EA Sports Reveals College Football 25 Player Compensation, New Game Details, and More
While we have to wait until May for a full reveal of College Football 25, EA Sports shared some new details, including how much players will get compensated, what will and won’t be included in the game, and more.
In an article by ESPN, EA Sports revealed how much it will pay players opting to use their name, image, and likeness (NIL) in College Football 25. The article notes that over 11,000 college football players can opt-in to be featured in College Football 25.
Players who opt into College Football 25 will receive $600 and a copy of the game. The game itself is valued at $70, according to ESPN. ESPN further notes that student-athletes will remain in the game for all their collegiate football careers but can opt out of future installments.
Yet, the $600 and a copy of the game is not the only form of compensation players will receive; should a player remain in the game for multiple years, they will be compensated annually, even if they transfer with the only requirement for transfer students be that they remain on a roster for that school’s football program.
EA Sports VP of business development Sean O’Brien told ESPN that the studio looked at deals they completed for other sports video games, such as the Madden NFL series, and that the deal made for the college football series “comes with no expected services by the athlete and will be guaranteed no matter the game’s success.”
In a separate article, EA Sports confirmed to ESPN several things that will and will not be included in College Football 25. Reiterating once again, Dynasty Mode and Road to Glory will return in the next college football game. In addition to returning game modes, College Football 25 will run on the same engine as Madden (currently, the Madden series runs on the Frostbite engine), include every bowl game, and incorporate a 12-team College Football playoff system. NIL, the transfer portal, and some of the newer inclusions in collegiate sports will also be featured, though EA Sports did not go into detail as to how both will be implemented.
Although all 134 FBS schools have agreed to participate in College Football 25, with up to 85 players on each team, EA Sports revealed that real-life coaches, such as University of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, won’t be featured. However, O’Brien did not rule out the inclusion of coaches in the future and said that EA Sports is exploring ways to “offer coaches the opportunity to opt in beyond Year 1.”
EA Sports College Football will get a full reveal sometime in May, with a release window set for this summer.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
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