EA Sports abandons college football game for 2014
EA will not be publishing a new college football game next year, as legal troubles have the company reconsidering "the future of the franchise."
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EA will not be publishing a new college football game next year, as legal troubles have the company reconsidering "the future of the franchise."
EA Sports will continue to make college football games. However, it will do so without the NCAA license.
The NCAA has decided not to renew its contract with EA Sports.
A district court judge has refused to dismiss a class action suit that alleges EA conspired with the NCAA to use player likenesses without compensation.
The NCAA class action suit could cost EA up to a billion dollars, if the company is forced to pay all involved players, and if the judge rules that the violation was intentional.