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Judge Upholds $28 Million Award To Retired NFL Players Over Madden Suit

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Kotaku writes: "U.S. District Judge William Alsup upheld a decision to award retired NFL players $28.1 million in the group's lawsuit against the league's player union over allegations they were cheated by an unfavorable deal with EA.

A federal jury ruled in November that the former NFL players were due $7.1 million for the use of their likenesses and $20.9 million in punitive damages for uncredited appearances in EA Sports' Madden NFL games, an award that union lawyers said was "unjust," saying they were "confident it will be overturned." They also said "Hissss!!!", allegedly, when presented with crosses."
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donscrillinger - 351 days 5 hours ago
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i hope wack azz e.a. gets wats coming to them ...pay up ...who can over turn this wack azz deal wit the nfl so we cAn get an real sim football game like espn nfl 2k5 ...
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lord_of_balrogs - 351 days 4 hours ago
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Football players are rich enough as it is. What's a mere 7 million to them?
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krauley - 350 days 16 hours ago
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2.1 - "Retired NFL Players"
key words here. the guys that played as late as the late 80's didnt make the millions that the spoil rotten player not make so maybe its a good thing.

@donscrillinger maybe if your wack azz nfl 2k5 made enough money on sales then 2k would have been able to get their wack azz foot in the door instead of wack azz ea, the one that sold enough to get a deal with the nfl... remember the nfl came to ea not the other way around.
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Elvfam511 - 351 days 3 hours ago
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I miss Nfl 2k's so much man damn
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krauley - 350 days 16 hours ago
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4.1 - see above
"the nfl came to ea to get this deal" because they had the best game around at the time with sales to back it up.
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Mutley416 - 350 days 15 hours ago
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I`m glad they won, maybe they can use the money to repair all the night clubs they been shooting up 0-o...lol
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krauley - 348 days 11 hours ago
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5.1 - NICE
lol'd @ that :)
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