ESPN “College GameDay” analyst Herbstreit and network broadcaster Fowler announced Thursday on social media they will be voices in EA Sports’ upcoming college football video game. Analysts David Pollack and Jesse Palmer made similar announcements.
Quick Read
- ESPN’s “College GameDay” analyst Kirk Herbstreit and broadcaster Chris Fowler will provide commentary for the upcoming EA Sports college football video game, with analysts David Pollack and Jesse Palmer also participating.
- EA Sports extended invitations to FBS football players to include their name, image, and likeness in the game, set for a summer 2024 release.
- John Reseburg, VP at EA Sports, highlighted the game’s unprecedented scale with over 11,000 individual NIL deals, guaranteeing income for athletes who opt-in.
- The game, “EA Sports College Football 25,” will feature all 134 FBS teams, including Notre Dame, which previously hesitated due to NIL rules.
- Notre Dame’s Athletic Director, Jack Swarbrick, praised EA Sports for providing NIL opportunities to over 11,000 student-athletes.
- Participating players will receive $600 and a copy of the game, according to Sean O’Brien, VP of business development at EA Sports.
- Generic avatars based on a school’s position strength or weakness over the past decade will represent players who opt out, with measures in place to prevent the creation of opted-out players in the game, as stated by EA Sports Senior VP Daryl Holt.
The Associated Press has the story:
Herbstreit, Fowler to be voices in EA Sports college football game to feature every FBS team
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ESPN “College GameDay” analyst Herbstreit and network broadcaster Fowler announced Thursday on social media they will be voices in EA Sports’ upcoming college football video game. Analysts David Pollack and Jesse Palmer made similar announcements.
The broadcasting updates came the same day that media outlets, including ESPN, reported FBS football players were receiving invitations from EA Sports to have their name, image and likeness in the game, which the developer has said would be launching in summer 2024.
John Reseburg, vice president of marketing, communications and partnerships at EA Sports, said Thursday on social media that the game is a “scale of NIL that has never been done before.”
“More than 11,000 individual NIL deals all at once. Guaranteed income for athletes that opt-in. It’s in the game,” Reseburg tweeted.
EA Sports College Football 25 will feature all 134 FBS teams, the video-game developer announced.
Notre Dame’s inclusion had been a big question mark since the school said in 2021 it would not participate “until such time as rules have been finalized governing the participation of our student-athletes.” But the Fighting Irish’s athletic director, Jack Swarbrick, said Tuesday they’re in.
“The work that EA SPORTS is doing to provide over 11,000 college student-athletes opportunities to benefit directly from their name, image and likeness is a first-of-its-kind undertaking and we’re proud to have been involved in the process,” Swarbrick said in a statement on social media.
Sean O’Brien, EA Sports vice president of business development, told ESPN that players who opt in will receive $600 and a copy of the game.
A generic avatar created “based on the traditional strength or weakness of a position over the past decade for that school” will be used in place of players who opt out, Daryl Holt, EA Sports senior vice president, told ESPN.
Holt also told the network that gamers will not be able to create an opted-out player, but “I won’t reveal how we’re dealing with that.”
“But yeah, you won’t be able to edit that,” Holt told ESPN.
