefore, the NCAA should be re-positioning this suit as the big, bad football and basketball players against Title IX. The NCAA would get a lot more support of that was the public view.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:16 pm to jacks40
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Or they could just randomize the players?
What happens when the randomized hits a random height, weight, number and skill set of a player currently playing?
This whole thing is fricking stupid. If this idiot o'bannon had made anything out of himself, this wouldn't be happening.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:18 pm to jacks40
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Some people think that the NCAA shouldn't have likeness rights to athletes in perpetuity.
All current and former athletes signed over their likeness rights to the schools the day they stepped foot on campus. At the time, they decided that the education and professional opportunity was worth foregoing that right. Now they are trying to renege on that. Ed O'Bannon won't get anything and as long as athletes continue to sign the papers, none of them will. Now if the athletes started refusing to sign over the rights, then things will get interesting.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:53 pm to lsu711
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Therefore, the NCAA should be re-positioning this suit as the big, bad football and basketball players against Title IX. The NCAA would get a lot more support of that was the public view.
No way. Then it turns into the FB/male BB players becoming misogynists against the "sacred" Title IX.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:53 pm to lsu711
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All current and former athletes signed over their likeness rights to the schools the day they stepped foot on campus.
You say reneging, they say contract of adhesion.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:55 pm to TigerStripes06
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What happens when the randomized hits a random height, weight, number and skill set of a player currently playing?
The chances of that happening are 1 in a billion.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:04 pm to Wally Sparks
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No way. Then it turns into the FB/male BB players becoming misogynists against the "sacred" Title IX.
I know it isn't great business for the NCAA to go after the image of its players. However, I don't think the NCAA is in any position to protect the image of the players if the risk is losing this lawsuit. The gloves have to come off.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:07 pm to jacks40
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they say contract of adhesion.
there are few more bullshite concepts in law than contracts of adhesion
contracts of adhesion is a concept created to allow people who made deals they regret to renege on their agreement without consequence
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Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:08 pm to TigerStripes06
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What happens when the randomized hits a random height, weight, number and skill set of a player currently playing?
you can't randomize bc the players for Alabama are supposed to be better than the players for South Alabama or UAB...
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:09 pm to lsu711
O'Bannon is not seeking compensation for the use of his likeness or image when he was a student at UCLA. He is seeking compensation for the use of his likeness or image after his eligibility had expired.
If Ed O'Bannon wanted to use pictures of himself in UCLA uniforms for advertising purposes he would have to pay UCLA for the rights to use his own image. I doubt UCLA would enforce such a restriction, but technically the restriction exists since O'Bannon signed over his likeness rights.
If Ed O'Bannon wanted to use pictures of himself in UCLA uniforms for advertising purposes he would have to pay UCLA for the rights to use his own image. I doubt UCLA would enforce such a restriction, but technically the restriction exists since O'Bannon signed over his likeness rights.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:11 pm to SlowFlowPro
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contracts of adhesion is a concept created to allow people who made deals they regret to renege on their agreement without consequence
Or it ensures that commercial entities in a superior bargaining position cannot take advantage of the uneducated.
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