Will The Potential NFL Strike in 2011 Effect Madden 2012

[LeonM]

I know that the focus right now is Madden 11 and rightfully so but I wonder what would happen if The NFL and Players association were to have no football in 2011. It's a real possibility.

Ultimately cooler heads should prevail but what we have right now is no collective bargaining agreement and if a new one isn't reached. There will be no NFL football in september of 2011.

My question is what happens to Madden 2012 if there is no 2011 NFL season?... Does the game go on? This is all hypothetical but interesting nonetheless.

[xNYGx]

Quote: Originally Posted by LeonM

I know that the focus right now is Madden 11 and rightfully so but I wonder what would happen if The NFL and Players association were to have no football in 2011. It's a real possibility. Ultimately cooler heads should prevail but what we have right now is no collective bargaining agreement and if a new one isn't reached. There will be no NFL football in september of 2011. My question is what happens to Madden 2012 if there is no 2011 NFL season?... Does the game go on? This is all hypothetical but interesting nonetheless.

I hope it does happen... for the sake of the Madden dev team. That gives them a whole extra year to catch up.

[blitzkrieger]

Each Madden is based on a new season so I really dont see how they could justify making a Madden 12 if there is no season. It would just seem odd. But $$ rules the universe so dont bet there wont be.

Does anyone know if there would be a draft ? Without that I cant see how they could justify making Madden 12.

[dickey1331]

We just have to look at what EA did when the NHL had the lock out and they still made the game.

[nuckles2k2]

I dunno...when the NHL went on strike there was still a NHL game so chances are we could still get a Madden game, but who really knows at this point?

[at23steelers]

I have a feeling they might make a Natal version of madden and call it Madden 12.

[LeonM]

Quote: Originally Posted by blitzkrieger

Each Madden is based on a new season so I really dont see how they could justify making a Madden 12 if there is no season. It would just seem odd. But $$ rules the universe so dont bet there wont be. Does anyone know if there would be a draft ? Without that I cant see how they could justify making Madden 12.

I don't think that there would be a draft. One of the biggest points of contention for the owners besides the fact that they want a bigger slice of the money pie is the rookie pay scale. The NFL wants to change the whole 30 million dollar signing bonus for rookies coming out of college and rightfully so.

Theoretically, EA could have a NCAA 2012 and still make Madden 12 and have users import a rookie draft class from NCAA. Madden 12 could actually start with the draft first. That's if they would be allowed to and provided that they still have the rights to an NCAA game by then.

[beastwork]

you think EA is not going to move these units because of a strike? i don't think so my friend