COLUMBIA, SC - SEPTEMBER 17: Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney #7 of the South Carolina Gamecocks chases quarterback Kriss Proctor #2 of Navy Midshipmen September 17, 2011 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
South Carolina football’s top players on the NCAA video game series.
EA Sports announced the revival of its NCAA Football video game series last week, which caused jubilation for middle aged men across the country. The game has been on hiatus since 2014, when legal battles began to arise on paying college athletes for their likeness.
The NCAA and EA Sports have come to an agreement with member institutions that allows them to once again use teams and logos, but it will not have players that resemble the likeness or names of current athletes, which does cause the game to lose some of its shine.