[Mr.Smif]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

EA has been sued in the past with respect to their use of tattoos in video games, notably for including tattoos on players in NFL Street 2 (not sure if it was just the cover art or the software itself, but the game involved was definitely NFL Street 2). They now explicitly require artist permission (and I'd speculate a waiver outright) to use a player's tattoos in the game as to avoid any further litigation.

Other sports games including EA's own UFC and NBA Live dont' seem to have an issue, no excuses why Madden can't have more than one player with tatts.