Getting Back in the Game -- Thanks to EA Sports

I wrote this blog about Sam Keller suing EA Sports and the NCAA back in May. Keller's case was based on the fact that both the gaming company and the NCAA made money off of a player's likeness in the game. In an excerpt from the original blog, I noted:

Even me, a career "journeyman" at UConn, can be found in the game from 2004 to 2008 -- my height, weight, even my hometown are correct. Although my 78/100 ranking is still up for debate, my likeness is spot on.

Well, since I wrote that, some things have changed. Apparently my good old No. 65 has made its way back into the game. Unless UConn has recruited another slow, fat defensive tackle from Penfield, N.Y. (and they haven't), then my likeness is, sure enough, back for another season.

My fantasies of somehow discovering another year of eligibility and suiting up for one more season with the Huskies were all but impossible. But then EA Sports throws me this curve ball and, BOOM, I'm back in the game -- literally and figuratively.

I'm not sure what this means in terms of law suits, but I am no longer an amateur and they are using my image in their new game. I'll chalk it up to a misunderstanding -- let's hope Sam Keller can do the same.