EA Sports’ new college football game is out, and Georgia fans have already found one glaring problem: Gunner Stockton isn’t actually in it.
The Bulldogs are back in the latest edition, just as they were in the previous two, but Stockton opted out of the game, which means EA Sports couldn’t use his image and likeness. The workaround was to create a generic replacement while still using his name, and the result has drawn plenty of attention for all the wrong reasons.
That’s the part Georgia fans are reacting to most. Instead of a version of Stockton that resembles the real thing, the game hands them a player that looks wildly off base, the kind of creation that feels more like a bad joke than a quarterback model.
There is still a path for Stockton to change that. If he decides to opt in later, EA Sports could potentially update the situation, though it isn’t completely clear whether that can happen after the fact. Arch Manning reportedly opted in after initially opting out two years ago, so Stockton may have a route to follow if he wants to be included.
And from the outside, it’s hard to see why he wouldn’t. Maybe he simply missed the deadline, because EA Sports gave players a set window to opt in and those who didn’t make it were left out. Still, it seems odd for a college player to pass on being in a game so many of them grew up playing.
For now, though, the issue is simple: Georgia fans want Stockton in the game, and they want a version that actually looks like him. If it really is as easy as opting in, then this feels like a fix waiting to happen.
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