I hate to be that guy here, but I had the same experience that yall have mentioned. After spending over $200 on ripping packs, my account was also banned for what EA termed Coin Distribution. Despite filing two appeals, both were denied, I eventually gave up on attempting to appeal my account and instead, I tried using other methods including reporting them to the Better Business Bureau, but they don’t care, they don't even register as a business or entity within the BBB—plus, their BBB rating is an abysmal 1.3 rating, cause even though they don't register with BBB, BBB still tracks all complaints. After being banned and my appeals being denied, I did a deep dive review of the "Holy" Terms of Service and found that EA should and will ban players for using, promoting, and selling their coins to third-party sites. So after I found this out it got me curious, let me look up popular CFB25 YouTubers and see if they by chance are doing that. And can you believe it!!! Most of them have some variation of a third-party site that they promote, saying things in their videos like "for cheap CFB25 Coins make sure to check out the link in my bio and use code: [Insert YT name] for 5% off". Mind you I went and looked at those sites, those YouTubers get a cut of the profits, and can you guess what guys, for * and giggles I started subscribing to all the YouTubers that I could find with promotions tied to third-party coin distribution, not a single one of those YouTubers got their accounts banned, and I check them weekly. Can you imagine that? Don't get me wrong, I am not mad at the YouTubers, if they can get away with it, then make your money. My point is, is that EA uses a discriminatory and selective use of their "Holy" Terms of Service (TOS), allowing popular YouTubers to openly advertise coin-buying without consequences. This proves my point that all EA cares about is money. YouTubers bring in views which equates to interest brought to their game, which in turn may make people buy the game and spend money on the game/EA. Understand please, EA only cares about one thing: maximizing profit. They don't care about the games they put out, they don't care about the customers, and they don't even care to run a fair business model or practices. I’ve reported them everywhere I can and even looked into lawsuits, but sadly no lawyers I have found so far have the balls to go after them in court. So for now, if you want to make a difference, stop buying their products. The only way to hurt EA is by hitting them where it matters most—revenue and money. This game is full of bugs, we don’t even get weekly roster updates and ranking updates, but I guarantee you this- the Ultimate Team Online Store is always fully functional. Don’t support EA. Join me in boycotting them. And don't even get me started with the gambling-like tactics that packing buying promotes. RANT OVER!!
