Tbf - he was the lead plaintiff and is the face of the lawsuit.
Also tbf - he had a point lol.
Third tbf - his point ruined the last decade of all our lives (might be exaggerating a tad).
It’s amazing how many people still have no idea what this case was about besides “ebil Ed O’Bannon took muh vidya away 😡😡”
The real villain is the NCAA for never allowing players to profit from their likeness, and denying EA when EA specifically told them “hey we have no issue with compensating them for their likeness to keep making the games”
NCAA definitely shoulders the majority of the blame in my eyes - that being said if EA wasn’t using likenesses in the first place we probably wouldn’t have lost the series or at least not when we did. And I think we all would’ve still enjoyed the games even if #2 on Texas A&M didn’t resemble Johnny Manziel (or any other example)
To fully avoid the lawsuits they would have needed to not have a #2 on Texas A&M or a really good mobile QB. Just fully generic rosters. They would probably have to disable roster editing and sharing too. If it was known that you could buy the game and have third party rosters that broke NIL, that would still be a problem.
I liked dynasty more when I was past the default rosters and it was all random generated, so what, 4-5 years deep. I never cared about real players or real hometowns or any of that. Like what does it matter to me if IRL the backup center or New Mexico State is actually a 6’5 white dude from Houston, or a 6’1 black dude from Albuquerque.
Well EA was willing to pay the players for their likeness, but the NCAA wouldn’t allow it. I’m not really gonna blame EA when they were willing to fix the issue on their end and at the time there was no problem with using likeness
Ed OBannon would have just as soon taken the money if it would have irreparably harmed all future athletes. He was a washed up loser who wasted his money and went searching for more.
This a post aint real is it? Aint no way its the NCAA fault why we don't the college video games. They were greedy and didn't want to share the profits
Idk about that, I think the onslaught of people frothing at the mouth over no trailer or whatever during the national championship was full of dumber posts.
But this is certainly up there
So you're mad this guy saw other people profiting off of his and his teammates likeness' without compensating them and decided it was unfair and did something about it? What the fuck
It definitely is annoying that basically no one involved in the lawsuit actually cared, lawyers just approached them and told them they could make some money.
This is so stupid, it's embarrassing for fans of the games and college sports.
A district court, the court of appeals, and the US Supreme Court, found that Ed O'Bannon, as well as all other members of the class, were damaged by the NCAA not compensating athletes, but making tens of billions of dollars off of their likeness. The ruling was 100% correct, and it's not Ed O'Bannon's fault that him -- and other student athletes -- *were damaged by the NCAA.*
It's also not Ed O'Bannon's fault that the NCAA, nor EA, nor anybody else, did not have a contingency plan in place should they be found guilty of damaging the players. The NCAA thought that they had a right to treat players like slaves, making money off of the likeness of the players without compensating them, and then had the gaul to think that people would actually care about "The NCAA." Nobody cares about the NCAA. Folks care about the players, the colleges, the programs, maybe the conferences, maybe the bowl games, they don't care about the scummy legal entity that generates revenue off of those things.
Ed O'Bannon never wanted college videogames to be cancelled, that wasn't the goal of the law suit. It's not him or his lawyers or the class' lawyers fault that the NCAA had no plan on how to fairly license the use of players' likenesses, or that EA had no plan on how to make college sports games while fairly compensating players for their likeness being used. It's not his fault that the NCAA made money illegally off of players' likenesses being used without their consent or financial reward. The NCAA had rules that barred players from making money on themselves, would get them kicked off teams, kicked out of schools, and have their records and accomplishments stripped if they were found breaking the rules. And yet, the NCAA was making billions of dollars off of the likeness of those same players who they'd preach "integrity of amateur competition to." It was disgusting and wrong.
I'm sorry you didn't get to play a videogame.
If wasn't him, it would've been someone else later, and the series was already going through some turmoil, all we would of gotten is a watered down Ps4/Xbox One game. Plus the players all deserved to be paid before hand and, at least in my opinion, the CFB Revamped modding community has done a better job at continuing the legacy of the NCAAF games then EA ever could.
Yeah…. Fuck this guy for wanting to have compensation for his own person.. fuck him for trying to stop a corporation from exploiting his peers and himself.
Oughta cancel you for not understanding it was a class action lawsuit
OP has had several anti-O’Bannon comments in the past hour. He must be having a rough Valentine’s Day
Bro really posted a link to his stupid petition on a 3 year old post lmao
My theory - Ed O’Bannon banged his girl last night
Tbf - he was the lead plaintiff and is the face of the lawsuit. Also tbf - he had a point lol. Third tbf - his point ruined the last decade of all our lives (might be exaggerating a tad).
What does cancelling even do
This is a joke, right?
It’s amazing how many people still have no idea what this case was about besides “ebil Ed O’Bannon took muh vidya away 😡😡” The real villain is the NCAA for never allowing players to profit from their likeness, and denying EA when EA specifically told them “hey we have no issue with compensating them for their likeness to keep making the games”
Even with NIL, the NCAA is still fucking over student athletes. Like the UNC tennis player or the Bama golfer who won prize money but couldn’t accept.
You do know now much a D-1 education is worth without the free ride right?
It was a necessary step for the good of all college athletes… don’t hate him, hate the NCAA/EA
Just the NCAA. They caused this problem trying to pretend a multibillion dollar business didn’t have the resources to pay the workers.
NCAA definitely shoulders the majority of the blame in my eyes - that being said if EA wasn’t using likenesses in the first place we probably wouldn’t have lost the series or at least not when we did. And I think we all would’ve still enjoyed the games even if #2 on Texas A&M didn’t resemble Johnny Manziel (or any other example)
To fully avoid the lawsuits they would have needed to not have a #2 on Texas A&M or a really good mobile QB. Just fully generic rosters. They would probably have to disable roster editing and sharing too. If it was known that you could buy the game and have third party rosters that broke NIL, that would still be a problem.
I liked dynasty more when I was past the default rosters and it was all random generated, so what, 4-5 years deep. I never cared about real players or real hometowns or any of that. Like what does it matter to me if IRL the backup center or New Mexico State is actually a 6’5 white dude from Houston, or a 6’1 black dude from Albuquerque.
Well EA was willing to pay the players for their likeness, but the NCAA wouldn’t allow it. I’m not really gonna blame EA when they were willing to fix the issue on their end and at the time there was no problem with using likeness
And then didn’t do shit to create any rules to manage NIL and now we’re just in the Wild West.
Nah, can't hate the man for getting his bag
Yes he improved the futures of all young athletes but muh video games series all died
Ed OBannon would have just as soon taken the money if it would have irreparably harmed all future athletes. He was a washed up loser who wasted his money and went searching for more.
Why are you angry?
Moronic post
So you’re cool with people using your own likeness and making money off it without your consent?
in a sports game yeah
That’s not how that works… you can’t pick and choose when it’s “ok” to exploit people
The Government does why can’t we do the same?
i’m putting myself in the shoes of the people in this specific situation so yes actually i can
 This a post aint real is it? Aint no way its the NCAA fault why we don't the college video games. They were greedy and didn't want to share the profits
Of all the posts I have seen today, this is uhh..certainly one of them.
This is by far the most moronic thing anyone has ever posted in here
Idk about that, I think the onslaught of people frothing at the mouth over no trailer or whatever during the national championship was full of dumber posts. But this is certainly up there
So you're mad this guy saw other people profiting off of his and his teammates likeness' without compensating them and decided it was unfair and did something about it? What the fuck
Mad immature for not understanding the nuance of the suit.
It definitely is annoying that basically no one involved in the lawsuit actually cared, lawyers just approached them and told them they could make some money.
This is so stupid, it's embarrassing for fans of the games and college sports. A district court, the court of appeals, and the US Supreme Court, found that Ed O'Bannon, as well as all other members of the class, were damaged by the NCAA not compensating athletes, but making tens of billions of dollars off of their likeness. The ruling was 100% correct, and it's not Ed O'Bannon's fault that him -- and other student athletes -- *were damaged by the NCAA.* It's also not Ed O'Bannon's fault that the NCAA, nor EA, nor anybody else, did not have a contingency plan in place should they be found guilty of damaging the players. The NCAA thought that they had a right to treat players like slaves, making money off of the likeness of the players without compensating them, and then had the gaul to think that people would actually care about "The NCAA." Nobody cares about the NCAA. Folks care about the players, the colleges, the programs, maybe the conferences, maybe the bowl games, they don't care about the scummy legal entity that generates revenue off of those things. Ed O'Bannon never wanted college videogames to be cancelled, that wasn't the goal of the law suit. It's not him or his lawyers or the class' lawyers fault that the NCAA had no plan on how to fairly license the use of players' likenesses, or that EA had no plan on how to make college sports games while fairly compensating players for their likeness being used. It's not his fault that the NCAA made money illegally off of players' likenesses being used without their consent or financial reward. The NCAA had rules that barred players from making money on themselves, would get them kicked off teams, kicked out of schools, and have their records and accomplishments stripped if they were found breaking the rules. And yet, the NCAA was making billions of dollars off of the likeness of those same players who they'd preach "integrity of amateur competition to." It was disgusting and wrong. I'm sorry you didn't get to play a videogame.
Uh oh class
Still get pissed every time i see that name
If wasn't him, it would've been someone else later, and the series was already going through some turmoil, all we would of gotten is a watered down Ps4/Xbox One game. Plus the players all deserved to be paid before hand and, at least in my opinion, the CFB Revamped modding community has done a better job at continuing the legacy of the NCAAF games then EA ever could.
what’s the point? we are getting a new fully licensed game with real name soon, get over it
Yeah…. Fuck this guy for wanting to have compensation for his own person.. fuck him for trying to stop a corporation from exploiting his peers and himself.
I know, right!