E.A Sports announced that it will not be making its college football game in 2014 due to an ongoing lawsuit by college athletes regarding their rights and compensation.

“I am sad to announce that we will not be publishing a new college football game next year, and we are evaluating our plan for the future of the franchise,” E.A. GM of American Football Cam Weber said on E.A.’s website. “This is as profoundly disappointing to the people who make this game as I expect it will be for the millions who enjoy playing it each year.”

The settlement is E.A.’s portion of a vast lawsuit by NCAA athletes regarding use of player likenesses, the rights of the players, and the issue over whether or not they should be paid.

“We have been stuck in the middle of a dispute between the NCAA and student-athletes who seek compensation for playing college football,” Weber said in the website post. “Just like companies that broadcast college games and those that provide equipment and apparel, we follow rules that are set by the NCAA – but those rules are being challenged by some student-athletes.  For our part, we are working to settle the lawsuits with the student-athletes.”

The decision to cancel the game was made after the NCAA and three large conferences within it canceled support of the game. Another defendant in the lawsuit, the Collegiate Licensing Company, also settled, leaving the NCAA alone in defending a lawsuit that could redefine the rights (and compensation) of college athletes.

For the companies and organizations involved, there are millions upon millions of dollars at stake.  But for some students here on campus, none of that matters.

“They could copy the game from last year and they won’t miss a beat,” junior Samuel Wallaert said.