College FB Video Game Hits Snafu As Athletes Contemplate Holdout
As EA Sports starts to figure out how to compensate its athletes for the NCAA Football video game, players have discussed holdouts.
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CFB: potential holdouts over EA video game
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Or maybe the players could just take the $500 so fans can get the game back. Holding out, give me a break.College FB Video Game Hits Snafu As Athletes Contemplate Holdout
As EA Sports starts to figure out how to compensate its athletes for the NCAA Football video game, players have discussed holdouts.
If I were EA I’d divvy the funds up among the players who opt in, and just make generic players to fill in the gaps.
I'd make just generic players period. I'm about tired of this NIL crap.....if you want to be paid go all in get a free agent deal from an NFL team and play your hand.
I’m fine with generic players if there is a hold out. I only played the Dynasty mode anyway so I only used current players for a season or two.
Right. Plus, I don't really understand why a video game is inherently better because the player in the game is named "Spencer Rattler" rather than Robert Gordon.
I wonder if the 2024 version will include NIL and transfers in the programming. Who cares what the kid's name is when he bolts for Alabama after his freshman season?
How does it work for the NFL video games? They obviously don’t pay every player millions of dollars.
Yes because they have a players organization. The NFLPA has an agreement with madden that includes the players NIL. That agreement sees to it that each player is fairly compensated. That amount is not disclosed.
College football players association is arranging/urging the boycott:
The amount of money for NFL players is misleading. There is a lot fewer folks on an NFL roster than what comprises NCAA football. More players = less money.
Even so. If every player on a team's gameday roster received $200,000 for being in the game, that's $307,200,000, which obviously isn't feasible.
If I were EA, I'd simply put the offer out there. If you want to take $500 to be in the game, you can have it. If not, you won't be in the game. I'm not a gamer, but the general sense I get is that fans don't really care, they just want the game.
To my knowledge, they have not formally unionized. I believe that is going to be the ultimate result.
And then comes Employer/Employee status and collective bargaining. Over the cliff we go.
As I previously noted when the NIL decision came out, it was simply the camel’s nose under the tent. Sigh!
Seems kind of the opposite of a union. Like the article suggests, Caleb Williams would want more money than a defensive tackle at Wake Forest, who would probably be happy with 500 bucks and his image in a video game. Why wouldn't EA Sports just negotiate with the top players on the top teams, especially skilled players, because they are the ones most people care about?
I remember the talk about Northwestern football players wanting to unionize about a decade ago. A lot of "bleeding hearts" in the media (even a local guy) pushed that story a lot, but the truth is that "paying players" would inevitably result in the top players on the top teams making most of the money. It will never be equalitarian. The gap between the "have's" and "have not's" will only continue to widen.
Bring it, I for one think the employer/employee model is the way to go. I know that makes the forever school crowd upset. However, it hasn’t been about school in a long long time, decades.
There is a good chance it will end intercollegiate sports. Better chance that it will end athletic scholarships. Too many legal issues with labor and employment law, insurance, tax, etc. It will definitely end many of the benefits of a nonprofit organization under 501c.
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I’m just not one that believes that is for the worse. I think believing it will end college football is a little extreme. As far other sports, other than basketball and baseball I could care less.
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Fun fact, two former players in the Association played for Clemson. So just add another reason to despise the orange and purple.
