I have been watching football for 26 years since I was eleven years old. I have been a gamer for almost equally as long. I have watched many historic football moments over the years especially my favorite team the Niners. I have played various NFL video games. From Tecmo Bowl to Madden to ESPN 2k series. I haven't played a football game since like Madden 05 or 06. The quality of the games had continued to decline and had become less and less fun.

Just recently I decided to give the newest Madden (Madden 20) a try. I haven't been a fan of EA for a while due to their shady practices as a company and their shoddy products. My excitement for a new NFL year and my desire to play a football game made me throw caution to the wind and I gave EA and Madden one last chance. The game started off great and fairly fun, However tons of bugs existed and some of which were game breaking. It took EA well over a month to fix some of the major bugs which I feel is unacceptable. We as gamers and fans of football have been dealing with bug after bug and degrading play with each and every update they make for the game. Now recently its so bad that gameplay is very much not fun and the bugs make the game nearly unplayable. I have reached out to EA with my issues and it takes them weeks to finally get things fixed.

NFL, I and other gamers and fans of football are sick of EA being the only company who gets a chance to make an official NFL video game. We deserve a choice and EA's Madden needs some sort of competition so that maybe their product will get better. It makes me sad to think that I wont be able to play any football games simply because of a contract that gives EA a monopoly. I feel they have not met the expectations you should have of them and they definitely have not met the expectations we as games have had. Void this contract, allow other companies to try their hand at making a fun yet challenging football game that focuses on players having fun, not maximizing profit. Thank you.