There’s been measurable pent-up demand for new NCAA Football titles ever since the series ceased in 2013, but new legislation in California leading to revised rules may finally make it a possibility. EA Sports was forced to end the popular Madden alternative due to legal disputes surrounding player likenesses, but with the new Fair Pay to Play act, college stars will finally be able to earn money for appearing in titles such as the aforementioned.
And Andrew Wilson, the head honcho at the aforementioned mega-publisher, is monitoring the situation closely: “Our position is we would love to build a game,” he told Jason Gay of The Wall Street Journal. “If there’s a world where the folks who govern these things are able to solve for how to pay players for the use of their name and likeness and stats and data, we would jump at the opportunity to build a game in a heartbeat.”
It’s not going to happen overnight, though. First, the NCAA will need to figure out a way to ensure players are paid appropriately, and then EA Sports would need to agree to the terms. Of course, most importantly of all the game will actually need to get made, and that means we’re likely to be several years away from this becoming a reality. The good news is that, with this fresh legislation, the possibility is finally back in play.
[source twitter.com]
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@get2sammyb "EA Sports Would Bring Back NCAA Football in a Heartbeat"
.....and fill it with microtransactions and loot boxes
there fixed the article title for you
Id love to see the 2k team of old to get ahold of this license, but we know 2k isn't much better than ea these days. Maybe the competition would help get some better football games.
@FullbringIchigo Beat me to it lol
@get2sammyb not only did california pass this legislature, but the ncaa itself passed a new rule allowing athletes to profit off their names and likenesses.
@ellsworth004 Thanks for the additional information. I've revised the article to reflect that.
Is this the American game called 'foot'ball were they primarily use their 'hands' to move the ball? It's almost like manly Rugby, once you remove the cissy 'Oh, please don't hurt me' armour that they wear. Thinking about it, Basketball & Baseball were games that girls played, when I was at school, although back then it was called Netball & Rounders. In that context, I'm not surprised that they need to wear their cissy 'Oh, please don't hurt me' armour for their version of Rugby.
@Hengist The armour actually leads to more injuries since they can hit harder without hurting themselves.
@nessisonett If they can hit harder without hurting themselves, how do they incur more injuries? In all honesty, I know what you mean. I'm just trying to have a laugh at our colonial cousins
@TheIronChimp 'American Football isn't Rugby with Armour.'
From the uninformed viewers point of view, it is.
Do we have to do the "rugby with armour" thing? At least in American football you can throw the ball forwards.
If they get to make a new one the fans will be lucky if it resembles what they once loved.
@get2sammyb 'Do we have to do the "rugby with armour" thing?'
No not at all. It's all about indulging an old man's poor, dire, misdirected, insular sense of humour.
'At least in American football you can throw the ball forwards'
Do they throw the ball forwards with their feet? I only enquire, as I like to think of it as American handball.
P.S. Have an upvote.
Would love this.... hope they can get it done.
Also College Hoops/NCAA Basketball....
Hope it works out.
NCAA Football would be a day one purchase for me.
@Hengist
I believe "football" is derived from every game requiring a kick-off to start the game. A football game can't start without one. That's why you'll often hear the question, "What time is kick-off" when asking when a game is scheduled.
After that, kicking is limited to additional kick-offs, Point After attemps (PAT), field goals, or punts.
@lacerz Thanks lacerz, for taking the time to post and educate me. I appreciate it.
While we're on the topic, did you know that 'Soccer' (as the Americans like to distinguish it, from what the rest of the world calls it), is derived from the words 'Football Association'?
@Hengist
Did you know that the UK and Scotland called soccer "soccer" until the 1970s...and only changed the term because they thought it was too American?
EDIT:
For reference.
https://www.spiegel.de/international/naming-the-beautiful-game-it-s-called-soccer-a-420024.html
@Hengist so im guessing u do not like american "football"?
@lacerz Scotland is still part of the UK, we didn't vote to leave in 2014 and hopefully won't in 2 or 3 years at the inevitable Part 2. 😊
@OorWullie
That's what I thought, but I relied on Wikipedia. My bad.
@get2sammyb i really dislike people from different countries downing each others sports. I guess it mainly comes down to not understanding the rules so its hard to watch. Im a avid sports fan, i like every sport. Ill watch any game or match on tv(and my wife hates it lol), but a sport that just perplexes me is cricket. It seems like a really awesome sport but i just dont understand anything that is going on. I know this is off subject, but is there a decent cricket game on ps4 so i could learn more about it?
@Hengist - technically it's called "Rugby Football" - as opposed to "Association Football" (from which as you pointed out, the name "Soccer" was derived) - so do you also object to the use of hands to lob the ball about in rugby "football" as well as American "football" (or even Australian , Gaelic, or Canadian "football"!) ?!
Most of the original versions of "football" permitted catching the ball to take a mark ... the apocryphal story of William Web Ellis at Rugby school picking up the ball and running with it during a football match places the emphasis on the "picking up the ball" when in fact, that was fine at the time, it was the running with it that was new!
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