Ed O'Bannon vs. NCAA Lawsuit
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You obviously do not know the O'Bannon family. They picked Ed for a reason.
ajbrand33
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awesome response, care to enlighten us?
JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
I think the players should certainly receive something for this after they are out of college if their likeness is going to be use in a game after they are out of college
ajbrand33
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how would this work? i know that the past couple of editions of NCAA football have gotten rid of the historic and all time teams, most likely for this very reason. we all know the cover athletes get paid but are obviously not student athletes anymore. the likeness isnt really used when they are out of college, only while they are in college. same as jersey sales.
Not that they are rich or anything, but they are not struggling. Ed works in marketing at a car dealership in Vegas. The reason Ed is a good frontman on this suit, which is tied to Oscar Robinson as well, is that he has a confident, calm, and soft-spoken demeanor. He just comes off really, really well. Basically, the perfect plaintiff. A hard-working family man who people just naturally respond to well.
DuffMan
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I don't think this is stupid at all. You don't think the NCAA profited from putting Tebow on the cover of NCAA last year? They aren't idiots, they are putting the athlete on the cover that they think will help them sell the most copies so they are most certainly financially benefiting from that persons likeness, and that's just the cover athelte. I can't think of another situation in this country in which you can profit from someone elses likeness and NOT compensate them. It will be interesting to see if there is some sort of waiver allowing that or waiving thier financial intereste in everything in something they sign when they get their scholarship.
The real question of this might become "how do you share the revenue?". With a hundred teams, and 80 players on each do you just give all 800 players the same percentage? Tebow is certainly worth more than the back up punter for the clownies, but do you pay them all the same?
I'm interested to see where this goes.
The real question of this might become "how do you share the revenue?". With a hundred teams, and 80 players on each do you just give all 800 players the same percentage? Tebow is certainly worth more than the back up punter for the clownies, but do you pay them all the same?
I'm interested to see where this goes.
TheBattman
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Actually being on EA's game is an endorsment which is why they would never use a current player, so the coverman gets paid by EA to be on the cover. I think this is more for the historical teams/games which EA could just get rid of. I had a teacher at Iowa who talked in class how a sibling works at EA and they are basically waiting for John Madden to die because of all the money spent using his name.
DuffMan
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That makes sens RE the cover, I forgot they always used a player who left.
The current players have just as much as an argument as the all time players, at least that is what the lawsuit must be about. I think it's an interesting argument, and again I don't know how you would decide who gets what in the event they are awarded money. Certainly more people bought NCAA March Madness (insert year) because of Ed Obannon than did for Kent Macausland.
The current players have just as much as an argument as the all time players, at least that is what the lawsuit must be about. I think it's an interesting argument, and again I don't know how you would decide who gets what in the event they are awarded money. Certainly more people bought NCAA March Madness (insert year) because of Ed Obannon than did for Kent Macausland.
