CBS Sports College Football Game Could Alter Fantasy Landscape
CBSSports.com's plan to launch a college football fantasy game that includes real player names and stats "may change the landscape of fantasy sports forever," according to Nando Di Fino of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June not to hear the CDM/MLBAM fantasy sports dispute "essentially said that an entity does not own the rights to statistics and names that are in the public domain," which has "opened the door for a trial-and-error approach to what falls under public domain." The NCAA "will be watching closely," as its bylaws "bar companies from profiting from specific college athletes." Additionally, NCAA officials "always get twitchy at anything with even the whiff of gambling." CBS Sports' game "features a huge disclaimer explaining how it's free to enter [and] no prizes are given out," but the NCAA for now "appears to be keeping its lawyers on alert but off attack mode." The game also "has a chance to give a boost to secondary industries," such as scouting services. Also, sites such as U-sports.com, which "has been running a college fantasy game for 12 seasons, could see more traffic and exposure from people hunting for a variation on a game they didn't know existed." Sites like Rotowire and Rotoworld "will be relied on more for their college football notes and updates, which have existed even without the fantasy game for the last half-decade, if this takes off." Meanwhile, Univ. of Colorado SID Dave Plati visions a "not-so-distant future where his phone relentlessly rings and his email inbox is constantly full of questions from fantasy college football owners who are seeking instant information on their players." Plati: "The [first] thing I thought of is all the SIDs getting hammered with phone calls and e-mails. They may have opened up a can of worms for us in Sports Information" (WSJ.com, 7/31).
ZONE DEFENSE: USA TODAY's Steve Wieberg wonders if individual schools will "take a stand against" CBSSports.com's plan. Univ. of Florida (UF) officials said that they are "weighing the precedent-setting development." UF AD Jeremy Foley said in a statement, "As a member of the NCAA, we would follow their lead." Florida Coastal School of Law Center for Law and Sports Dir Rick Karcher: "I think things are building up. Somebody's going to take hold of this. At some point, someone's going to see what's going on here and organize players and challenge it." Karcher added that the NCAA "should have stood firmer." Karcher: "It's sending a message to its member schools that you don't have to try to prevent this" (USA TODAY, 8/1).
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