Madden 25 crashing on anticheat splash screen, never launched once, PC

I've tried every solution I can find on this board from the mundane to the complex.  Reinstalled, repaired etc multiple times.  I can't seem to get an option to speak to tech support, but they solved a similar issue for me once in the past so that's frustrating.

When I try to launch, in admin mode (and without) it always goes to the EA anticheat splashscreen shows full load bar, then disappears and sends me back to the EA App.

I once accidentally set the date wrong on my PC to a 2026 date and it actually looked like it was about to work (it mentioned my lack of a save file for the first time) but then failed again.

I've reset the EA App cache multiple times, reinstalled the EA App multiple times.  I've got the game through EA Play Pro.   I have all the  latest drivers and meet all minimum requirements.

I'd just really like to be flagged to be able to speak to tech support assuming there's no one proper solution available here.

Also madden 25 keeps disappearing from my anticheat install list.  I need to update madden 24 on that list in order for 25 to appear.  However that still doesn't get my game launched.

Edit: I've also run DISM and sfc already, and checked windows update multiple times for more updates.  Other games like F1 24 and Jedi Survivor launch fine.