NIL paves way for EA Sports to bring back iconic college football video game

Fifteen years ago, former Nebraska and Arizona State quarterback Sam Keller filed a class-action lawsuit that in 2013 resulted in Electronic Arts Sports mothballing its popular College Football video game. The game featured players that did not have real-life names, but resembled every player on every roster in almost every other way. EA settled with Keller, et al., for 40 million, and the NCAA chipped in another 20 million. Sounds like a lot but payments to each player ranged from about 1,500 to 15,000. Keller, for his part, was flogged in the public square of social media for "ruining the video game for us."