EA and NCAA being sued for using player likenesses in videogames

College sports games don't feature the names of players but other than that, the players are exact replicas of their real-life counterparts. That's what former Arizona State and Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller is contending in a class action lawsuit against EA Sports and the NCAA. From CNBC's Darren Rovell: Keller says that the NCAA and its licensing arm, Collegiate Licensing Company, have approved the use of players names and likenesses. "With rare exception, virtually every real-life Division I football or basketball player in the NCAA has a corresponding player in Electronic Arts' games with the same jersey number, and virtually identical height, weight, build, and home state. In addition, Electronic Arts matches the player's skin tone, hair color, and often even a player's hair style, although this last characteristic can be highly variable over even a single season." ... Keller then introduces GameRosters.com, which I have known about ...