EA Sports will stop producing college football game [View all]
Video game company EA Sports will stop producing a college football game after years of legal battles over using the likenesses of college athletes.
The announcement from the company came after the Southeastern Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 joined the NCAA last month in saying they would no longer license their conference trademarks in the game.
In July, EA Sports' First Amendment defense against claims made by former Arizona State and Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller that the company illegally used his likeness was rejected by a federal court. That followed a similar rejection in a case involving former Rutgers quarterback Ryan Hart.
"We have been stuck in the middle of a dispute between the NCAA and student-athletes who seek compensation for playing college football," EA Sports said in a statement on its website. "Just like companies that broadcast college games and those that provide equipment and apparel, we follow rules that are set by the NCAA -- but those rules are being challenged by some student-athletes. For our part, we are working to settle the lawsuits with the student-athletes."
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I've loved the series, often preferring it to the Madden game. Thing I loved most was exporting rosters.
It is the right thing to do to end the series.
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