EA Sports’ College Football 25 video game is getting closer. On Thursday, the company announced that all 134 FBS programs are participating in the game and will be available to players.

Thursday also marked the opening of the window for players to opt in to be featured in the game. Players who agree to the game will receive $600 and a copy of the game for their preferred platform. Players who decline will have a generic avatar used in their place.

With 11,000 players, no company has taken on a college athlete compensation project of this scale.

“We feel very proud that we’ll be the largest program, likely the highest-spending program,” EA Sports vice president of business development Sean O’Brien told ESPN. “And really an inclusive opportunity with an equitable distribution of funds across the board.”

There will also be an ambassador program. ESPN reports that there will be more than 100 additional NIL opportunities for athletes, which social media posts, on-campus promotions and advertisements. If EA Sports selects an athlete for the game’s cover, that would present an NIL opportunity.

A teaser trailer was posted for the game one week ago. That announcement confirmed a summer release for the game, with a “full reveal” for May.

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