EA Signs 3 Year College Football Deal With CLC
Following its loss of the NCAA license, EA has struck a new deal with the College Licensing Company to continue making college football games.
According to Polygon, the contract with the CLC will start in July 2014 and will last for three years, giving EA rights to “more than 150 colleges, conferences and bowl games.”
In a statement today, a CLC representative said the following:
“There’s no reason to discontinue the game, which has been, and is, in compliance with rules regulating college football. Throughout its relationship with EA, CLC has made clear and will continue to make clear, that the participating collegiate institutions are not granting — and have never granted — any license or rights to utilize the name, face, image or likeness of any athlete, whether a current or former student athlete. The license granted is for use of the university’s, or conference’s or bowl’s name, logo and other identifying marks.