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”.

CBSSports.com is proceeding following the resolution of a lawsuit filed by the Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which had attempted to claim ownership of statistics generated by baseball players during games. MLB lost the case and the U.S. Supreme Court in June refused to hear its appeal.

CBSSports.com is the biggest organization charging forward, several other entities have either added college football-related fantasy information to their magazines and Web sites or plan to starting this season, according to a statement released by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA).

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