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BearDown041517
Seasoned Novice
3 years ago

Draft class name announcing in commentary

For the 5th or 6th year in a row, we still have the issue of lack of names being announced by commentary in Madden. Despite repeated attempts, asking EA to publish names that will be announced, the Madden community are still waiting for EA to publish it. The fact that there is a large amount of names that are announced for offence and not defence, is truly baffling and makes a mockery of EA’s excuse which is normally related to image rights. Please fix this issue once and for all. Please can we have both first and last name announced for draft players. An instant patch to resolve this long standing issue will be most welcome with a list published thereby making the draft something to look forward to rather than an annoyance. 

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  • RyanW_3529's avatar
    RyanW_3529
    Seasoned Hotshot
    3 years ago
    @BearDown041517 The draft needs a ton of work as a whole. It lacks so much presentation it should have. Ik we r the ones who r "technically" in the draft room, but a more televised appearance would be nice.

    Talk about the players more before they're drafted in the background. Tell everyone what a team's top needs r and where the analysts think they'll go. Give us a quick look inside each team's draft roo. As they "try and figure out" who they r looking to take.

    Out Goodell on their at the podium to announce the pick for the 1st like 2 or 3 Rds. After that, it's not needed for him, and the analysts could announce any noteworthy names that maybe slid, or had great pro days.

    It's lackluster and just needs a huge face-lift. Far as names r concerned, I agree, if a 1st/last name is on a current player, then ANY player should be able to have their name called via draft day. I can understand any names not being apart of it, not being announced, which, if someone had a 1st or last name in-game, but not both, I'd rather not hear just 1 name. But def as long as both names r in the game announcement, then they should be said.