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College Football might not be returning to your game consoles after all

There could be another roadblock to playing a college football video game #GoBucks

Many, including myself, were extremely happy when EA Sports announced they would be bringing back their NCAA College Football game.

Getting a dynasty started with [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] and having them dominate was a passion for many, but today’s news is making it seem like the return of playing college football is bleak.

On3 reports that the College Football Players Association will most likely organize a boycott of the game. The main reason is compensation for the players, which was reported to be just $500.

Let’s dig into this a bit more and see if it’s fair or not. With 130 teams and 85 scholarship players, that would be $5,525,000 total payout by EA Sports to the athletes. Their top game sold in 2022 was Call of Duty, but for our sake, let’s take a look at Madden NFL 2023.

According to Old School Gamers, Madden ‘23 made an estimated $600 million for EA Sports in 2022. So let’s be conservative and say that a college football game would make two-thirds of that, so $400 million.

EA Sports would pay the players just 1.3% of the total revenue in this scenario. There obviously are other costs, but playing the players such a small amount just isn’t fair.

It’s completely understandable if the Players Association opts for this route. The players deserve better.

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The triumphant return: EA Sports to bring back CFB video game

After a six-year hiatus, EA Sports’ college football video game is back. Details here.

What a beautiful day!

After a six-year hiatus, EA Sports’ college football video game is back. The company released a statement today announcing plans for the popular game’s return.

“We’ve heard from the millions of passionate fans requesting the return of college football video games,” said Cam Weber, EA Sports EVP and GM. “We love the energy, tradition and pageantry of college football and I am beyond thrilled to say we are back in development. We have a lot of really exciting work ahead of us, and a great team that is eager to bring a new game to players in the next couple of years.”

The last game was released in 2013 and featured then Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson on the cover. Production stopped when EA Sports agreed to pay a $40 million dollar lawsuit that was filed by former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon over use of name, image and likeness.

There is no timetable for the game’s return just yet, but because the franchise was so popular among sports gamers and football fans alike, when the company made its announcement today, people were ecstatic. Even former UGA great D.J. Shockley got in on the celebration.

Now, whether the game will feature image and likeness of current college football players is yet to be known. EA Sports said that they are moving forward without those aspects, because current NCAA rules prohibit paying players to use their names, images and likenesses in the game.

But those rules are set to change sometime in the next year as the NCAA works to change rules due to pressure from state and federal lawmakers, seemingly opening the door for a possibility of name, image and likeness use in the future.

I don’t know about you, but you can catch me on the couch with a controller in my hands as soon as the game is released.

 

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