NCAA files suit

[oujour76]

Funny. NCAA filing suit against EA Sports and a licensing company....NCAA had no idea that athletes images and likenesses were being used in those video games. Yeah, right.

The NCAA has responded to its ongoing legal problems by suing both the video-game maker and licensing partner that played roles in the NCAA being entangled in those same ongoing legal problems.

The Wall Street Journal and al.com reported Wednesday that the NCAA has filed suit against Electronic Arts and the Collegiate Licensing Company, claiming that both companies have breached their contracts with the NCAA during their engagement in settlement talks.

The suit claims CLC "failed to adequately supervise" EA's "contractual obligations" in the making of EA's video games and in maintaining liability insurance to cover "pending third-party claims."

As a result, the suit claims, the CLC and EA "subject the NCAA to potential liability in several lawsuits currently being litigated relating to EA's alleged use of NCAA student athletes' names, images, and likenesses in EA's NCAA-themed video games."

EA and the CLC settled with thousands of former student-athletes in September for a sum approaching $40 million. A CLC spokesman said in a statement Wednesday that the "dispute" lied "between NCAA and EA" and should not involve his company.

The suit again reiterates that the NCAA did not approve the use of any student-athletes' likenesses in EA's videogames.

"When EA contracted for the license of the NCAA's and the NCAA's member institutions' intellectual property for use in the video games, EA expressly agreed not to include student athlete names and likenesses in the football and basketball video games," the suit claims.

Those claims were the impetus for the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit, which originally sought compensation for the use of those likenesses by EA but now has become a class-action suit that could challenge the NCAA's rules concerning revenue distribution across college athletics.

The suit was filed by the NCAA in Georgia Nov. 4.

www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24251015/ncaa-sues-ea-clc-over-contractual-obligations

[mscott59]

Nov 21, 2013 10:02:25 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Funny. NCAA filing suit against EA Sports and a licensing company....NCAA had no idea that athletes images and likenesses were being used in those video games. Yeah, right.

The NCAA has responded to its ongoing legal problems by suing both the video-game maker and licensing partner that played roles in the NCAA being entangled in those same ongoing legal problems.

The Wall Street Journal and al.com reported Wednesday that the NCAA has filed suit against Electronic Arts and the Collegiate Licensing Company, claiming that both companies have breached their contracts with the NCAA during their engagement in settlement talks.

The suit claims CLC "failed to adequately supervise" EA's "contractual obligations" in the making of EA's video games and in maintaining liability insurance to cover "pending third-party claims."

As a result, the suit claims, the CLC and EA "subject the NCAA to potential liability in several lawsuits currently being litigated relating to EA's alleged use of NCAA student athletes' names, images, and likenesses in EA's NCAA-themed video games."

EA and the CLC settled with thousands of former student-athletes in September for a sum approaching $40 million. A CLC spokesman said in a statement Wednesday that the "dispute" lied "between NCAA and EA" and should not involve his company.

The suit again reiterates that the NCAA did not approve the use of any student-athletes' likenesses in EA's videogames.

"When EA contracted for the license of the NCAA's and the NCAA's member institutions' intellectual property for use in the video games, EA expressly agreed not to include student athlete names and likenesses in the football and basketball video games," the suit claims.

Those claims were the impetus for the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit, which originally sought compensation for the use of those likenesses by EA but now has become a class-action suit that could challenge the NCAA's rules concerning revenue distribution across college athletics.

The suit was filed by the NCAA in Georgia Nov. 4.

www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24251015/ncaa-sues-ea-clc-over-contractual-obligations

ncaa.

clc.

ea.

cya.

lol.

mark scott
tosu 81

[Walter]

Can you imagine the look of the lead attorney's face when the hacks at NCAA suggested this suit be filed?
LOL....

[oujour76]

Nov 21, 2013 10:40:42 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Nov 21, 2013 10:02:25 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Funny. NCAA filing suit against EA Sports and a licensing company....NCAA had no idea that athletes images and likenesses were being used in those video games. Yeah, right.

The NCAA has responded to its ongoing legal problems by suing both the video-game maker and licensing partner that played roles in the NCAA being entangled in those same ongoing legal problems.

The Wall Street Journal and al.com reported Wednesday that the NCAA has filed suit against Electronic Arts and the Collegiate Licensing Company, claiming that both companies have breached their contracts with the NCAA during their engagement in settlement talks.

The suit claims CLC "failed to adequately supervise" EA's "contractual obligations" in the making of EA's video games and in maintaining liability insurance to cover "pending third-party claims."

As a result, the suit claims, the CLC and EA "subject the NCAA to potential liability in several lawsuits currently being litigated relating to EA's alleged use of NCAA student athletes' names, images, and likenesses in EA's NCAA-themed video games."

EA and the CLC settled with thousands of former student-athletes in September for a sum approaching $40 million. A CLC spokesman said in a statement Wednesday that the "dispute" lied "between NCAA and EA" and should not involve his company.

The suit again reiterates that the NCAA did not approve the use of any student-athletes' likenesses in EA's videogames.

"When EA contracted for the license of the NCAA's and the NCAA's member institutions' intellectual property for use in the video games, EA expressly agreed not to include student athlete names and likenesses in the football and basketball video games," the suit claims.

Those claims were the impetus for the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit, which originally sought compensation for the use of those likenesses by EA but now has become a class-action suit that could challenge the NCAA's rules concerning revenue distribution across college athletics.

The suit was filed by the NCAA in Georgia Nov. 4.

www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24251015/ncaa-sues-ea-clc-over-contractual-obligations

ncaa.

clc.

ea.

cya.

lol.

mark scott
tosu 81

What a f-ing joke.

[oujour76]

Nov 21, 2013 11:49:48 GMT -5 Walter said:

Can you imagine the look of the lead attorney's face when the hacks at NCAA suggested this suit be filed?
LOL....

If he is outside counsel, his face lit up and his first thought was billable hours. Cha-ching.

[Walter]

Nov 21, 2013 12:27:19 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Nov 21, 2013 11:49:48 GMT -5 Walter said:

Can you imagine the look of the lead attorney's face when the hacks at NCAA suggested this suit be filed?
LOL....

If he is outside counsel, his face lit up and his first thought was billable hours. Cha-ching.

Discovery could end up quite juicy.....

MEMO

Date: 12 Jan 2006

From: NCAA VP of product development
TO: EA sports director of game design

Bob,

I reviewed the latest iteration of the football alpha rollout of next years game and I have to say, The Reggie Bush character doesn't look at all like Reggie Bush and the Vince Young character doesn't look much like Vince Young either. In short, I think more emphasis needs to be put on the realism. Is there something we can do about that before the beta test version rolls?

Best Regards,

Paul

[AlaCowboy]

The judge hearing the O'Bannon lawsuit refused to allow past damages as it can't be determined who was damaged. Since every player on a team doesn't play in most games it would be difficult to assess damages.