EA Sports, the publisher behind games reminiscent of Madden 25 and NCAA Football 14, this week announced that it’ll not be releasing a university football game next year. Developers who were engaged on the project were shuffled around to other positions within EA Sports, making it unlikely that the publisher is even engaged on a future replacement for the NCAA-branded football series.

The announcement comes just months after the NCAA announced that it’d not be renewing its contract with EA Sports for using its name and logo in NCAA Football titles. The organization cited “the current business climate and charges of litigation” as an element in its decision. The NCAA is currently coping with legal disputes surrounding using student athlete names and likenesses in NCAA-branded products. Though the names of players weren’t utilized in the NCAA Football titles, their jersey numbers, physical stats, or even hair colors were utilized in the games.

EA Sports GM of yankee Football Cam Weber cited similar reasons for today’s announcement, calling the publisher’s decision “profoundly disappointing” for both developers and fans. From Weber’s statement:

We was stuck in the course of a dispute between the NCAA and student-athletes who seek compensation for taking part in college football. Identical to companies that broadcast college games and those who provide equipment and apparel, we follow rules which are set by the NCAA – but those rules are being challenged by some student-athletes. For our part, we’re working to settle the lawsuits with the coed-athletes. Meanwhile, the NCAA and a couple of conferences have withdrawn their support of our game. The continuing legal issues combined with increased questions surrounding schools and conferences have left us in a hard position – one which challenges our ability to deliver an authentic sports experience, that’s the very foundation of EA Sports games.

Though there’ll be no college football games from EA within the foreseeable future, the publisher has promised to continue supporting NCAA Football 14.