Sam Keller, who was once upon a time the quarterback for Nebraska and Arizona State, can also say he was once sane. He’s leading a class action lawsuit again Electronic Arts — EA Sports, for those of you who are in the game — because … well, I’m not really sure why. Something about “blatant and unlawful use” of student-athletes’ likenesses.

 Electronic Arts doesn’t include the players names in the games, but Keller’s suit contends that EA “intentionally circumvents the prohibitions on utilizing student athletes’ names in commercial ventures by allowing gamers to upload entire rosters, which include players’ names and other information.”

Keller says that the NCAA and its licensing arm, Collegiate Licensing Company, have approved the use of players names and likenesses.

“With rare exception, virtually every real-life Division I football or basketball player in the NCAA has a corresponding player in Electronic Arts’ games with the same jersey number, and virtually identical height, weight, build, and home state. In addition, Electronic Arts matches the player’s skin tone, hair color, and often even a player’s hair style, although this last characteristic can be highly variable over even a single season.”

Uh-huh…I’m sorry? Sounds like a compliment, not a complaint. I mean, isn’t that the point? Shouldn’t EA be as accurate and detailed as possible?

Just don’t ask Pat White, who as a sophomore swore off the game when he discovered he was made to be right-handed. The EA people working on Madden were a little more kind.