June 11, 2025

RIP NIL | EA Sports Paying Schools | Wild Marathon Runners

RIP NIL | EA Sports Paying Schools | Wild Marathon Runners

This week on Craft Brewed Sports:


EA Sports drops a bomb: schools will get paid based on how often fans play as them in College Football 26. We debate which small school deserves the love. Then, the NCAA settles the House lawsuit, officially letting schools pay athletes directly while putting the nail in the coffin for real NIL deals. We explain what this means for college sports and where it goes next.


Plus:

• The Daddy Ball spin-off is born 🍻

• Sip, Chug, Drainpour: Cereal milk edition 🥛

• Tennis was… actually watchable? 🎾

• New Mexico says peeing in water coolers isn’t a crime 🚫💦

• Darin Ruf sues the Reds ⚾️

• NBA Finals villain talk + Jason Kidd rumors 🏀

• Finland accidentally calls up a 51-year-old soccer player 🤯

• TJ Oshie retires + this Stanley Cup Final is 🔥

• FanDuel bans a dude for heckling to win his parlay 🎰

• USMNT is hot garbage 🇺🇸

• A beer marathon guy drinks 14 of 26 🍺

• The return of the 9-9-9 challenge 🌭⚾️🍺

• Husband runs a marathon out of spite 😂


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Jump to your favorite topic:

00:00:00 Introduction | How Was Your Sports Weekend?

00:04:43 The birth of the Daddy Ball spin-off

00:14:45 What are we drinking tonight? | Air Bud

00:21:44 Sip, Chug, Drainpour: Oreo Cereal Milk, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Milk, Cocoa Puffs Milk

00:26:22 EA Sports will pay colleges royalties based on how often they are used in College Football 26 | What small school should we all rally behind?

00:33:44 House vs. NCAA is settled, meaning schools can pay athletes directly and share revenue with them | The death of NIL

00:40:40 Tennis was actually fun to watch this weekend

00:42:01 New Mexico needs to get a law against peeing in water coolers ASAP

00:48:55 Darin Ruf suing the Reds for ending his career

00:54:34 Do we need a villain in the NBA Finals?

01:02:53 Jason Kidd to the Knicks?

01:06:26 Finland's Women's National Team accidentally calls up 51 year old vet instead of the 23 year old defender they wanted

01:11:01 TJ Oshie calls it quits

01:13:28 This Stanley Cup Final is amazing so far

01:18:31 FanDuel bans gambler who heckled Gabby Thomas to help win his parlay

01:23:29 USMNT is trash

01:26:07 Guy tries to drink 26 beers during a marathon

01:32:55 The 9-9-9 challenge

01:36:44 Husband runs a marathon to spite his wife

01:41:16 Beer recap

01:43:34 This was a show

01:44:25 Outro

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