ESPN’s Holly Rowe Decries Lack of Women in ‘EA Sports College Football 25’ Video Game

The veteran college football reporter pointed out a glaring issue in EA Sports’s upcoming video game.

While many fans are eagerly awaiting the upcoming release of EA Sports’s new video game, “College Football 25,” one veteran media member is asking a difficult question.

ESPN reporter Holly Rowe questioned the iconic gaming brand by tagging EA Sports in a tweet and asking where the female sportscasters were in the rebooted franchise, which most recently was released in 2013.

Rowe posted on Thursday, “How about including some women @EASPORTS 30 years on the college football sidelines?”

How about including
some women @EASPORTS 30 years on the college football sidelines 🤷🏼‍♀️ https://t.co/KpGiBc8HuN

— Holly Rowe (@sportsiren) February 23, 2024

Last week, EA Sports unveiled a list of media personalities set to be featured in “College Football 25,” including ESPN personalities Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Rece Davis and others. After the list was released, Rowe, a regular face on college football sidelines and a full-time reporter for ESPN since 1998, was quick to point out the lack of female representation.

Rowe just wrapped up her 27th college football season and also covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and women’s college softball.

Female analysts have been included in sports video games in the past, with perhaps the most prominent example being ESPN’s Doris Burke, who appeared in “NBA2K.” Yet true to Rowe’s point, the number of female sports media personalities featured on-screen in video games—much like in real life—are few and far between.