LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Auburn will face a pair of Big Ten opponents as part of the 2025 Players Era Men’s Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, the company announced Wednesday. The Tigers will match up against Oregon on Monday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. CT and follow up with Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Venue and television assignments will be announced at a later date.
The 2025 edition of the tournament will feature the most competitive field ever assembled for a men’s in-season tournament that includes five AP top 10 teams from last season in Auburn, Alabama, Houston, Michigan and Tennessee. It will also boast an entirely new format that will combine international style-group play with championship matchups sure to deliver a must-see slate of games across the board.
The groundbreaking Players Era Festival launched this past fall with a field that included Alabama, Creighton, Houston, Notre Dame Oregon, Rutgers, Sand Diego State and Texas A&M. Next year’s men’s championship will again coincide with the opportunity for athletes on each team to engage in at least $1 million of NIL activities for Players Era and its sponsors outside of competition. Publicis Sports, the dedicated U.S. sports practice within Publicis Media, will continue to partner with EverWonder and the Players Era Men’s Championship to help secure new advertising and sponsorship partners for the tournament.
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The studio has signed a first look deal with producer Bryan Zuriff and his company BZ Entertainment (The Match on TNT Sports, The Netflix Cup), created the EverWonder Live division, announced an investment in Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour director Sam Wrench to launch a new production company Next of Kin Content, and teamed with Charles Barkley to launch global production company Round Mound Media.