The NFL Players Association is warning college football players about the risk of signing with Pathway Sports and Entertainment.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported multiple college football players, including some of the Crimson Tide players have signed with the company to negotiate deals for their representations in video games. The NFL PA sent out a notice to college football agents and contract advisors in response to the signing to explain the risk.
“As you know, our CBA requires every NFL player to sign the standard NFL Player contract,” the notice said. “And that Player Contract, in turn, requires each NFL player to assign his group NIL rights on an exclusive basis to the NFLPA and its licensing affiliates for use in the group licensing program that supports the Union and its member. Accepting the terms of the Pathway agreement as drafted could present risks or complications for potential NFL player clients, including but not limited to, not being able to comply with the grant of rights set forth in the standard NFL Player Contract and exclusion from the NFLPA’s group licensing program which includes opportunities far beyond video games.”
The NFLPA sent a notice to agents about specific terms in the Pathway video game license agreement that has already been signed by some college athletes. https://t.co/T1pvZ6cCPA pic.twitter.com/JlOOnsJNZr
— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) February 15, 2025
Pathway Sports and Entertainment have reportedly signed player from Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Oregon and Texas Tech.
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