Notre Dame football is coming to “EA Sports College Football 25.”
One week after EA Sports released its first tease of the video game’s trailer, Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick announced the Fighting Irish will be involved in the video game, which is expected to be released sometime later this year.
The news was first reported by The Athletic.
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“After nearly two years of work with EA Sports, we’re proud to announce that our fans around the world will be able to play as the Fighting Irish in the upcoming ‘College Football’ franchise,” Swarbrick said in a statement Tuesday shared by the athletic department.
“The work that EA Sports is doing to provide over 11,000 college student-athletes opportunities to benefit directly from their name, image and likeness is a first-of-its-kind undertaking and we’re proud to have been involved in the process.”
The Fighting Irish were included in the EA Sports teaser last week, as it showed developing images of Notre Dame players tapping the “Play Like A Champion Today” sign on their way out of the locker room.
Swarbrick’s statement further confirmed Notre Dame’s involvement in the highly anticipated video game.
Tuesday’s news comes almost three years to the date that Swarbrick said, shortly after the game itself was first announced, the Fighting Irish would not participate in the video game until rules and guidelines of athletes’ compensation surrounding their name, image and likeness (NIL) were finalized.
Swarbrick and the Fighting Irish had not provided an update on the school’s involvement until Tuesday.
“Notre Dame Athletics welcomes the return of ‘EA Sports College Football,’ a video game series that has historically helped promote interest in college football. Notre Dame will not, however,…
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Author : South Bend Tribune
Publish date : 2024-02-20 18:38:12
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