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MLB Advanced Media lawsuit affecting college fantasy football
August 26th, 2008 by Andy
Business of Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, MLB Media no Comments

A lawsuit filed by Major League Baseball Advanced Media aimed at protecting the league’s game statistics from fantasy sports companies may have inadvertently provided those same fantasy sports outlets with the ability to use names and images for their college fantasy football games.

CBSSports.com last month announced that it has launched an all-new version of its College Fantasy Football game, “continuing to be the only major fantasy sports service provider with a collegiate fantasy football game.”

CBSSports.com originally released the game in 2005. But the controversy this year is that for the first time, it will use real, individual player names rather than listing school and position, such as “FLORIDA QB” or “MICHIGAN RB”.

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