CHAPTER SELECTION
0:00 – Introduction
1:07 – Title Card
6:16 – Getting to the Point
7:38 – 1970’s Pittsburgh (How the Black & Gold saved Pittsburgh)
11:34 – The Dawn of Football Video Games
13:40 – By the advice of my legal council…Mr. Trip Hawkins
15:19 – Coding a Football Game Requires a Lot of Lawyers
16:57 – The Beginning of the End
20:00 – EA acquires Tiberon
24:04 – How All This Impacts the Modern NFL
27:23 – Tarnishing John Madden’s Reputation
29:54 – TAYLOR SWIFT!!!
32:17 – Thanks for Watching
*VIDEO DESCRIPTION*
After speaking at the National Sports Forum about Major League Baseball’s declining fanbase, the same issues are befalling the NFL and they are about to see how much further they have to go before rock bottom.
EA’s Madden football is doing more harm than good to the NFL fanbase. By limiting the number of options in the marketplace, the NFL is ignoring millions of football fans who have wanted a better experience for nearly 20 years.
tl;dr: Let me be the “dead canary in the coal mine” in showing what Madden (aka Capitalism) is actively doing to kill the sport of American Football
*LINER NOTES*
GENERAL PURPOSE – Cast light on how we got here and why having a subpar product on the market is going to continue to eat away at the NFL fanbase over the next twenty years (two generations).
*CITATIONS & THANKS*
*Others Fighting the Fight*
Madden 24: Why Its So Bad – RyanMoody21
The Sad Decline of Madden – SOFTDRINKTV
The Legend of NFL 2K5 – Lex Marston
An ESPN NFL 2K5 Retrospective – Just DiVine
ESPN NFL Football’s 2024 Mod is INSANE! (NFL 4K24) – Rate Sports
The Madden Legacy – videogamedunkey
NFL 2K23 Mod Update v3.0 – LostsouL
*Game Footage*
Nintendo Live 2023 Recap – Nintendo of America
NFL Embarrasses Madden 24 With Toy Story Collaboration – RyanMoody21
Madden 24:The Dumbest Play I Have Seen – RyanMoody21
1965 Cadaco Foto-Electric Football Game Demonstration – deltakittenebay
Madden 24 Can Someone Explain What Is This? – Yohny Gaming
MADDEN 24 IS TERRIBLE!!! (AND SO IS THE COMMUNITY) – Mister Truth
Ridiculously Hilarious Madden Glitches – ClutchPoints
Madden NFL 94, 95, and 96 [Genesis] Intros – Pichu London Sports
How EA Broke Sega – Wrestling With Gaming
How ELECTRONIC ARTS manipulated SEGA – itsaPIXELthing
Colecovision: Super Action Football (1984) – The VideoGames Museum
Madden NFL ’94 – SNES OST – The Cartridge Twins
Gridiron 1986 Bethesda Softworks – petsasjim1
Atari 2600 Game: Football – Old Classic Retro Gaming
Graphical Evolution of Madden NFL (1988-2018) – History of Video Games
*Sportsball Footage*
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (Ultimate Fail Compilation) – Copy Cat Channel
Say Hey, Willie Mays! | Official Trailer – HBO
1950 World Series Game 1 – Baseball Ruski
Pittsburgh Spirit Commercial Promoting “Ball Day” – Patrick McCarthy
Golf Cart Plows Into Coach/Reporters at Cowboy Stadium – Jake C.
Oakland Raiders: The Autumn Wind – Save Oakland Sports
Pirates 1979 WS comeback – MLB Network
1979 World Series | Game 7 – Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Steelers: Behind The Steel Curtain – 80s Football Cards
Classic Pittsburgh Steelers 1970’s Highlights – Itz Yinzburgh
Bahr Pahr Ahr – Pat McAfee Show
MLB Owner – Mr. Potter from a colorized version of “It’s a Wonderful Life”
National Sports Forum (NSF) footage courtesy of the NSF
1960s California Little League Baseball (8mm footage) – peahix
1960s Cadaco foto electric football – AIM Videography
1960 WS Game 7: Mazeroski wins World Series – MLB
*Pittsburgh Footage*
Peak Pittsburgh: Population Collapse of the 50s-90s – sparkstarter
Mon Valley Steel Works Driving Tour 1988 – djardini
People and Power: The Struggle Continues (1984) – YorkVid
*TV/Movie References*
Office Space: “I Have People Skills!” – MovieReferences
Kicking and Screaming | “Break Some Clavicles!” – Universal Pictures
The Young Ones – BBC Studios
The Cable Guy: Jerk Off! – dewdebest
All Summer In A Day – Learning Corporation of America (1982)
Rookie of the Year trailer – pbiasizzo
Best Charlie Freak-out – Alyssa Miller
*Educational/Historical Footage*
Operation Paperclip – Untold History
Apollo 11: One Small Step on the Moon – NASA
Julius Caesar: Summary & Analysis – Course Hero
Coal dust explosion demonstration – NSW Resources Regulator
Route 3, Site 5: Steel mill in Pittsburgh, PA – FracTrackerVideos
TOP 10 Accidents In Metal Industry – TTI
*Music & Sound*
Frank Yankovic: Pennsylvania Polka – lazymusecom
*People that Helped Get this Done*
You’ll never be a good enough artist – Thought Slime
How Can We Bear to Throw Anything Away? – Jacob Geller
ROBLOX_OOF.mp3 – hbomberguy
The Most Unfairly Penalized Team Ever: Detroit Lions – ThatsGoodSports
Why I stopped watching football – Neuro Transmissions
Big thanks to my boy, and King of the Niles, for being my QB and cameraman
Generic stock footage/assets from: Envato Elements
Game Reviews from: Metacritic, Wikipedia, IGN
Meme MP4s/Gifs: Tenor
— Additional notes, citations, and thanks are on the DadBro Patreon page —
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I never and i mean never leave comments, but this has to be one of the most put together, detailed videos that I have seen from a youtuber with under 10,000 subscribers. Not to mention that it was funny as hell too. This channel is definitely a hidden gem. I hope youtube gives you all the exposure you deserve!
I saw the title and instantly subscribed. Then you mentioned you had a part in killing the Dreamcast, and I almost unsubscribed just as fast.
But seriously great content. There's a solid amount of videos on YT that rightfully shit on EA, and this one was my favorite.
Wasn’t expecting a video with this amount of videos to be such great quality. Looking forward to the next one
Bump
Is genuinely depressing, haven't even bothered buying a game of Madden in 5 years. Haven't enjoyed one in 10 at least
21:38 Madden 98 was its best 16 bit game. I have good memories playing it with my cousins and uncle. It’s the first Madden that was highly anticipated.
Hidden gem alert
It's crazy to me to hear someone talking about how ea would use other devs to help make madden but also to stop them from making their own games.. I fan remember my cousin who was a dev building games at the time trying to explain to a 15 year old me that this game that I loved would someday be the death of football video games because of the business practices of EA. I thought he was crazy because I was rocking hard on madden and nhl 94. I couldnt imagine football games doing anything but getting better. Then in 2004 the yearly eagles shit the bed, what I thought was the greatest football game ever came out and it was only 20 bucks. I remember seeing that same cousin who is now a dev working for microsoft and bragging about how he was wrong and that football games weren't even close to peak and the best one wasnt even EA. All he said and I'll never forget it, "just wait". Flash forward to literally yesterday, that same cousin who is now dev at Insomiac called to ask me if I got spider-man yet. I was literally in the store buying it and at the same time returning madden 24 because it's literally the laziest and worst developed video games I have ever seen. I told me cousin that was it, I was done. He said "so a huge football obsessed gamer is done with football video games because of EA…. I told you so"
I have to agree, as big of a fan of football as I am, between the NFL refs, the rules, and the madden game I find myself missing games and not caring. The eagles are 5-1 this year and I have only watched 2 games. I dont miss it. I feel like nfl just doesnt care and allowing madden to do what they do is apart of it.
"Still traumatized"?
Thats a well-sold joke right?
As…i DARE say… 40yo men welling up from a youth coach yelling:
"HEAD OUT OF UR @SS" 25yrs ago……
-Is one reason why AMERICA IS DYING
man great video bro…
This video needs to go viral man!!!!! Corporate greed has taken over every industry
Great video, even if you're a Steelers fan that destroyed the Dreamcast (actually kinda makes sense now).
You look like Bob Saget had a one night stand with your mom.
Good video.
NFL needs to get rid of EA, simple.
NFL ratings declined because a lot of us were sick of watching overpaid cribabies on there knees during the national anthem screaming about how oppressed they are. I am a veteran and the NFL died to me when i started seeing that.
I watched you on a reference, you're content is a little to deadpan for me. You went on a tangent about your background that didn't pertain much to what you were saying. Despite you pointing out it's not relevant, you made it relevant during the review by references or foundational statements made during and the unrequired viewing.
You do illuminate information about companies and practices that are very informative and factual, but you become very reductive in statements like the catchphrase of "Late stage capitalism." Phrases like that have become dog whistles based of good vs bad and not the economic or social effect it has on people, product and economic ecosystem. Some of the people you referenced do this.
One of the biggest problems is you didn't answer your own statement. There also wasn't enough information based on other factors, that have claims or information to contradict broad made statements.
I really like the intro, I like your set choices, your camera work, audio work and editing very much despite my issues.
The NFL needs to let others company's like 2k maybe Sony get there chance for a NFL game I miss the days you had choices of football game from different company to play let the customer have the choice not just EA MADDEN
Spot on. I play NHL 23 everyday to remind me why I wont buy NHL 24. I gave up on Madden long ago.
Wow I was waiting for Madden 94 to make its appearance when you were ripping the other OG games, and learning that I was basically playing NFL 19k94 by Visual Concepts was eye opening. Even some of the best Madden games were made by the 2k crew 😂
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wow had no Idea VC made Madden and was fired by EA then hired my Sega to make 2k 😲
How can EA be bad for like 30 years.
This video is cool
Great video!
Obviously ea games are absolutely atrocious, they just put out the same garbage every year. My hope is that with ea losing the fifa license we can actually see what another company can do. They have to do better for the sake of the entire sports gaming industry. If they come out with a better game, the nfl will have to seriously consider letting someone else make the game. As will the nhl. I can’t wait for that day to come. I just wanted to say great video, I love that you throw in a little late stage capitalism.
Heard from you from Moody great video.
Solid points here, hope the NFL actually sees this