After winning $28 million from their union, retired NFL players intent to take on EA and John madden for using them in video games without compensation.The retired NFL players who were used in Madden EA video games will be suing Madden and EA for using us in those games without compensating us. We probably will not use ... the attorneys who obtained a $28.1 million verdict for us against the NFLPA for "scrambling retired players identities" in those video games. The jury found it a "grossly fraudulent" action taken so they wouldn't have to pay the retired players. ... In my opinion, Madden should have been included in our licensing suit against the NFLPA and so should EA.
They each intend to use $1000 from their $13,000 award to set up a fighting fund...