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Old 08-02-2008, 05:08 PM  
Tempest
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Originally Posted by sicone View Post
I thought the likeness and use of the players names and so forth were licensed through the NFL players club/union, not the individual people.
If I remember correctly, it's licensed thru the NFL with "approval" from the players union.. However, there are occasionally exceptions that can't be used... For example, I think in the case of the NBA there were a couple players (Michael Jordan for example) that were excluded and you had to get seperate deals for them.

Ever wonder why there's never been a Tennis video game that included all the top players?? They don't have a union and you have to try and license each player individually which simply isn't financially feasable.
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