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This has really upset me. I was a fan of both games, despite the fact I was more used to playing the madden games. I just can't believe they would go out and sideswipe the other companies like this, especially the sega/espn games, rather than focusing on making improvements to outshine them. I have no idea about the law for this sort of thing, but I would almost think there would be some basis for the makers of the ESPN game to sue the NFL over this. While the NFL should have the right to negotiate contracts however they want, there was probably a reasonable expectation that they would be allowed to renew a contract with the NFL for future years. The developmental costs put into the ESPN games are probably pretty ginormous, and the money is given to that with the reasonable expectation to be able to publish the game as a NFL game. Now the NFL by signing exclusively with another company out of the blue has caused much of that money to be wasted, hence maybe a chance for a lawsuit?!?
Competition in these games is very important to prevent stagnation. Also there should be an expectation by a company that the money they've been investing since the beginning of the series would be applicable to future releases as well, rather than having the rug torn out from them.
Aaagh, I'm still too frustrated by this to maintain coherence, so I'll stop now.
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...And then I found $5!
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