Penn State White Out in EA Sports' College Football 25 video game.
The Penn State football team appeared three times in the trailer for the highly anticipated College Football 25, the first college football-based video game since NCAA 2014.
College Football 25 is, in many ways, the culmination of the name image and likeness landscape, the original NCAA football series that leveraged college football's student-athlete branding (there was no student-athlete compensation at the time) ). A final legal battle over student-athlete rights ultimately led to the end of the annual series of games until the release of College Football 25. It also led to the creation of what became NIL, an open market for student-athletes to explore their value and potential for compensation. .
Similarly, ESPN reports that over 10,000 players have opted in to the game, and EA is reportedly compensating every player with a copy of the game and $600.
“Personally, I don’t think I’m too upset, but I think there are some hurting souls,” Penn State tight end Tyler Warren told StateCollege.com about the day player evaluations are finally released. Told. “But at the end of the day, all the college football players that actually play are going to go out there and get their overall rating up to 99 anyway, so I think they're going to be hurt for a day or two, but then after that… They're going to be hurt.'' I'll switch if they want, but I'm going to stick with whatever they give me and try not to worry about it too much. ”
“There's definitely going to be some players who are upset about their evaluation and are quick to post on social media,” added Penn State quarterback Drew Aller. “But I'm really looking forward to it. One of my hobbies outside of football is gaming. And like I grew up on NCAA 14, I grew up watching every NCAA game, especially the '14 game. I'm really looking forward to being a part of it, because that's the age where I started remembering things about video games and really starting to have a passion for them, but it's surreal. It's really cool to be in the NCAAs, so I'm really looking forward to it. And it's going to be interesting to see the overall results.”
The game will be released worldwide on July 19th for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series XIS. A trailer featuring three Penn State performers can be seen below.
