The players will be paid for much more money to appear in this year’s edition of the EA Sports University Football Game.
In an email to the players of Bol football subdivision sent Tuesday afternoon, EA Sports said that this would increase the payments, image and resemblance of players from $ 600 to $ 1,500 for their inclusion in The next College Football 26 video game. They will also receive a luxury edition of the game, a postponement of the remuneration system for university football 25. As was also the case last year, some athletes will receive additional compensation to serve as brand ambassadors to promote the game.
“From the start, we designed our Nile program to be accessible, direct, voluntary and equitable for all, offering the same remuneration at the basis of each FBS athlete which options for the use of the OneTeam platform and the Nile Application of Compass Nil,” said the vice-president EA Sports of commercial development Sean O’Brien in a press release. “This approach allows each athlete to make their own decision. University sports are increasing and changing, and our goal at EA Sports is to continue to put the athletes first while we bring them in the game in university football 26 and beyond. ”
The players flocked to be in the game a year ago, with more than 8,000 people in a few days. In total, more than 14,000 players have opted for university football 25, and the Nile of more than 11,000 players was used in the game, which appeared at around 85 players per team. The number of players presented in the game will remain the same. The CFB25 faced any deactivation of the most relevant players on a national scale, although some players do not appear in the first lists of the game for various reasons of calendar or poor communication. The quarter of Texas Arch Manning announced an agreement in the game a few weeks before the launch.
CFB25 has become the best -selling sports video game of all time in dollars.
OneTeam Partners, who has a multi -year agreement with EA Sports to negotiate the group’s group license rights, said it argues for players because university football does not have a players’ union. However, it is ultimately EA’s call on the amount of basic remuneration that players are offset.
Ea Sports says Athletics In January, this had no news on changes to the players’ remuneration model for this year’s match. But in February, a new Nile group called Pathway Sports & Entertainment began obtaining the Nile Rights of Players video games, paying $ 1,500 in advance. About 1,000 school players such as Alabama, Georgia and Oregon signed with Pathway; The group’s objective is to obtain each FBS player’s scholarship and negotiate a wider agreement.
An EA Sports representative said that Pathway’s actions had no impact on EA’s decision more than to double the players’ compensation for this year’s match and that the rate has been increased to ensure that athletes feel recognized for the success of the game.
In any case, the combination of the initial payment of pathway and the increase in EA Sports remuneration means that some players could receive $ 3,000 just to be in the game. Pathway agreements with players are not exclusive for the first year, which means that they will not have a CFB26 impact, but they could create tensions in future games. The EA Sports agreements with the players are also non -exclusive, but they last throughout a player’s university career, with a period of withdrawal from December every December. Players do not receive royalties depending on game sales.
“This is excellent news for university football players and aligns our vision to Pathway, which is to provide the most professional, most transparent and legitimate Nile program for university athletes,” said Pathway president, Casey Schwab in a press release Athletics. “We look forward to working with EA and others to achieve our long -term goals.”
In total, EA Sports will spend more than $ 16.5 million on players’ duties, the biggest Nile -Sport Agreement of all time. This does not include additional payments to the ambassadors, the value of $ 100 in the game or the additional compensation for the roofing athletes, of which there seem to be several.
EA Sports would not comment A recently disclosed CFB26 covering This includes at least 10 active players, five coaches and three former players. Athletics confirmed the authenticity of the image with several people informed of the situation. We do not know how many coaches will be compensated for their zero, if not at all.
Ole Miss Coach Lane Kiffin, who appeared on the disclosed coverage, said last year that he would do it for free.
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