Big names that still need their first card

With so many good players left...I cant believe they keep recycling the same players

Where are...

QB - John Elway, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Joe Namath, Big Ben, Donovan McNabb, Dante Culpepper, Steve McNair

RB - Emmitt Smith, Jim Brown, Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell, Eric Dickerson, Herschell Walker, Shaun Alexander

WR - Keyshawn Johnson, Lance Alworth, Terrell Owens, Herman Moore, Julian Edelman, Cliff Branch

TE - Mike Ditka, Dave Casper, Antonio Gates

OLine - Jeff Saturday, Jonathan Odgen, Walter Jones, Orlando Pace, Alan Fanaca, Forrest Gregg, John Hannah, Olin Krutz

DLine - Deacon Jones, Ricard Seymour, Jason Taylor, Charles Haley, Jack Youngblood, LeeRoy Selmon, Alan Page, Merlin Olsen

LBs - Ryan Shazier, Brian Urlacher, Dick Butkus, Jack Lambert, Kevin Greene, Bobby Bell, Mike Singleterry

DBs - Steve Atwater, Rod Woodson, Ken Houston, Earl Thomas, Rodney Harrison, Mel Blount, John Lynch, Mel Renfro, Darren Sharper, Darrell Green, Mike Haynes

I don’t think they have the rights this year to as many players because EA is cheap. Terrell Owens and Dez Bryant both said their not in the game because EA ain’t paying nothing but 10k:

Thry  probably will release a few new players but bit nearly as many as you listed and the games needs its cause it’s stale and boring.

YoungOG said:

I don’t think they have the rights this year to as many players because EA is cheap. Terrell Owens and Dez Bryant both said their not in the game because EA ain’t paying nothing but 10k:

Thry  probably will release a few new players but bit nearly as many as you listed and the games needs its cause it’s stale and boring.

It costs  over 10k to get a player's rights?

Thats actually a LOT, when you think of all the players

So for some of the big name players, how much are they paying?

They must pay Barry Sanders, Raw Lewis and Randy Moss a lot, so they keep adding their cards

must be why they shill packs so much lol. 

i think most big names have been released already. Might see more in the SB promo.

we’ll see new names throughout the year, but probably older legends or recently retired players (Tuck, K Williams, Alex Mack, etc.)

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YoungOG said:

I don’t think they have the rights this year to as many players because EA is cheap. Terrell Owens and Dez Bryant both said their not in the game because EA ain’t paying nothing but 10k:

Thry  probably will release a few new players but bit nearly as many as you listed and the games needs its cause it’s stale and boring.

Ain't paying nothing but 10k.. LMAO.. What a bunch of spoiled individuals. Wow

WendyPefferkorn said:

Ain't paying nothing but 10k.. LMAO.. What a bunch of spoiled individuals. Wow

Not everyone is okay with getting paid the bare minimum,  10k when said player will bring in millions for the company is laughable even more so considering EA makes billions in profits yearly.

I would also  assume that you have declined any raises at work since you don't want anyone to think you're spoiled.

itscush2push said:

Not everyone is okay with getting paid the bare minimum,  10k when said player will bring in millions for the company is laughable even more so considering EA makes billions in profits yearly.

I would also  assume that you have declined any raises at work since you don't want anyone to think you're spoiled.

Bud, you're seriously defending players declining being on the game because 10k isn't enough? 

Btw, this isn't work for ones we're talking about anymore. They're retired. It's free money. Heaven forbid someone give you free money to be on a video game.

Peyton Manning with starting on xfactor Omaha 

Lavar Arrington

Keenan McCardell

Brandon Jacobs

Big John Henderson

John Lynch

Doug Flutie

Reggie Bush 

Kevin Greene

Teddy Bruschi, Takeo spikes, Dwight Freeney, Shawn Merriman 

There is a ton of em.... DO BETTER EA!!!!

WendyPefferkorn said:

Bud, you're seriously defending players declining being on the game because 10k isn't enough? 

Btw, this isn't work for ones we're talking about anymore. They're retired. It's free money. Heaven forbid someone give you free money to be on a video game.

Yes 

10k is 100,000 times less than what EA makes yearly from Madden. 

EA could easily pay more and still have a billion dollars.  

BTW it is work because playing in the NFL was the players JOB.

EA has a license from Football Greats Alliance which handles licensing for a ton of retired players, a ton of which they haven't dropped this year. More recent big retiree names have not joined FGA because they can command much more in the market. Guys like Brady, Peyton.

But EA to keep the game somewhat "fresh" cycles legends over like a 3 year period. That's why.

itscush2push said:

Yes 

10k is 100,000 times less than what EA makes yearly from Madden. 

EA could easily pay more and still have a billion dollars.  

BTW it is work because playing in the NFL was the players JOB.

Was. They don't play anymore. Greed gets the best of us. If they got paid more, in a few years they'd want more. Free money to be put in a video game and people whine about it... Crazy.

Also, have never understood why these retired guys even care if theyre paid or not They done been paid!! You NFL for LIFE  dog man up. Its an NFL game, they were NFL players. Just dont get it these brutes are so hard up, probably on both sides too. EA and NFL needs to change their contract with players to make it a mandatory thing so we could play with classic teams and play historic battles. Imagine if you could go play an exact replica of a 2012 Patriot Ravens game right now....

EA really is far behind in every single imaginable way. Hell, H2H leaderboards have been jacked up for years... One day theyll realize that what is a continuosly 2star game, couldve been 5stars all along.