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Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

That was done simply because they sort of had to do it, all the other sports games have done it. So it was done more to sell the overall game in regards to matching up with other sports games. A story mode has really come to be expected at this point.

I'm presuming you must see the irony in the post in regards to Franchise mode, especially the part about "matching up with other sports games". That's the crux of plenty of criticism over the defense of the way EA chooses to create Madden, from the business model to in-game design decisions. They seem to ignore what other sports games successfully are doing and have done, whenever they see fit.