EA's college-football videogame is ‘taking advantage' of players with $600 payment

Electronic Arts Inc. has finally revealed how much it will pay college athletes to appear in its highly anticipated upcoming videogame “EA Sports College Football 25.”A total of 11,390 college-football players from 134 FBS schools will be eligible to receive $600 each for their name, image and likeness (NIL) to appear in the game, no matter if they are the star quarterback or a backup defensive lineman on their team. Players will also get a free copy of the game from EA Sports, Electronics Arts’s EA, +1.91% ...