EA Sports Uses Leader Of Cleveland's Dawg Pound Character Without Permission & All He Asks For Is $25,000?!?

[HacheMan]

Get real dude.......$25,000 from a company like this?

Don't you guys think he could have gotten A LOT more?

Jim Brown isn't the only Cleveland sports icon taking issue with Electronic Arts' Madden NFL franchise. In July, John Big Dawg Thompson (yes, that's his legal name), the mask-wearing pack leader of Cleveland's Dawg Pound, filed a complaint against EA in the Cuyahoga Country Court of Common Pleas seeking restitution for the alleged unauthorized and unlicensed use of his Big Dawg persona in Madden NFL 09.

Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame's inaugural Hall of Fans class in 1999, the Big Dawg character sports a bug-eyed dogface mask, orange hardhat, oversize dog bone, and a Browns jersey with the number "98." A similarly outfitted fan wearing a "92" jersey can be seen in Madden NFL 09 in the same section of the Cleveland Browns' stadium where Thompson appears during the team's home games. Thompson is seeking damages in excess of $25,000 and that EA be prevented from selling the game or using the Big Dawg character without permission in the future

 

[RobFunk]

Seriously, go after more money. Do anything you can to damage this franchise.

I hate EA sports with a passion.

5 years later and still can't make a game as good as NFL 2K5.

 

[gtc08]

fifa and there nba live brand are legit

 

[RobFunk]

FIFA is great. But Live not as good as 2K. That's just me though.

And also I think the Tiger Woods golf game sucks.

Like I said: EA sports, give it a rest.

They even managed to take a really good College football game and make the follow up worse.

 

[Boxer22]

I am still bitter that EA lost the MLB rights. EA Sports' MVP 05 is the best baseball game that was ever made.

 

[RobFunk]

I am still bitter that EA lost the MLB rights. EA Sports' MVP 05 is the best baseball game that was ever made.

Hell yes. Everything about this game totally owned faces. Right down to the soundtrack. One of my favorite PS2 memories.

 

[Boxer22]

Hell yes. Everything about this game totally owned faces. Right down to the soundtrack. One of my favorite PS2 memories.

Funny you say that as im about to leave to go see the Bravery in concert tonight.... They had a track on that soundtrack.

 

[gtc08]

live isnt the live of the past 5 years. they got mike wang from nba 2k and made a solid game this year. within 3 years theyll be ahead of 2k.

havent bought football in years. i still play ncaa 2007 though, love that. seems like they mess em up newer they are.

liked tiger woods havent bought recently though.

 

[HacheMan]

What about the basketball games nowadays?

Have they eliminated where anytime you get anywhere near the basket you can find a way or flaw in the game to dunk it almost every time?