Why was NCAA 14 discontinued?
The end of the game stems from a high-profile legal battle headed by former UCLA star basketball player Ed O’Bannon that has set the tone for many of the name, image, and likeness conversations still happening in college sports today. The video games didn’t directly use the names of players (remember “QB No. The lawsuit, which former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon filed on behalf of the NCAA’s Division I football and men’s basketball players, challenged the organization’s use of the images and the likenesses of its former student athletes for commercial purposes.O’bannon v NCAA lawsuit was the nail in the coffin for them. EA had already settled and dropped out of the case just a few months after releasing 14. NIL was born.