Midway Fine with NFL Split

JoeyPea writes "As seen on the front page of The Futon Critic and mentioned in this IGN article, Midway Games is apparently fine with EA's exclusive rights contract with the NFL. The complaints on the last Blitz were that there wasn't enough unecessary roughness that the franchise was previously known for. But now it looks like there won't be any pansy hits because of the NFL's licensing rules. The Blitz: Playmakers write-up mentions drug use and off-the-field habits, so perhaps you can expect more realism from Midway without the NFL's license."

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I think we all need to agree that 'better' is a sujective term.

The point is, EA is spending cash to snuff out it's competitors rather than simply outperforming them.

I don't know that anti-trust law covers it, but I would call it unethical, but then ethics winds up being subjective too. :(