Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

[SageInfinite]

I want authenticity, but this tattoo thing seems like more than what it's worth. Probably the same thing EA is thinking. I mean you know how money hungry people are these days. Players and artists will start asking for more money and what not just to get tatts in the game. Who knows what this could do. The legal system already killed our college football, I'm not siding with Tiburon, but I understand this from EA's perspective. It's a good start.

[moylan1234]

I'm curious about the wording the quote says

Quote:

For now, Kaepernick is the only player who will appear in Madden 15 with his authentic tattoos

does that mean other players will have tattoos that are just random and not the ones they actually have? will we be able to add generic looking tattoos to created and edited players?

Agreed that if I get this game and CK is only one sporting any type of ink it's going to look really awkward and take away from the realism for me. questionable decision by EA if it turns out this way

[Daddy123]

Quote: Originally Posted by EaglesFan1825

Because the NBA isn't the NFL. The NFL has different rules for these things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What does NFL rules have to do with anything? NFL has already approved the tatts, EA is afraid of the tattoos artist suing them.. NBA and NFL have nothing to do with this.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Daddy123

What does NFL rules have to do with anything? NFL has already approved the tatts, EA is afraid of the tattoos artist suing them.. NBA and NFL have nothing to do with this.

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

the NFLPA, the players union mandated this procedure from a recent lawsuit. Kap got the news, it was probably emailed to all the players if it's mandated. The players union surely stays in contact with the players. The article said EA is open to more players having the waivers signed off.

The NFLPA's rules have everything to do with this, in addition to EA's obvious interest in shielding itself from litigation.

[StefJoeHalt]

Major issue with this too..as someone who has many tattoos..is "most people" don't just have tattoos from one artist..again blame on this falls on lawyers who will take any case to sue..EA and NFL have huge deep pockets


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[BizDevConglomerate]

Quote: Originally Posted by JKSportsGamer1984

They might as well leave tattoos out then. That's super lame if only Kaepernick has them. It'll stand out as even more awkward than not having tatts in the game at all. Doesn't make sense to me. Either all or nothing EA.

This is dumb, and is a sign off what the game will play like. We allowed cut blocks but not penalties for in the grasp.. Because we couldn't get a ref to ok the signal for the penalty (that EA BS)

[SmashMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by JKSportsGamer1984

We get that it's not all EA. The point is if they couldn't get a majority of the players artist permission, then they should just hold off on adding tattoos in the game until they do. That's all. How odd is it going to look if only a handful of players have tatts in the game? They should just wait until Madden 16 to add them.

Or the flip side: Why punish Kaepernick if it's taking other guys longer to get the rights to their tattoos (assuming their artists are willing to sign off)?

[Ovie832]

so does nba 2k get permission from every tattoo artist that has a tattoo in the game?? I just don't understand.. as NBA2k has mostly all real tattoos.

Understand its a different league... but why wouldn't 2k be scared of getting sued then?