John Madden wouldn't endorse football with seven players
Electronic Arts initially wanted to make a heavily simplified 7-on-7 arcade game because processing 22 digital sprites was a hardware nightmare for 1980s computers. Madden practically threw a tantrum, calling it 'not real football' and stubbornly refusing to sign the contract until EA spent years optimizing the code to fit his aggressive gridiron purism.

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