South Park lampoons EA Sports, Peter Moore, athletic royalties and everything else

by Griffin McElroy on May 26th 2011 3:30PM

The latest episode of South Park is ... well, one of the stranger recent episodes of South Park, an observation you probably made after reading its title: "Crack Baby Athletic Association." In the show's typical fashion, the episode is a hyperbolic, metaphorical critique of the treatment of professional and collegiate athletes, and their complaints of being denied royalties for media which feature their likeness. One target of the show's scathing barbs was EA Sports, headed up by one "Mr. Peters," a mock-up (pictured above!) of real-life studio president Peter Moore.

You can watch the full episode for free online over at South Park Studios. We've contacted EA Sports to see if it has any comment on the show -- considering it's South Park's second send-up of the developer, we imagine its hackles might be a little raised.

Via: NeoGAF
Source: South Park Studios

Tags: comedy-central, ea-sports, madden-nfl-12, microsoft, pc, peter-moore, playstation, ps3, south-park, xbox

Reader Comments (53)

I thought this subject was covered well on Frontline on PBS, and I saw that Real Sports with Bryant Gumble was also going to be covering it a bit. It's been years since I've watched South Park.

In other news, I just shat myself.

Best part of the ep was the end of Mr. Peters' diatribe...

"Get the f*ck out of my building."

I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

They should have known better than to sign over exclusive rights for the CBBL to EA. 2k makes much better basketball games.

NCAA athletes should be compensated if for no other reason than I could play NCAA football with the players names.

@FriedConsole No, not really. The game ships with "QB #7", and you have to name him yourself.

@FriedConsole

they get money...when I was in college stay on campus I knew a few football players....they got SO much Scholarship money, grants, etc. that they ended up with $10k-$40k refund checks....on TOP of housing, books, UNLIMITED meals, etc......and that was not a HUGE school....I can only imagine what the top ranked schools give their athletes...

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

Agree. A free ride to college should count as compensation, which is what the really major athletes all end up getting

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi
I think the attitude changes as the schools get bigger. Small private universities might be more interested in treating student athletes with respect than large schools, even if they're both paying tuition. Some like Ohio State depend on their sports programs to keep things running; I think they spent $250 million on athletics a year. At that point, it becomes less "how can we nurture student athletes in a positive environment?" and more "how much will it cost us to have a good team?"

Fun fact: removing names, I know someone who tutored a major college football quarterback. Apparently they didn't even know FRACTIONS. There comes a point where "helping athletes" crosses over into "business expense."

Point being: rock 'em South Park.

@FriedConsole

If South Parks argument is valid then Peter Moore should receive a check in the mail for using his likeness.

I don't care whose name is on the screen in NCAA games. That's the beauty of it. I'm enjoying the sport without your big name players.

I'd feel bad for them but they got a free ride while I paid off my student loans for a decade

Those dumb asses failed because Sarah McLachlan is Canadian and she didn't have a floppy head.

@aussieCanuck

Oh damn, that's right!!

@aussieCanuck

Saddam isn't Canadian but he has a floppy head, so I think there is some room there in the definition.

@aussieCanuck

She was also shown in a commercial in the episode, so they could say she used make-up to hide the floppy head.

@aussieCanuck

Shhhh!

They'd blame us again!

@supervinny313 they used his real head tho....it was more comical that way

@supervinny313

They use an actual picture of Saddam, though. If they use a celebrity's actual likeness for their head, it's always floppy.

Mel Gibson is the only other example I can think of off the top of my head.

@aussieCanuck
Canadians can't even watch the video :(

@Chareth Cutestory

David Hassleoff is floppy too.. in one of the early South park episodes when Mr. Garrison gets plastic surgery.

@Brian Griffin
No it isn't. I just watched that episode 2 nights ago. They use a photo but overlay a regular South Park mouth onto it.

@Chareth Cutestory and ben afflleck

Joystiq I think you missed the bigger story here: SLASH ISN'T REAL!!

@NaeemTHM what he's not real?!?!??

@NaeemTHM Seriously, that wound up being the funniest part to me.

@NaeemTHM
I think you missed the part where he WAS real.

@NaeemTHM

Tune out early?

@NaeemTHM
But...but who was it that played at my 8th birthday party?

@Nolan North

It was your parents.

So when is Crack Baby Basketball being released?

"I piss on your faces"

This episode was funny as hell...

those poor crack babies...they could at least get some extra scholarship money...that way they get a $50k refund check and can buy an Escalade...

Anyone else find it funny that south park goes after ea for not giving proper royalties to athletes but during the writers strike they sided with the studios against writers who wanted the same thing (interestingly enough, parker and stone already had what the writers wanted.)

A hot tub of KFC Gravey and MCDonald's fries? Why, yes thank you :)

@Cole Phelps

In Montreal they call it "Poutine."

@Robot Bastard

The French call it, "Putain."

Forgot to mention the equating of EA Sports to slave owners.

Slash isn't real?!

I think EA's response requires you to Pre-Order it and buy the 50,000 DLCs that will come along with it in the mail.

Ha! Funny stuff. Did Peter ever get those Halo tattoos removed?

I find it funny that South Park makes better points than most media sources.

Trey and Matt are very creative.

i don't make the rules i just make them up and right them down

Now let's part with that old EA saying: "Get the f*ck out of my building!"

@MAINEiac4434 Dammit, already done. I should really read the comments before actually posting...

funny episode. tho just because babies are addicted to crack does not mean that they know what it looks or smells like. and is it just me or is kfc food below the quality threshold of being eatable?

@gevenstaines It's just you :) They make some of the better (non-bar) chicken around! So so tasty! Buffalo wings with honey/bbq = sex in mouth.

I was disappointed that they didn't give him an outrageous faux-English accent. Almost as disappointed as I've been with the last five seasons of South Park. (RIMSHOT!!!)

@gatotsu911
For real though, the show has been in a slow decline ever since season 8. New episodes range from bad to decent, but go back and watch the classics and you'll see that there's no comparison.

@gatotsu911

Your critique is so vague that i dismiss it. I'm also guessing that may be short to tall. If you enjoyed "classic" episodes then how possibly can you rate (so many) other shows/ seasons as mediocre? Only thing to change, better yet improve, is the animation itself... I consider your opinion illogical.

I found this episode a little unfocused, but that moment was funny as hell

Great to see this getting press. The satire was truly amazing, and really jabbed all the right things.

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