NCAA President Mark Emmert made headlines recently, when he announced that the association is exploring potential effects surrounding usage of student-athletes likenesses.
“We’re at a place right now where I strongly believe that we need to be more pro-active in looking at and exploring what could or couldn’t occur,” (regarding athletes’ names, images and likenesses), Emmert said to a group of sports editors 10 days before announcing a new committee tasked with studying issues surrounding the topic.
That announcement sent video game fans (like myself) into a frenzy, as it opens up the door for game-maker EA Sports to potentially re-launch the wildly popular NCAA Football franchise, which last produced an edition for the 2013 season.