Itâs time for another lawsuit against EA Sportsâ Madden series, and this time itâs the football juggernaut going up against around 6000 former NFL players.
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The Madden series has long included âclassicâ rosters, which while not including the actual faces or names of famous retired players, would replicate their position, capabilities and number. So Steve Young, for example, wouldnât be in the game as Steve Young, but thereâd be a white guy as a 49ers QB with the #8 who was quite handy throwing a football.
EA Sports obviously feels thatâs enough to get by within the letter of the law, but these players allege otherwise, and are after damages.
The suit hinges on two points. Firstly, âThe only significant detail that EA changes from the real-life retired NFL players is their jersey number. Despite EAâs âscramblingâ of the retired NFL playersâ numbers, the games are designed so that consumers of the Madden NFL video game franchise will have no difficulty identifying who the âhistoricâ players are.â
That one might have a bit of merit. But the second point? The suit is also upset that gamers are able to edit these classic rosters, replacing for example â#8â with âSteve Youngâ. That one might have a bit of trouble.
