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Posted on January 14, 2009 at 04:16 PM.

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With the apparent demise of the Head Coach franchise after a very promising revival, football fans are left with only one game on the market that utilizes the NFL license: Madden.

Although I'm optimistic that Madden 10 will be a significant step forward and even a truly great game, football fans deserve more than one NFL game per year.

The NFL helped create this situation when it decided to enter into the much maligned exclusivity agreement with EA. We all know how unfortunate it is that competition was eliminated, putting an end to consumer choice and (arguably) aggressive innovation.

But now that Head Coach 10 will probably not be released, another painful repercussion of that agreement is felt. If EA decides not to make a game that focuses on the coaching aspect of the NFL, then that's it. The fans don't get a game like that. How does that benefit the NFL?

The most popular sport in the United States deserves more than one game per year.

There should be a handful of NFL games released annually:

A Madden game. A Head Coach game. An NFL Tour, arcade-type game. A trivia game that can be downloaded and played online.

That's four right there, and there's room for more. The NFL should want their enormously popular brand utilized in a variety of ways. One NFL game per year simply isn't enough.

Comments

# 1 mastershake88 @ Jan 14

they went wrong with 2 things..

1. madden 08 graphics were not good so why use them again on head coach?
2. why not use madden 09 graphics with at least better looking uniforms.

# 2 7stringking @ Jan 15

Why are you saying no more Head Coach?

I think they will do at least one more

# 3 2krules @ Jan 15

The article shouldn't be "One NFL Game Per Year Isn't Enough". The article should be "One Company Making NFL Games Per Year Isn't Enough".

If Disney buys EA, does that null the exclusive EA contract?