Jim Brown, one of the all-time greatest players in American football, today settled with video games maker Electronic Arts (EA) to the tune of $600,000, after he alleged that the company used his likeness in its Madden NFL games series without his consent.
Quite a bit more than the college kids got.
(Via one of my favorite h/ts ever. He ought to know.)
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His image has to be worth more than lot of college players, and he’s undoubtedly got better lawyers.
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Jim Brown I’ve always heard was a better lacrosse player than football player,
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I guess Jim Brown didn’t have a legal contract that kept him from being paid for his likeness.
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Didnt one of the court rulings basically strike down the “legal contract” for likenss rights?
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I thought that was the reason college players couldn’t be paid, their scholarships don’t allow them to be compensated for their likeness. If the EA game showed Brown as a pro, he certainly had the right to be paid.
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The contracts covering their likeness rights for the video games was deemed to be illegal, which is why the players in the games were paid a settlement. I think that comment from the senator is about the difference between those checks.
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It’s also one of the reason’s EA sports does not produce NCAA games anymore
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EA could always just put him in a Syracuse uniform and not pay him at all, amirite?
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No, but they can certainly put HB #44 in the game.
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You young whippersnappers need to watch The Dirty Dozen. Jim Brown had the greatest death scene EVAH!
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I’m glad he got paid.
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I am not sure that as a nation, we love freedom, especially economic and religious freedom as we once did.
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we do, however, love our freedom fries.
especially with some ranch dressing.
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I am quite sure that we don’t.
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