Details emerge around NCAA Football video game timeframe for release

In February, college football fans celebrated an announcement from EA Sports that a new college football video game is on the way.

Now a copy of EA Sports’ proposal to FBS schools, which was revealed by Matt Brown of Extra Points, shows that the video game publisher is looking for a four-game license starting in 2023. The term begins on July 1, 2023 and ends on June 30, 2027.

There are implied raises in the overall royalty to the schools as well as higher “guaranteed revenue levels” from prior agreements. There are also different tiers of schools which mean different rates of royalties. Brown reported that some schools are already expressing disappointment with their tier in the proposal.

It was previously reported by ESPN’s Michael Rothstein, the game will be called “EA Sports College Football” (as indicated in the tweeted graphic) instead of picking up where the “NCAA” series left off with “NCAA Football 14,” released in 2013.

As name, image and likeness laws and policies evolve around the country, this is a prime example of how that issue could manifest itself.

Got another copy of the EA Sports/CLC proposal to FBS schools, dated Jan 15, with fewer redactions than previous copies. Here’s a bit more info on the money schools may make from the game:

Appears to be a four year license proposal pic.twitter.com/tVNegAXd8P

— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) June 25, 2021

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.