yoyoyojo99 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 More and more the top players of any sport choose not to have their likeness included in video games. This year in MVP 2005 Barry Bonds is not included. Now it appears more and more players are opting out of this. Of course the only people who get screwed are the fans like us who just want to play a video game with their favorite guys. So I am curious as to how these top players can opt out of this. My guess is everybody in the player's association gets a flat fee if they choose to have their likeness used in video games. If this is the case then it would seem logical that a top player like Bonds who gets a lot more salary than most players can afford to opt out of video game. Is this why they do this? There was once a time when a player would opt out because he was involved in a competing product of his own but these days EA does not seem to have too much real competition. So when a player opts out the end result, reather intentional or not, is a big middle finger from the player to his gaming baseball fans. Anyways if anyone has any theories or ideasa on why this happens please discuss. And of course a big THANK YOU to everybody who works so hard to bring us these professional quality mods. When will the business folks realise that if you do not give us what we want we'll creat it ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitoon Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Who else is 'opting out'? I knew of Barry Bonds, and as far as I know it's strictly a monetary decision, he feels that he can make more money marketting himself separately, plus he's an A-hole. There are a number of players that are not in the video game because they are not members of the MLBPA, which is an entirely different issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyojo99 Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 OK so players do not need to be part of the MLBPA? I did not know this. So then the licensing of players names and faces are done through the MLBPA? I thought the MLBPA was sort of like their union. I did not know a player could choose to not be included. Why do you think they choose not to be a member of the MLBPA? Is there a separate union the players join when they play for the majors? I wonder how the players can collectively bargain with the owners if they are not all part of a union. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDiddy Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Why do you think they choose not to be a member of the MLBPA? Because the MLBPA is a bunch of money theiving tards that dont care one bit about the players they are supposed to support. I dont blame Bonds one bit for opting out of the MLBPA. If I was in the majors, I wouldnt be in the MLBPA either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Especially with all the modders out there who could easily put you into the game :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDiddy Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 EXACTLY. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitoon Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 OK so players do not need to be part of the MLBPA? I did not know this. So then the licensing of players names and faces are done through the MLBPA? I thought the MLBPA was sort of like their union. I did not know a player could choose to not be included. Why do you think they choose not to be a member of the MLBPA? Is there a separate union the players join when they play for the majors? I wonder how the players can collectively bargain with the owners if they are not all part of a union. Yes, the licensing of players names and faces is done through the MLBPA, which is the "Player's Association" rather than a union per se...no difference if you ask me. Some players are not members of the PA because they chose to cross the line during the last strike, and have thus been banned from joining. The PA collectively bargains with the owners, and then these non-PA players just take their chances. Doing a search to find a list of non-MLBPA players, I could only find reference to Bonds as one whom opted out...I'm not sure if there are any more? The rest of the guys are non-MLBPA players for other reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Wasn't Michael Jordan not in the NBA players union? I remember during the early years of NBA Live, you didn't see him in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_Braves_Fan Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Sorry double post. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_Braves_Fan Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Some players are not members of the PA because they chose to cross the line during the last strike, and have thus been banned from joining. Replacement players like Kerry Ligtenberg and I believe Kevin Millar as well are still kinda black-balled by the union for "crossing the line" if you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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