There is no timetable in place for the next release of a college football game, the company said. “We’ve heard from the millions of passionate fans requesting the return of college football video games,” EA Sports executive vice president and general manage Cam Weber said in a statement. “We love the energy, tradition and pageantry of college football and I am beyond thrilled to say we are back in development." The NCAA Football video game did not identify players by name, but the game simulated teams and players as they played in real life. The video game was part of a broad legal challenge and a judge ruled the NCAA had been inappropriately using the names, images and likenesses of college athletes.

Attorneys filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in federal court Monday that seeks to prevent the association from limiting the amount of money athletes can make off their names, images and likenesses. The antitrust lawsuit by attorneys representing two current college athletes also seeks damages for potential past earnings athletes have been denied by current NCAA rules. The NCAA is also seeking help from Congress in the form of a federal law regarding name, image and likeness compensation that would superseded legislation being pushed at the state level. The NCAA has argued that any payment to college athletes needs to be tethered to education or incidental to athletic participation. Feldman noted the lawsuit is can be used by the NCAA to show lawmakers why it needs federal protection.

Ed O'Bannon talked about California's SB 206, also known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, in an interview with CNN's Michael Smerconish on Saturday. O'Bannon talked about California's SB 206, also known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, in an interview with CNN's Michael Smerconish on Saturday. If signed into law, the Fair Pay to Play Act wouldn't go into effect until 2023. "College athletes will be able to profit off of their likeness and just kind of take it from there," he said. But some people felt the compensation was still insufficient, and to this day, the fight over whether college athletes should be treated as workers or amateurs continues.