Fans and football players were in a frenzy of excitement with the announcement of EA Sports College Football 25 returning. Along with this, players will also get the opportunity to receive $600 and a copy of the game. Young players get a good opportunity of owning more by advertising the game and college football stars have started to increase their efforts to get featured in this upcoming sports video game.

Unfortunately, it does not look like all college football stars are keen to get included in this venture. Arch Manning fans will be disappointed because he won’t be a part of this video game. The sensational return of college football is still a buzz among fans with more than 10K athletes jumping for an opportunity before the release. The Texas Longhorn quarterback took his fans by surprise with his decision. This piece of news also attracted the attention of Famous NFL journalist Albert Breer and he made an interesting remark.

Humorous remark from an NFL insider

The latest X post by Anwar Richardson revealed the shocking news to Manning’s fans. The post on X stated that, according to several insiders, the Red Shirt quarterback would not opt for EA Sports College Football 25. The reason being that he was more interested and focused on playing football on the field. The Sports Illustrated Monday morning quarterback reporter retweeted the same and made a witty remark:  “About to tell my wife I can’t take the trash out. Too focused on doing reporting on my phone.”

This might come as a jibe at the 18-year-old’s opting out of this video game. Several athletes have opted in for the upcoming video game with players such as Jalen Milroe, Will Johnson, and others who showed their keen interest. With the comment made by the NFL reporter, the fans did not stop from giving their own opinions under the post.

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Most were in support of the quarterback’s decision and declared that he might not need the extra $600 since he is already estimated to have an evaluation of $13 million. Even with this news that made his fans a little upset, the hype for Sports College Football 25 is not dying down any soon. Let’s see why.

EA Sports College Football 25 is back with more perks

After more than a decade, EA Sports is again gearing up to release a new college football video game. It’s slated to release this summer and fans are eagerly waiting for its arrival. Along with that, even the NCAA players are on cloud 9. Several college football athletes will have the opportunity to include themselves and receive compensation for the use of their avatar in the game, leading to an important change since the last installment of NCAA football that was released in 2013.

The highly anticipated video game will offer college football athletes a chance to monetize their name, image, and likeness A.K.A NIL. Approximately 11K athletes are eligible to participate and this time the perks include receiving a $600 amount with a complimentary copy of the game in exchange for their appearance. The number of potential players meets this $6.6 million move from the company that created the game.

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For the curious fans out there, the game is set to release before this year’s college football season starts at the end of August. So even if some players are opting out, stay tuned for the ones that you will get to see in the video game because exciting things are on the plate!