The two groups that college sports’ insatiable hunger for revenue most often puts it on the losing side are its unpaid workforce and its fans.The latest example is the so-called payment system, or lack thereof, of those opting in For the rebirth of the NCAA college football video game franchise. Report scope From a pool of $5 million, each player gets $500, to This is entirely voluntary and there are no royalties.
College Football Players Association Vice President Justin Farcinelli Athletes are urged to boycott the dealand outcast, misguided fans may have painted him as a contemporary Sam Keller, aka the former Nebraska Cornhusks QB who was one of the main players in the original lawsuit, which ended ( Pause?) The fan-favorite football and basketball video game franchise is very much.
While I personally still hold a grudge against Kyler, I’m more upset now that he’s a damn quarterback starting bum than having my favorite video game canceled. So please don’t mention Falcinelli, because he’s just looking for hundreds of impressionable college football players who just want to turn their digital avatars into All-Americans.
Just because the NFLPA is incompetent doesn’t mean the CFBPA should be incompetent too
I made it clear that CFBPA has no teeth and no real power other than serving as a North Star. At this point, the organization is just window dressing because the CFBPA doesn’t bargain for anything — unlike the NFLPA.It’s unclear how much money NFL players make from Madden; Falcienni said he’s heard $28,000 this year, but college programs have far more than NFL franchises, so student-athletes That should not be expected.
Regardless, they should still get over $500 for the “privilege” of playing, and if we’ve learned anything from the NFLPA, no union should rush reflect its missteps strategy.
The CFBPA is using its position to hyperbolically criticize and take its approach to extremes because players cannot get more of their unpaid compensation. (And, when SEC representatives visit a few days later to complain about the regulatory imbalance, expect CFBPA to show up in Washington to represent its side of the NIL debate.)
An unfortunate side effect of the guerrilla tactics college athletes might insist on is that fans get collateral damage. The NCAA has taken the conference and the competition away from us, and is now campaigning for players to forego choosing something they may want as strongly as the fans to be a part of.
EA gets off easy because their business partners are worse
Those in the video game industry have been hoping that Electronic Arts will reach critical mass by now.Whether it’s monotony and glitches sparking Madden fans, greed (both sides) ending its partnership with FIFA, or until recently, the potential of fucking Star Wars games, EA doesn’t get the monopoly of the big names intellectual property.add history mistreatment of employees, and EA is to big video games what Pfizer is to big pharma. (This isn’t a beat-by-beat analogy, but I’m not writing for Kotaku, so I’m sorry.)
The video game company became a giant much like the NCAA and FIFA. A company is a company is a company, but anyone’s scandals seem unremarkable next to Sepp Blatter’s or Mark Emmert’s.
EA’s products are trustworthy because of the brand, but the 21st century Humans should know by now not to trust brands. I guarantee that any payout structure discussed by EA and the money launderer responsible for the NIL payout is very low. The hype around EA’s college football return is matched by gamers’ hunger for a new Grand Theft Auto — the two last released two months apart in 2013, by the way.
While I admit that the new GTA will be more important overall, it can’t be overstated how many college fans will line up (online?) for the first time for a midnight release (if that’s still a thing) in the 10+ within the year. So yes, the $5 million figure is an insult.Absolutely more than Enough money to go around is a common parlance, but it’s starting to lose all meaning for college sports fans.