From espn.com:

After last making a college football video game in 2013, the possibility of the game returning had been in limbo. Now, it isn't. Daryl Holt, EA Sports vice president and general manager, told ESPN the game maker will be returning to the space with EA Sports College Football.

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It will [return] -- at some point. Holt said there is not a date on when the game will return or even a date when the return will be announced other than it won't be coming back for this year.

To make the game happen, EA Sports partnered with collegiate licensing company CLC to make sure it had the FBS schools, traditions, uniforms and playbooks -- among other things -- ready to go for the game. Over 100 teams will be in the game.

I realize they're assuming what's apparently called NIL (name, image, likeness) is coming soon, but so far that's not the deal.

Again from espn.com:

Holt said that EA Sports will monitor the NIL discussion if and when things change but that it's too early for that to happen. He also said what happens in NIL legislation will not change whether the game happens or when it will end up on shelves. [emph mine -mfn]

Hahahaha! Um, no.

I say that as someone who does recall playing the game he's pretending they might make. From wikipedia.org:

Bill Walsh College Football featured the top 24 college football teams from 1992 and 24 of the all-time greatest teams since 1978. While no actual players were named and no official team logos used, colleges were listed by city and players identified by number. [emph mine -mfn]

That was always a really weird experience. This, with licenses from colleges, will be at least one better than that.

I wondered why EA Sports didn't get the college licenses and just release editable and tradeable rosters years ago. They've been leaving money on the table for years. Or he's lying about releasing the game without player NIL.

That is, there's no reason for them to announce this other than they smell NIL will be coming soon.

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