We feel incredibly privileged to be working with the NFL

The 16 finalists will get to Madden 22 coins visit EA's West Coast studios in Los Angeles and will participate as part of an "experienceship" through time spent with EA staff from different departments.

"We feel incredibly privileged to be working with the NFL in this vital initiative that will capture the enthusiasm of gaming among students from HBCU," GCN CMO Chris Kindt said. "We believe our team with deep roots in esports , and gaming will put on an amazing tournament capped off by the exhilaration of competing during Super Bowl LVI."

This week of byes is fully in full swing, and though it was a great break for me as well as those Detroit Lions players, it's back to work on Monday. I'm getting a head start by returning on our Madden simulations. The norm is to run an Madden simulation on a Saturday morning to see the video game series' perspective on the game that is scheduled for the Lions game. With no Lions game on Sunday, I'm taking something of a different strategy this week.

Odell Beckham Jr. became one of the bigger stories of the week after Odell Beckham Jr. and the Cleveland Browns decided to part in a split, with the eventual waiving expected to be officially effective on Monday. Naturally, with his position on the Lions squad and number. number one priority in waivers many are contemplating if Detroit will add him when the waiver claims are being processed.

Personally, I believe there's very little chance of it occurring. Given how the Browns restructured his contract--eliminating both remaining years on his contract, and not adjusting his 2021 salary--it makes little sense for Detroit. They'd have to build considerable capacity space to accommodate Beckham on their roster this year, and only be able to play nine games from Beckham (if Beckham doesn't get protests about joining Detroit) prior to becoming a free agent. Yes, they might obtain a compensatory player out of it, but it's the case if they're not already active on the free market. But, really, when it is Madden we don't need to fret about locker room drama or mut coins cheap establishing a new culture or even bother regarding the wage cap to much.