Operation Sports Forums - Madden 10 Trade Logic Not So Logical

I start a Franchise with the San Diego Chargers using default rosters. As soon as the main screen loads the first thing I do is click “Trade Players” under the “Team Management” section of the Toggle Menu. Now that the trade screen is up I offer the following trade…

Chargers

DT Jamal Williams (90 OVR) age 33 “A” potential
FS Paul Oliver (55 OVR) age 24 “C” potential (added to avoid 55 player limit)

for

Seahawks

LOLB Aaron Curry (84 OVR) age 23 “A” potential
MLB Lofa Tatupa (90 OVR) age 26 “A” potential
CB Marcus Trufant (88 OVR) age 28 “A” potential

I press the Start button and the trade has been accepted by the Seahawks. I picked up three potential Pro-Bowlers including a future superstar in Aaron Curry for a declining 33 year old defensive tackle and a throw in free safety.

The interesting thing about this trade is that it only works if it’s the very first thing you do in franchise mode. If I signed a free agent, cut a player, or made any other moves before this one… the Seahawks won‘t accept the trade. To explore this further, let’s take a look at another example…

Using default rosters I start a Franchise with the Arizona Cardinals. Before doing anything I select Trade Players and offer the following trade…

CARDINALS

RE Bertrand Berry (83 OVR) age 34 “B” potential

CHIEFS

CB Brandon Flowers (77 OVR) age 23 “A” potential

I press the start button and notice that the Chiefs rejected the trade. So I back out of the trade, head into Free Agents and sign LT Kwame Harris to a 1 year $6.87 million deal with a $0K signing bonus. Now I click on Trade Players again and offer the following trade…

CARDINALS

RE Bertrand Berry (83 OVR) age 34 “B” potential
CB Michael Adams (47 OVR) age 24 “D” potential (added to avoid 55 player limit)

CHIEFS

CB Brandon Flowers (77 OVR) age 23 “A” potential
RE Glenn Dorsey (75 OVR) age 24 “B” potential
2nd Round Pick

I press the Start button and the trade has been accepted by the Chiefs. The question is, what kind of impact does the Kwame Harris signing have that makes the Chiefs not only willing to trade Flowers, but also add Dorsey and a 2nd round pick into the equation?

There is obviously some sort of bug in trade logic that renders these scenarios illogical. Some may choose to work around it and only make trades that they deem “realistic,” while others may try and find ways beat the system and find the flaws to stack their team.

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