Fake players on rosters?

[ahunter5]

Hey all - if this has been posted elsewhere, please feel free to delete.

I was reading an article on The Athletic from late June about EA finalizing the rosters, and noticed something that I hadn't seen elsewhere:

"Players who opted in but were not selected to be in the game at launch could still make the game in later roster updates if they make an impact during the season. EA Sports built in some flexibility by not selecting 85 real players per team for launch. Walk-ons and late-enrolling freshmen in particular could make surprise impacts this fall; if so, they could be added to the game and then receive their payment for participation."

If there aren't 85 real players per team, that almost certainly means either fake players or intentionally smaller roster sizes for some teams.

I hadn't thought about it before, but I guess it makes sense. They probably wouldn't want to remove kids that had previously been in the game, and fake players/empty spots would be the only way to add players that weren't expected to be playing.

Link for those that have an Athletic sub:https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/559...-included-nil/

[fballturkey]

I’m sure each roster will have 85 players on it between the real and generated players. This is a good thing because like you said, they won’t want to drop guys, but now they can add in freshmen who weren’t able to opt in initially.

[nickfa83]

So if we can’t edit names, then most of us are at a stand still to start dynasties with accurate rosters if true.

[fballturkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by nickfa83

So if we can’t edit names, then most of us are at a stand still to start dynasties with accurate rosters if true.

Rosters would never be 100% accurate because of roster size limits and opt outs. But you’ll probably have every opt-in on the two and usually three deep.

I’ll bang the drum about customization all day (and have!) but this is the one thing I can’t blame EA for.

[GoDucks1224]

Quote: Originally Posted by nickfa83

So if we can’t edit names, then most of us are at a stand still to start dynasties with accurate rosters if true.

In real life, teams have upwards of 130 players. It’ll never be accurate to real life. But it will likely be accurate to 99% of who you’ll see on Saturday’s (Fridays, Wednesdays, whatever days) this fall.

[ShowTyme15]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoDucks1224

In real life, teams have upwards of 130 players. It’ll never be accurate to real life. But it will likely be accurate to 99% of who you’ll see on Saturday’s (Fridays, Wednesdays, whatever days) this fall.

It technically could be accurate if all 85 Scholarship players opt in per team. Likely will never happen though. From the begining we were told that has been EA's goal according to Matt Brown.

Updates later on would add and remove players based on what is happening in real life.

Personally what I think they should do is if a walk on has opted in just add them instead of using a generic player to start. Just my personal opinion though.

[fballturkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShowTyme15

It technically could be accurate if all 85 Scholarship players opt in per team. Likely will never happen though. From the begining we were told that has been EA's goal according to Matt Brown. Updates later on would add and remove players based on what is happening in real life. Personally what I think they should do is if a walk on has opted in just add them instead of using a generic player to start. Just my personal opinion though.

The problem with that is incoming freshmen can’t opt in yet.

[jerwoods]

Quote: Originally Posted by fballturkey

I’m sure each roster will have 85 players on it between the real and generated players. This is a good thing because like you said, they won’t want to drop guys, but now they can add in freshmen who weren’t able to opt in initially.

when Bowling green show their roster only 73 players were in and around 10 of then were fake