For the first time in a decade, EA Sports will release a college football game this season. The main reasons for this 10-year break There was a conflict over player payments (which were not allowed under NCAA rules) and similarities. They had allegedly were resolved in advance EA Sports Collegiate Football Released later this year but is now urging players to boycott the game for a “ridiculously low amount of money”.
When the NCAA changed its rules in 2021 to allow limited types of payments to players – a decision long overdue as those players generated revenue billion This allowed broadcasters and colleges to generate more revenue – it paved the way for paying players to join a video game, and EA was quick to announce it EA Sports college footballa game that will not carry the NCAA branding itself, but will feature most of the country’s biggest and most popular programs.
However, details are now emerging about how those payments will work, and the College Football Players Association is not satisfied. College sports news site On3 are reporting that the CFBPA is urging players not to submit their likenesses for the game, and pointing out that EA and the company they have hired to handle these legal matters, OneTeam Partners, are offering an outrageously low sum.
On3 says, “The athlete cash pool was about $5 million,” which sounds like a lot, but when you factor in the number of teams and massive rosters, that adds up to about $500 per player Sporticos reporting adds that there would be no additional license payments either.
Justin Falcinelli, Vice President of the CFBPA, says players should reject the deal:
All current players should boycott this deal. It is an opt-in deal and they should not opt into it. It’s just a ridiculously small amount. Given the context and hype surrounding this game. When we first heard the number we were like, ‘okay, that sounds low.’ Let’s find out if it’s low.’ And started talking to guys, some of my friends, some guys that still play in the NFL. “So what are NFL players getting paid for Madden?” And the numbers we were given are from 2019. It was announced that I think they were paid about $17,000. And then a current NFL player told us that he got a $28,000 check for Madden this year.
No one is saying college players should get paid for it The same thing as an NFL player for Driving me crazyBecause EA Sports college football won’t sell like that Driving me crazy does. But $500?
Falcinelli says the reported salary offer matches a pattern they’ve seen since the NCAA introduced the NIL (name, likeness, and likeness) rules in 2021. “It’s another one of those things that seems to be the pattern in college football.” Like, ‘Oh, something that sounds great is happening.’ But then you delve into it and you’re like, ‘Okay , maybe a step in the right direction, but it’s still just about exploiting the players.’”
