Forums > News > Jury sides with ex-NFL players over NFLPA and Madden games.
Big John WV (26954) on 11/15/2008 9:43 PM · Permalink · Report
Back in September, a group of ex-NFL players brought a lawsuit against the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), citing that their likeness was undersold for $200,000 per-year and was well under millions of dollars in market prices. They claimed that the NFLPA showed preferential treatment to Electronic Arts for their NFL Madden games and that the players were not represented in the proper way.
A jury sided with the ex-players and as a result 2,000 retired players will now receive $28.1 million from the Union ($7.1 for compensation and $21 for punitive damages). According to a source a Union lawyer asked for minimal damages, fearing that it will impact the NFLPA in representing its own players.
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GAMEBOY COLOR! (1990) on 11/15/2008 9:52 PM · Permalink · Report
Can we look for non Madden NFL games from now on ? 8D
Big John WV (26954) on 11/16/2008 4:17 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DANIEL HAWKS ! wrote--]Can we look for non Madden NFL games from now on ? 8D [/Q --end DANIEL HAWKS ! wrote--]
Well 2K tried that with All-Pro, but the reason there was only one of them was because of the licensing, they actually paid the full price for those likeness and as a result lost a boat load of money, that's why there was no sequel. This could open the door for someone like 2K if they are willing to shell out the money for it.
Big John WV (26954) on 11/16/2008 3:30 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Kit Silva wrote--]So we can look forward to Madden 09 not having any player likenesses next year? [/Q --end Kit Silva wrote--]
There should be one, I think EA is contracted until 2012, but it looks like they're gonna have to shell out some big bucks now. Bad part is that they didn't even have to pay the 28 M, the players union did, hell in my opinion EA made more money the NFLPA did.
Daniel Saner (3503) on 11/17/2008 3:27 AM · Permalink · Report
What a bunch of crybabies.