ncaa football
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Top 25 Polls Determine Payments In EA Sports’ College Game
Want to know what your favourite college football team made from its appearance in EA Sports’ NCAA Football series last year? Average its Associated Press poll ranking over the past 10 seasons. If it’s 25 or higher, congratulations. They probably earned about $US75,000.
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EA Sports’ First Amendment Defence In College Lawsuits Shot Down Again
For the second time, a federal appeals court has struck down a key defence Electronic Arts has used in its long-running legal fight against college athletes who say their likenesses have been used in EA Sports video games without their permission.
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EA Sports’ College Football Series Survives Another Three Years
When word passed the NCAA was pulling its name and logo off EA Sports’ 21-year-old NCAA Football series, many immediately assumed it was the death of the title. Once everyone realised another entity altogether handles the 120+ teams who appear in the game, it became clear this was largely an ass-covering technicality.
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NCAA Football Has All Of Its Fight Songs Back — Except One
One of the stranger sports stories I’ve reported came last year when NCAA Football 13 featured Baylor University’s Heisman-winning quarterback on its cover, but not the school’s fight song in the game. It was one of several songs held by a firm trying to fend off bankruptcy by jacking up the cost to use them.