Ok, I'm sick of broadcasters using video games like EA's Madden or NCAA Football 2003 to "break down" plays in real football games.

If real Football was like PlayStation football, every game would be 102-101 and nobody would ever run the ball.

It seems like a cheap gimmick pawning it off as 'analysis' really insults my intelligence.

its an attempt to connect with an attract younger viewers. its pretty funny, but the networks actually think that this type of analysis will attract fans between 13-21.

on an even funnier side note, one of the reasons the MNF was looking to add Madden was beasuse they felt he had name recognition with the same category of viewers based upon the video game. its my opinion that nobody under the age of 25 has any idea who Madden was, only know his name from the video game, and dislikes his "old time" stories from the 70s on the broadcast.

Yeah, and when they have to get John Madden to explain what's going on with the Madden video game, it's painfully obvious that Madden never sees his video game played, much less having actually played it himself.

Maybe it'll go the way of the "Bud Bowl" and fade into obscurity in a couple of years...

Actually Madden is really involved with the making of the video game. Just not his voice acting on said game. :(

But several have hit the nail on the head: SOME kids are interested in that kind of thing, so they put it on the shows.



Edited for generalizations! :p

Originally posted by Flatlander Fox
But several have hit the nail on the head: Kids are interested in that kind of thing, so they put it on the shows.

We are :confused:. Give me real action replays over gimmiky graphics anyday.

I have a friend of mine who's a big PS guy, but who also watches a ton of football. He gets frustrated when head coaches can't manage the clock properly in stuff like the two-minute drill or close to halftime. He's always saying, "All head coaches should play at least one game of Madden to learn clock management...."

all coaches should have spike set in thier aubidles, at least in Madden.

Sorry Mordheim, I'll edit it... :D

Geez, I must be getting old... :(

On Topic: I have played a ton of Madden, and agree that those guys sometimes seem that they are a bit too indecisive on their clock skills. In Madden you have the luxury of pausing the game and thinking about it too!

Originally posted by tcjsavannah
I have a friend of mine who's a big PS guy, but who also watches a ton of football. He gets frustrated when head coaches can't manage the clock properly in stuff like the two-minute drill or close to halftime. He's always saying, "All head coaches should play at least one game of Madden to learn clock management...."

:lol:, in Madden I can get easily 2 scores in the last 2 mins, sometimes 3 if I risk the onside kick. But by then I'm probably 30+ points anyway. Just imagine it in real life.

"And here we are John with two seconds on the clock in the Superbowl. Whats your opinion o the amazing play that had went before?"

"Well Pat, It's not very often that you get 4 TD's in the last 3 mins in a Superbowl, all of them coming from ridiculously long lob passes. I find it really suprising though that the secondary never want to catch the ball and knock it down even when no-one is near them. Also the fact that both teams have been getting 15+ yards every time they run outside, but they can barley make 2 up the middle is very strange..."

If you guys are scoring 4 TDs in 3 mins on Madden, you guys ought to step up to NFL 2k3, which won't let you get away with that kind of stuff so easily.

On topic: You have to figure EA is paying ABC a boatload of money to have its Madden game shown on air. Monday Night Football isn't watched as much as it used to be, but it's still among the most-watched prime-time shows in any given week.
Best of all for EA, it's advertising that doesn't really look like advertising. Think of it as a product placement on steroids.

NFL 2k3 is far better than Madden. He's getting old, so is the game.

Its kind of ironic that ABC has Madden and shows EA's game. But ABC owns ESPN which is in NFL 2k3. Kinda odd.