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EA Sports Plans to Pay Schools for Players Using Them in Video Game

By Joe Tillery

Posted on June 7, 2025 at 1:31 pm

EA Sports’ College Football 25 was a MASSIVE success, and heading into the newest release cycle, the company made an interesting announcement about their business.

In College Football 26, real-life programs will actually get paid based on the number of games fans play with a specific team in the video game.

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is implementing a new method of paying schools based on how much gamers play with their team in EA Sports College Football '26, per @Matt_Liberman. pic.twitter.com/J96s0jBefa
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) June 6, 2025

The announcement made waves on social media, and here were some of our favorites from X.

Me telling my wife I have to play CFB 26 14 hours this weekend so Tech can get another 5 bucks https://t.co/sT8fxPELAv pic.twitter.com/vJhHaQrwhE
— Tech N Tortillas 🦅🦅🌵 (@techntortillas) June 6, 2025

Me showing my wife that playing a dynasty with WVU all weekend will earn them $5 in NIL https://t.co/4sOjicdXiW pic.twitter.com/sqJMeIK59T
— The Fake Real Brad Howe (@fake_howe) June 7, 2025

Time to play with NIU 4,000,000,000,000 times this year https://t.co/r6utTvhFef
— nick (@burziyech) June 6, 2025

BUT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND, I PUT IN 1500 HOURS ON CFB26 TO MAKE FSU $37.50 https://t.co/YqsZZDmi6V pic.twitter.com/iNRg1IzqVi
— Pops (@PastyPops) June 7, 2025

G5 football fans, you know what you have to do here. https://t.co/3UxM7H4ex5
— Ben Kramer (@benyamen) June 7, 2025

This is how I make the MAC a power conference https://t.co/alzpPoOrvr
— Sergeant Chill (@SenorFox4Real) June 7, 2025

I’ve seen enough. Unemployment and 14 hours of Tulane gameplay a day for 10 dollars in NIL funds is in my future https://t.co/qVpxx7mYbz
— CTESPN Tulane (@CTESPNTulane) June 7, 2025

So I can play as @BYUfootball and help them make money? Rock on! #byufootball https://t.co/ilstbqZjkB
— Nick Newman 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@nicknewman801) June 6, 2025