[TurboTitan]

Franchise quality and options have REGRESSED for the past 10yrs for the simple fact that EA has no competition. Why put in resources, spend money & time on something that isn't going to noticeably improve sales or make them money in other ways? Sad truth is if 2K were in the spot-light, kicking EA's butt in franchise quality and depth again, you can bet your @$$ that CFM would NOT be left untouched for ANY Madden iteration. As long as there is the sole-license agreement, you can count on every year being "next year" for CFM. Any large corporation is driven by money and innovation or taking risks is the LAST thing on their mind, especially when they effectively have a monopoly over said industry.

Sad but true, and it isn't changing in our life times.