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Nothing in there about when EA starts production on the next version of NCAA football?

Harrumph, harrumph.

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This is one of those things that could easily happen . . . except the NCAA would only let football players collectively negotiate with EA over their dead bodies

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Huh, I didn't know Drake was in the president of the Board of Governors. Interesting.

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I was going to make a "started from the bottom" joke, but evidently he's an Ohio State guy, so nevermind.

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He was at Irvine before Ohio State, so...take that as you will.

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Florida’s NIL goes into effect in July 2021, two years before the California legislation. So, this puts tremendous pressure on the NCAA to get these items passed by Congress in the current session.

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Kicking and Screaming is the right way to define it. With the various legal roadblocks monetization for the athletes is a long way away.

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