Concussions in football games are taken more seriously than ever before and going forward, that will hold true in the next edition of the "Madden" football video game franchise when concussed players won't be allowed to return to the field in the game they are injured. "Concussions are such a big thing, it has to be a big thing in the video game," Madden told The New York Times in a telephone interview. "It starts with young kids -- they start in video games. I think the osmosis is if you get a concussion, that's a serious thing and you shouldn't play. Or leading with the head that you want to eliminate. We want that message to be strong." EA Sports president Peter Moore said last week at the World Congress of Sports in Miami that it was "wrong" when the company's "Madden" game would allow concussed players to return to the field in the following quarter. That is no longer the case, Moore said Wednesday at the two-day summit in Miami. Moore says "we have an obligation in our industry" to recognize that brain injuries are one of the biggest on-field issues facing football at all levels right now. The game's executive producer, Phil Frazier, told The Times that "Madden NFL 12", with its new concussion rules and the exclusion of helmet-to-helmet hits and headfirst tackling can be a "teaching tool" to players of the game, particularly kids. Gus Johnson and Cris Collinsworth, the announcers featured in the game, also will explain the dangerous nature of concussions when they announce that a player can't return to the game. "I wouldn't say this is a full public-service announcement, but it's a means to educate," he told the newspaper. Madden agrees with the game's new emphasis on proper tackling techniques and the seriousness of concussions, telling The Times "if we show players playing through [concussions], then kids won't understand." "There was a time when someone would get a concussion and you'd say he just got dinged, take some smelling salts and get back in the game. Those days are over," he told the newspaper. Source: ESPN
this is just another reason why madden is a great game. Stuff like this makes it seem real when it is only a video game
Sarcasm? Madden hasn't been good since 05. I wonder if Madden is proud of how crapty the game has been the last few years.
I have an HDTV and the game can the prettiest game ever made, but if it plays like crap, I'm not buying it.
Last time I played I remember a player having a head injury. It's already in the game....Why is this even being talked about? Oh yeah, EA just trying to cash in on the big topic and make it seem like they give a crap about anything other than ass-raping people over the cost of this game that they haven't fixed in 5 years.
