Product: Madden NFL 21Platform:Microsoft XBOX OneWhich console generation do you have? Microsoft Xbox OneWhat is your gamertag/PSN ID? ManualSpade2052Date/time issue occurred 1/08/20 at 3:25 ETWhat type of issue do you have? Crash/FreezeWhich mode has this happened in? Franchise ModeWhich part of the mode? CloudWhat is your Franchise League Name? i don’t know Summarize your bug Whenever I try to play on my franchise save it always gives me an error message saying “The requested league is temporarily unavailable” and I don’t know what to do. Is this happening to anyone else? Or is it just me.How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Select franchise mode and select your save What happens when the bug occurs? It gives me an error message What do you expect to see? The franchise play screenPS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. What is the AMD or Nvidia Model Number of your graphics card? Enter RAM memory size in GB Error Message

@VidHead wrote: OK! Awesome sauce looks my leagues are back online... hope I didn't speak too soon. Franchises should now be accessible. Please see this post for an official answer from the Madden NFL Community Manager. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/PC-Madden-21-connected-franchise-unavailable/m-p/9956093/highlight/true#M8455

@KeyLimeSoda PC is still under maintenance.Please see this post for further updates: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/PC-Madden-21-connected-franchise-unavailable/m-p/9939879#M8240

PC is still under maintenance. Please see this post for further updates: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/PC-Madden-21-connected-franchise-unavailable/m-p/9939879#M8240

CF League not accessible. I get the following error message: "The requested league is temporarily unavailable. We're aware of the issue and are working to find a resolution. We apologize for any inconvenience". The name of the league is ""RFL Coach Mode" " - The league was fine until the most recent update on 1/7/21 - Help needed

Since the maintenence update i can't play my franchise.. keeps saying unable to find it at this time...

Madden 21 The Requested League Is Temporarily Unavailable

85 Replies

hitman7400
5 years ago
I fired up my Xbox this morning and my Madden 21 franchise was deleted (not by anyone in the household)....again. Help please and fix Madden 21!
EA_Kent
Community Manager
5 years ago
Hey @hitman7400,

Did you get any sort of error or notification when you tried playing your Franchise? It sounds like the save file may have been corrupted.

/Kent
23keeper32
5 years ago
This is and has been a problem since madden 19, and it’s crap that EA hasn’t fixed the absolutely insane number of bugs in the madden series. I’m done buying Madden games after ‘21. I had this issue multiple times in madden 20, and I had to literally make 6 backup files to keep my offline franchise from disappearing, because I’d put a month or longer of my time into it, I was into the 2034 season. I just lost my ‘21 franchise mode today after the update last night, I had already progressed to the 2023 season, I had Justin Fields at 92 overall with an X-factor. I’m sick of EA sports and the absolutely LAZY game making. Stop just cranking out new games and actually spend some time delivering us a FINISHED video game that we can enjoy without all this frustration. I’m tired of it and so are a lot of other people. You advertised Face of the Franchise as an amazing game mode in madden 20. It was full of bugs, generic and, again, LAZY in game cut scenes. 2K sports has done a much better job with NBA games, and I really wish the NFL would contract 2K sports to take over NFL video games, because EA sucks at it.
Str4ngeWonder42
5 years ago
No, theres is no warning, you just get on and it gone. Its after every update. Plz fix this or like some other people I'll stop buying madden. Thank you.
zorryn
Rising Rookie
5 years ago
I see a message in game now that franchise and face of franchise are offline for maintenance. I assume my saves will be back when it comes back up.
Neo_Novalis
Hero+
5 years ago
@zorryn I'd agree with your conclusion. I do not see my saved game either at the moment.
mbillman19
5 years ago
Latest update January 6th, all of my franchises and careers have been deleted. I opened my Madden and it gave me an error message about update. Everything has been deleted..
Neo_Novalis
Hero+
5 years ago
@mbillman19 server maintenance is still not complete and therefore Franchise is still gated. that's why you get this error message
DarkRhombus
5 years ago
@Neo_Novalis Agreed, you can't even start a new one either.
Neo_Novalis
Hero+
5 years ago
Kraelo just twittered:
MaddenNFLDirect auf Twitter: "Update: Online Franchises are ungated on the following platforms: 📌 Xbox Series X|S 📌 PS5 📌 PS4 If you are not seeing your existing Franchises please reset your game. Both PC and XB1 Online Franchises are currently gated as we continue to address the issue." / Twitter
Update: Online Franchises are ungated on the following platforms:
Xbox Series X|S
PS5
PS4
If you are not seeing your existing Franchises please reset your game.
Both PC and XB1 Online Franchises are currently gated as we continue to address the issue.