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9feee30ed86460ff
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12 months ago
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NCAA Teams - It's Time!

Really depressing seeing so many leagues but never college hockey.  The rights can't be that expensive, can they?  Now that there's an NCAA FB game, will that help to simplify the path to adding college teams to the NHL franchise?  Spice the game up a bit!  Just so much missed potential.  To go a step further, imagine playing at the Ralph, or Mariucci, or Alfond, etc.. could be a completely new and refreshing shakeup that this series badly needs, and this isn't college fb... schools would probably do this for free just for the marketing exposure and to help grow NCAA Hockey.  Not saying all, or any, arena's would even need to be added, but please do something in this regard to spice the game up the game!  

If this will never be in the cards, I would love to know so that I can stop hoping for this.  And if that is the case, I would really like to know why keeping it simple and doing just jerseys and rosters wouldn't be feasible, when pretty much every league outside of the United States is seemingly included.  I understand that securing rights has been the issue, but things on that end seem to have changed.  If you could elaborate at all beyond that I would greatly, greatly, greatly, appreciate it.  Thanks for your time.

  • Hi there, @9feee30ed86460ff 

    We do not currently have the licensing for NCAA teams. Hopefully, this happens in the future. There's no news on it at this time though.

6 Replies

  • 9feee30ed86460ff's avatar
    9feee30ed86460ff
    Seasoned Novice
    31 days ago

    Ill continue waiting to buy the game then.  Nobody has even tried.  I've asked multiple ncaa people who would know.

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 months ago

    We don't have any updates on adding the NCAA. If it happens, we'll make an announcement on our official channels.

  • DS3084's avatar
    DS3084
    Rising Newcomer
    2 months ago

    Any update on this now that College Football has a second incarnation releasing soon? I imagine both schools and players would have no problem with signing a NIL similar to what the football players, schools and coaches have received. Can’t be any more difficult than dealing with miserable organizations like the IIHF or FIFA

  • admiral745's avatar
    admiral745
    Seasoned Veteran
    11 months ago

    Agreed. NCAA should be a priority, an absolute must. super disappointing how many leagues get overlooked due to "licensing". Guess We will keep relying on Vasy to add them into the mix along with the Russian prospects. Vasy's rosters are A+++++

  • Symtexbc's avatar
    Symtexbc
    New Scout
    11 months ago

    you know how depressing that is that the NCAA has been a very prominent development league now. Not having the NCAA really handicap EA NHL series and makes the games missing a tons of players. 

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    12 months ago

    Hi there, @9feee30ed86460ff 

    We do not currently have the licensing for NCAA teams. Hopefully, this happens in the future. There's no news on it at this time though.

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