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Retired NFL players sue for video game royalties, claim exclusivity hurt them
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And now for something completely different: 2,000 retired NFL players are suing the NFL Player's Association over lost royalties from video games.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view.bg?articleid=1126505&srvc=rss
Apparently they're complaining the union cut them out of licensing deals in favor of active players or high-profile retirees, even though they supposedly do have licensing agreements. As proof, the retirees point to a 2001 letter from an NFLPA executive telling EA to scramble the images of retired players in "Madden NFL," otherwise the company would have to pay them.
Some hall of famers got a total of $400,000 from EA for a special edition of Madden, but they're claiming -- and this is why you should care -- they'd have gotten more from a competitor. You'll remember EA has the exclusive rights to the NFL.
This might go interesting places.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view.bg?articleid=1126505&srvc=rss
Apparently they're complaining the union cut them out of licensing deals in favor of active players or high-profile retirees, even though they supposedly do have licensing agreements. As proof, the retirees point to a 2001 letter from an NFLPA executive telling EA to scramble the images of retired players in "Madden NFL," otherwise the company would have to pay them.
Some hall of famers got a total of $400,000 from EA for a special edition of Madden, but they're claiming -- and this is why you should care -- they'd have gotten more from a competitor. You'll remember EA has the exclusive rights to the NFL.
Early last year, NFLPA executive Clay Walker told union lawyer Joe Nahra that he forged a deal that gave EA exclusive rights to the Hall of Fame players at "significantly below market." Walker said that Take Two Interactive probably would have paid more to the Hall of Famers to create a rival video game.
This might go interesting places.
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Woo.
Admittedly there's only the smallest of chances that this case would progress far enough to actually nullify EA's exclusivity. Much more likely they'll settle out of court and some money will be paid.
I never asked for this!
Honestly the NFL is already on thin ice and if it wasn't so beloved it'd be broken up like the teleco's were.
I'm having a hard time imagining this. Regional football leagues?
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I never asked for this!
Oh, I don't have an answer to it but they're definitely acting in manners that draw the attention of anti-trust issues. I don't think they could fix it without huge political outfall and fucking the game up but it likely violates the spirit of the law.
Nobody in government will say this because they'd be crushed in an election or by somebody who had to face an election.
what?
Seriously, what?
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I know English footballers (soccer) get paid a fuck load.
They get paid millions but not as much as baseball or basketball, or I suppose soccer, players since each team has to field a lot of players.
Also the NFL has pretty tight salary cap rules which hurts them as well.
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Though keep in mind that all but the biggest stars are more or less abandoned by the NFL when they retire, so unless they've been reasonably responsible with their money while they're active they're more or less fucked.
Not in the U.S.; Major League Soccer players get paid very minimally, even the stars are subjected to a $300,000 salary cap. That is, unless your name begins with B and ends with Eck-Ham, then you get essentially anything you want.
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It sucks that these guys aren't making any money but most of them aren't in any video game at all. I suspect this is going nowhere if they're going to try to build the suit based entirely on what another company might have paid.
The way salary works in the NFL is that you get a lowish salary, but you are entitled to a fuckload of bonuses and incentives.
for example, you could sign with a team for 1 million a season, but get a 15 million dollar signing bonus or playoff bonuses - that's how they skirt the cap since it's a separate deal
Yeah... Isn't that pretty much the definition of team sports leagues?
"Okay men, for our annual Completely Change the Rules For No Apparent Reason stint, we're introducing CANNONS into the gameplay! Eh? Ehhhh?"
Maybe he's upset that American leagues don't have relegation?
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I never asked for this!
Anyway, back to the suit, I would love to see this result in EA losing exclusivity to NFL players (although admittedly, I don't know how actually likely that'll happen). I'm one of the many gamers who thought NFL 2K5 was better than Madden at the time (and cheaper too!), and saddened to see the competition vanish.
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I never asked for this!
However, Microsoft is never allowed to make an NFL game again.
Just... no.
Until the teams realize the all those high first round draft picks actually suck so they cut them and then take them to court to recover most of the "guaranteed" money.
Of the 4 major sports, I feel football players get treated the worst.
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This is a good explanation:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080930-lawsuit-nflpa-conspired-with-ea-to-cheat-retired-players.html
Sounds like Clay Walker (an NFLPA executive) arranged for EA to get this deal in exchange for unnamed favors:
FYI, MS only did the NFL Fever franchise back then because EA wasn't developing for the original Xbox. Once Madden started coming out, there was no need for that franchise anymore. Fast forward several years and my how things have changed, with the 360 being very popular for Madden and Peter Moore now head of EA Sports.
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That, uh. Wow. The players' lawyers will have a field day with that one.