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[Victor Omega]

im no sports gamer but i understand the massive .......MASSIVE deal sports is to gaming and EA.

But who owns what?

Assets:
Athlete's 3d models
Athlete's Face capture
Motion capture animation (walking, running, catching kicking, swinging, player movements)
Athlete/announcer's voice

What's stopping EA to make an original sports game and just using all the motion cap animation they most likely banked for several years?

 

[Majukun]

all the assets are proprietary of EA.
Licenses of names, likenesses, logos etc belong to the respective owners.

nothing stops ea to make a non-licensed football game by changing assets so that they don't look like real ones, but nobody would play it.

Did i answer your question?I'm not sure that's what you were asking.