CHL to NCAA could be a problem for the game.
With nhl26 just coming around the corner which gets usually announced in August. Does EA have anytime in getting a licensing agreement with NCAA? I just view with the all these major NCAA contacts...
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerWe don't hate that licensing is asked about. What is unfortunate is the idea that we're lazy or don't try hard enough. Adding leagues is an agreement between us and the leagues. If a deal can't be reached, we can't get the rights. As I've said many times, I'm not involved in licensing and can't go into the nitty gritty of securing those rights. I do know that they aren't the simple process that you all seem to think it is.
I am under no impression that the rights and licensing is a simple process or that it is easy. My point has been that it has become a necessity with the new NCAA and CHL mess that is developing between these leagues. Without the licensing agreement with NCAA and USJHL we are going to lose the best prospects in hockey. It has been bad before with many prospects coming from USJHL, NCAA, KHL and the many other leagues not represented, but it will be far worse next year without these agreements. Realize it will be a challenge, but without it, the game will be filled with AI generated prospects far worse than ever before, which will ruin Franchise mode
- EA_Aljo
Obviously, that's not ideal. We will always try to get as many leagues/players as we can in the game.