College football players who lent their names and likenesses to both EA Sports College Football 25 and EA Sports College Football 26 reportedly received a pay bump from $600 to $1,500 per player. However, that may not be enough for players when EA begins putting together the deals for College Football 27.
According to Front Office Sports, the issue at hand is revenue sharing. EA’s Madden NFL and other pro sports games include players when dividing the revenue. However, EA’s deal for the College Football games only included extra payments if the athletes appeared on the cover or if they were involved with the marketing of the game.
FOS notes that EA also left out the language in the contract that allowed college players to opt out of the deal, but the company told Front Office Sports that players can still do so if they contact EA directly. OneTeam Partners–the organization that worked with EA to line up the college players–has shared a statement calling for revenue sharing in the next installment of the series.