Earlier this year, the NFL and EA Sports started negotiations to extend their licensing deal for Madden NFL. If successful, this would maintain Madden’s exclusivity as an EA Sports title until 2026. However, not much has been said about the negotiations since late Summer, and fans are beginning to wonder what will happen to the license as we draw closer to the contract’s 2025 deadline.
Madden NFL extension update
The current deal between EA Sports and the NFL expires at the end of 2025, and the negotiations around an extension will grant EA Sports exclusive rights to the football title until 2026.
According to Mike Straw of Insider Gaming, the talks between both companies are “progressing” and an announcement could come out soon.
According to Straw’s sources, EA Sports would “want” to continue talks beyond an extension and retain exclusive rights to the football franchise.
“I did ask [my source] if there would be a continuation of the deal, like exclusive right.” Mike Straw said during his live stream on MikeStrawMedia. “They said quote ‘That’s what EA wants.’
The bigger picture
We all know that Madden NFL 24 was a make-or-break year for EA Sports. Up to that point, the NFL wasn’t too pleased with the game’s image over the past couple of years and wanted the publisher to make some changes.
EA Sports maintaining the Madden NFL license won’t sit well with fans who do want to see not only more competition in the simulation football gaming space but more variety to pick from.
We will update you if an agreement is reached between both parties, until then, keep it locked with Sports Gamers Online for all your sports gaming news.
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I’m tired of EA being the only football choice. PLEASE LET 2k make football games again. I hate nowadays that only certain companies can make certain games. Back in the early 2000s, we had nfl game day, nfl fever, blitz, madden and other games to choose from. I don’t know what happened to the gaming world but it’s not near as fun because we don’t have too many choices to choose from. The same games are being remade each year.
Sick of this stupid license. It needs to end.