EA Sports said in a filing at the time it was willing to pay the players, but the NCAA wouldn’t allow it, so EA Sports shuttered NCAA Football after its 2014 title in the face of more litigation. O’Bannon didn’t want the game to end he just wanted players to get paid. Time will tell if star players try to get more. On3 Sports reported players could receive around $500 each. If a player doesn’t opt in, he’ll receive a generic avatar - much like “Jon Dowd” was Barry Bonds in EA Sports’ MVP Baseball 2005.
Players will be able to opt into the game and be paid for their name, image and likeness to appear. This time, thanks to a group licensing agreement with OneTeam Partners, the real players officially will be in the game. That’s what made Ed O’Bannon and others so upset and led to a hiatus of the game: The names might not have been there, but even casual fans knew who the players were.ĮA Sports’ college football video game will return next summer after more than a decade in dormancy. The game never has had real players, not technically, but we all knew “USC RB #5” was Reggie Bush, with the correct look, hometown, size and skills.
