CNBC: Electronic Arts Goes ‘On the Offensive’

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RolStoppable said:

Grimes said:

If the NFL goes on strike then they lose Madden for the year. That can't be good for the bottom line.

How serious are these problems? I don't mean Madden video games, but the real NFL.

A lockout is near inevitable, I think.  The owners have done a pretty good job of preparing for this, so they don't have any short-term incentive to play ball.  The players, by contrast, don't want to sacrifice hundreds of millions in revenue without first knowing that that sacrifice is actually necessary.  The former has stockpiled tons of cash for this, and the latter is prepared to decertify.  It's going to get messy...