ed obannon
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College Players Can Get A PS4 From A Bowl Game, But They Can’t Be Paid
The Military Bowl is no one’s idea of a major college football bowl game. It’s a shitty bowl, in fact, inviting five-loss teams to stage background-noise football two days after Christmas. Despite that, every player from Maryland and Marshall will receive a PlayStation 4 for showing up this year.
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NFL Pros Go Back To College To Fight For Their Video Game Rights
Two letters and a number. That’s all you need to be a household name in college football — or its video game, at least. But this year, when NCAA Football 14 hits shelves on Tuesday, South Carolina’s fearsome DE#7 and Texas A&M’s do-it-all QB#2 will be joined, for the first time, by active players appearing…
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Real Names In Games Mean More Money For The NCAA, Executive Argued
Five years ago, an NCAA executive said EA Sports should be allowed to use actual names of its amateur athletes — commanding a higher licensing fee as a result — because players’ likenesses were “rigged into the games now by illegal means.” Permitting their use would clear up the matter and bring more money to…