With a lot a talk about how they're going to revamp the commentary for next years madden I've read a lot of comments about how people want separate broadcast teams. I've always thought that would be a little much considering how you don't play monday night game's every week and such. And since they've put extra emphasis on presentation this year I have an idea that isn't huge and would probably be easy to put in and I think it would do a lot to enhance the game's presentation.
Everybody knows that every week in the NFL, CBS and FOX have their own games and NBC has the Sunday night game and ESPN has the Monday night game. They all have different stat banners that are up during the game and you can always tell whether you're watching a FOX or CBS game simply by the stat banner. My idea is to implement this into madden as well.
I've created some examples to help you visualize my idea. They are all based on the CBS, FOX, NBC, and ESPN banners that play during games and since EA loves to have their name on everything I made sure to include their logo in each one.
AFC Game Broadcast (AFC team on the road)
AFC Game Banner (
Full-Size)
Team Intro
Player Intro
In-Game Player Stat Banner
Around The League Score Ticker
On-Field Down & Distance Indicator
NFC Game Broadcast (NFC team on the road)
NFC Bug (
Full-Size)
Team Intro
Player Intro
In-Game Player Stat Banner
Around The League Score Ticker
Down & Distance Indicator
NFL on EA Logo (displayed in corner)
Sunday Night Football Broadcast
Team Intro
In-Game Player Stat Banner
Player Intro
Monday Night Football Broadcast
Banner(
Full-Size)
Team Intro
Player Intro
Individual Player Bug
Player Stat Banner
On-Field Down & Distance Indicator
Thursday Night Football
Score Banner(
Full-Size)
Score Ticker
Preseason Broadcast
Preseason Banner (
Full Size)
Preseason Bug (
Full Size)
Preseason Team Intro
Preseason Player Intro
Preseason Player Stat Banner
Preseason Down & Distance Indicator
Let me know your thoughts!! If this is something you would like to see in Madden, head to the link below and vote for it!
Madden GameChangers Idea - Expanded Broadcast Presentation
CFM Bottomline Ticker
This is a bit different than what is above but along the same lines. I've always viewed the real-life news ticker at the bottom as worthless. In today's world of smart phones and social media, there is really no need to display real-life news, much of which is old news, along the bottom line of the game. So what I did was take the ticker, re-designed it in the form of a CFM ticker. The ticker would go through a myriad of things like transactions, injuries, last weeks games scores and stats, upcoming games, etc. All of which would be from what is currently going on in your current CFM. Ideally, this would always be on the bottom no matter what screen you're looking at and would constantly cycle. I think this would be a very welcome addition to CFM and would allow you to keep tabs on what is happening around the league. Below are some screenshots to help convey the idea:
CFM Ticker Tabs
CFM Transactions Ticker
CFM Weekly Recap
Current Weeks Games Ticker
Injury Report Ticker
Update (12/3/2012): Multiple broadcast elements added for the preseason broadcast including an updated banner and brand new bug, player intro, player stat banner and on-field down and distance indicator. Also added the link at the bottom to vote for the idea at the EA GameChangers website.
Update (12/4/2012): Updated the AFC game broadcast with new banner, team intro, player intro, player stat banner, score ticker, and on-field down and distance marker.
Update (12/10/2012): Updated the NFC game broadcast with new elements.
Update (12/15/2012): Updated MNF broadcast with new elements.
Update (5/30/2012): Updated with new CFM Ticker screens.