NFL Players Now Intend to Sue Madden, EA

[Glorious Arc]

I have mixed feelings about all of this. In the short run your thinking pay the players but in the long run it hurts everyone else. Companies that get sued have to make up that money some way...That means firing people, raising prices....Those alone are scary things to think about

[PolkaDot]

Thread title is a bit misleading . . . the article talks only about former players doesn't it? Could be mistaken . . .

This is some nasty business going on. I don't know the situation with the Player's Union, but why did they offer advice that goes against its principle of protecting the players (if that's even the main agenda)?

[NFLHITMAN]

Quote: Originally Posted by PolkaDot

Thread title is a bit misleading . . . the article talks only about former players doesn't it? Could be mistaken . . . This is some nasty business going on. I don't know the situation with the Player's Union, but why did they offer advice that goes against its principle of protecting the players (if that's even the main agenda)?

It doesn't say present day NFL Players does it? Once a NFL Player you will always be associated with it. The thread title is right on.

[radatdude2]

i really don't know why they have these historic rosters on the game any way who really uses them? but if they are in the game then they should be compensated just like everyone else

[l NErd l]

Quote: Originally Posted by SwayGod53

I'd be lying if I said I did anything more than glance at the historic rosters. Just not a draw for me. On the flip side, I guess what goes around comes back around *cough exclusive rights cough* I've enjoyed Madden 09 but that's only because I had no NFL 2k9 to play.

[spit_bubble]

Well... This at least explains why EA's historic rosters always sucked.

[shotgun styles]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

My god this is getting ridiculous.

They should have payed up. Simple as that. If you want to use historical players to sell your product, pay up.

The NFL players association tried to screw the old timers, and I have not one drop of sympathy for them. EA either. These NFL veterans from the 50's and 60's made the NFL the biggest sport in America, and now they're paying the cost of their sacrifice in pain and suffering. At the same time the beneficiaries of that sacrifice, today's greedy zillionare players, are balking at paying their respects.

It's sickens me.

[g2thecore]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

My god this is getting ridiculous.

Agreed.