New CBA

[mikestrong19]

Does anyone think that the Madden team will be able to implement at least the basics of the new CBA (free agency, salary cap, etc.) if the CBA is released mid-July as expected? (Of course, if the CBA is delayed, than this isn't a reasonable thing to do, but if the CBA is released mid-July, that would give the Madden team at least a week or two to add some of the basic rules to the final build)

I'm not sure if this is plausible in the constricted time-frame, but it would be nice.

[RGiles36]

Re: New CBA

I'd venture to say no sir. They can't add those sort of intricacies into the game at this point in the cycle. Really, it may not even be necessary. I don't think the changes in the new CBA are going to be DRASTICALLY different from what we'll get in Madden -- maybe aside from the rookie wage scale.

[Meast21Forever]

Re: New CBA

I don't know that it's that farfetched. They could be writing the code already based on rumor and reports. Probably not, but maybe...

[Broncos86]

Re: New CBA

I highly doubt it. New salary cap rules, free agency rules, etc would need to be tested and I just don't think enough time will exist.

[vatechhokie01]

Re: New CBA

no way. too late for that.

[mattsb84]

Re: New CBA

Yeah...wishful thinking. Even if they tried to implement the new rules, they'd have zero time to test any of it.

[Meast21Forever]

Re: New CBA

Maybe with a patch? I don't think it'd be that big of a change.

[mikestrong19]

Re: New CBA

That's basically the feeling I was getting.

Maybe with a patch? I don't think it'd be that big of a change.

A patch seems plausible and would be nice. It wouldn't be that big of a file; it's just some code changes and additions.

[mestevo]

Re: New CBA

Maybe with a patch? I don't think it'd be that big of a change.

That's basically the feeling I was getting.



A patch seems plausible and would be nice. It wouldn't be that big of a file; it's just some code changes and additions.

I don't think we're really in a position to minimize how much work this could possibly be.

We can expect rules similar to last year's game, and I don't expect it to be all that impacting on the game until the next year or two when perhaps contracts become more complex and we get to deal with things like the cap floor.

[TheDelta]

Re: New CBA

I don't think we're really in a position to minimize how much work this could possibly be.

Well it would definitely be possible to design the code in a way that it wouldn't be much work to, for example, adjust the formula used to calculate the salary cap either shortly before release or later by patch.

On the other hand, we've got no idea what the code looks like so this is nothing but a guessing game.

[mestevo]

Re: New CBA

Well it would definitely be possible to design the code in a way that it wouldn't be much work to, for example, adjust the formula used to calculate the salary cap either shortly before release or later by patch.

On the other hand, we've got no idea what the code looks like so this is nothing but a guessing game.

Yup, would love to think this kind of stuff is configuration files, small and easily patched, but it could be in the primary application, which is not so easily changed post-release.

10mb patches have forced 6gb+ downloads on Steam because games were not compatible with the way Steam updates games.

[N51_rob]

Re: New CBA

I would love if they could do that. I would like to think that they have had their ear to the ground on this and left themselves some wiggle room via patch (I doubt a tuner update would do it.). I think the biggest problem would be testing it for bugs, because EA would never hear the end of it if a bug made franchise unplayable.

[jmurphy31]

Re: New CBA

Not sure but I don't think the CBA will have a huge impact on Madden. The rookie salary scale and cap limits (both max and minimum) probably wont be too far off either.

[burger13]

Re: New CBA

considering that they never accurately implemented the details of the last couple of CBA's why would they make special patches to account for this one?

practice squads
exclusive rights free agents
restricted free agents
transition tags
PUP
players on IR do not count against roster limits
53-man rosters
45-man active rosters
supplemental draft

all of these are things that are part of the CBA and have been lacking in Madden....