They are fun but football is too complicated. I still don't know all of the positions, formations, schemes, penalties, etc and iv spent my whole life in the only place that gives a shit about it.

Nba 2k best sports franchise imo. Either that or Super Mega Baseball

tehh4ck3r

Magrathea7063 Posts

February 03 2021 03:18 GMT

#207870

On February 03 2021 04:59 Erasme wrote:
i hear they might be able to get some money from their likeness now
else its jsut EA cashing in some $$ before they have to

players wont be able to make any money from this since EA isnt putting any real players in this game. they're only licensing teams/uniforms/etc. from colleges but no player likeness rights

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

February 03 2021 03:26 GMT

#207871

On February 03 2021 12:18 tehh4ck3r wrote:

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players wont be able to make any money from this since EA isnt putting any real players in this game. they're only licensing teams/uniforms/etc. from colleges but no player likeness rights

Lol...

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

February 03 2021 11:40 GMT

#207872

On February 03 2021 07:35 PassiveAce wrote:
They are fun but football is too complicated. I still don't know all of the positions, formations, schemes, penalties, etc and iv spent my whole life in the only place that gives a shit about it.

Nba 2k best sports franchise imo. Either that or Super Mega Baseball

i learned american football by playing tecmo super bowl

it still kinda has a cult following to this day -- people make yearly updated roster ROMs

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

February 03 2021 13:33 GMT

#207873

On February 03 2021 20:40 rabidch wrote:

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i learned american football by playing tecmo super bowl

it still kinda has a cult following to this day -- people make yearly updated roster ROMs

this is cool lol
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PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

February 03 2021 14:23 GMT

#207874

Isn't college football siphoning money away from teaching?

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

February 03 2021 14:43 GMT

#207875

I doubt it. If anything I would think the revenue those football programs generate probably gets kicked back to the university in part.

There's a modestly sized college town in my state that has a 100,000 person capacity stadium just because it's football team is so popular. Those programs bring in a ton of money

Faruko

Chile34173 Posts

February 03 2021 14:53 GMT

#207876

On February 03 2021 20:40 rabidch wrote:

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i learned american football by playing tecmo super bowl

it still kinda has a cult following to this day -- people make yearly updated roster ROMs

wtf ? is that for real?

i played that game so much, still one of the best football games

Erasme

Bahamas15899 Posts

February 03 2021 16:05 GMT

#207877

On February 03 2021 23:43 PassiveAce wrote:
I doubt it. If anything I would think the revenue those football programs generate probably gets kicked back to the university in part.

There's a modestly sized college town in my state that has a 100,000 person capacity stadium just because it's football team is so popular. Those programs bring in a ton of money

It brings a ton of money, but the coaches are also the most payed employee in those colleges.

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

February 03 2021 16:18 GMT

#207878

It depends on the college and program. It's a ton of revenue but they also spend a shitload on stadiums, equipment, etc.

For most places they probably do bring in more than they spend on it, but creative accounting has made it impossible to really know.

Also, where they get that money from is mostly from alumni of the college. So it's a little circular.

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

February 03 2021 18:03 GMT

#207879

I don't think they would spend money on that stuff if it wasn't turning a profit. They have all or most of the same revenue streams that the nfl has like tickets/merch/network deals AND they don't have to pay the players. They gotta be making cash hand over fist imo

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

February 03 2021 18:10 GMT

#207880

On February 04 2021 03:03 PassiveAce wrote:
I don't think they would spend money on that stuff if it wasn't turning a profit. They have all or most of the same revenue streams that the nfl has like tickets/merch/network deals AND they don't have to pay the players. They gotta be making cash hand over fist imo

I would be 100% not at all surprised if some of the schools were losing money on it but justified it as marketing.

Also, I would be very unsurprised if it turned out that some schools didn't actually even know how much they spent/made on them.

Most schools are definitely making a profit, but I wouldn't be surprised if the very top or very bottom schools were losing money (my college had a football team and I remember thinking "why?" because they were godawful and had been since inception).