Electronic Arts began distributing its settlement checks related to the class action lawsuit regarding sports video game monopolies. In the matter of Pecover v. Electronic Arts, Inc., EA reached an out-of-court settlement in the tune of $27 million. If you filed a claim by May 15, 2013 you should be receiving your settlement check valued by the number of games purchased from the Madden NFL, NCAA Football and Arena Football game franchises for GameCube, Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox...
Last week, a federal judge preliminarily approved an antitrust claim against Electronic Arts (EA) for monopolizing a partnerships with the National Football League, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the Arena Football League with respect to its branded interactive football games. The settlement amounts to $27 million and EA must release its exclusivity rights for certain football games. With its marketing exclusivity, EA was able to gauge customers by hiking up the prices without facing any competition from other...
The landscape of college football and the respective conference realignment carousel is not only causing a stir amongst college football fans, but it’s causing concern amongst key members on Capitol Hill. Ranking Democrat Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) voiced his concern earlier this week by sending a six page letter to Texas Republican Lamar Smith, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, urging the Judiciary Committee to hold hearings regarding the state and role of money in college sports. In his...
The college football world will have to deal with Tim Tebow for one more season, at least in the electronic gaming world. Earlier today, EA Sports and Tim Tebow announced their pairing up as he signed a contract on the dotted line to be featured on the cover of EA Sports NCAA Football 2011. EA Sports wanted to memorialize the legendary college QB who completed his Gator career winning the Heisman trophy in 2007 sandwiched by two national championships...
NCAA Football 2010 came out a week ago yesterday much to the delight of fans of college football. The Matador and I have enjoyed the series since its beginning and we have both bought it every single year without fail. I picked up the Xbox360 version last Tuesday during Gamestop’s Midnight Release and spent a couple hours playing Wednesday after work. I’ll start by saying that this game has definitely beefed up the artificial intelligence on the defensive side of the...
As you know, back in May, former Arizona State and Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller didn’t have the career the recruiters thought he would so he decided to make money the good ole fashion way. Keller sued Electronic Arts and the NCAA for conspiring to use his identity and other college athletes’ identities for pecuniary gain, “despite clear prohibitions on the use of student names and likenesses in NCAA bylaws, contracts and licensing agreements.” Currently, the case is pending in the US District Court for the...
