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When we asked Thomas how deep the customization of the gameplay would be, he replied that the development team wants to let players define what is going to make their squad a success, and that includes practically every aspect of the game. Gamers will have the opportunity to edit team names, player uniforms and even the cities that their teams will be able to play in. If players don't feel like tweaking a team at all, they can simply select one of the pre-built squads and leap into the game. As for the teams, Thomas mentioned that the squads will be comprised of a mix between legendary athletes that you choose and fictional pro players, although he didn't mention what the specific balance would be on a roster.

Balls. I was hoping there wouldn't be any fictional players. Oh well. Stay tuned for screenshots and trailers later on tonight. Visual Concepts did not reveal what the online experience entails.

Another Article here, on the sports side of the IGN network, asks Jerry Rice about the draft and the game.

"You got a phenom like Calvin Johnson, a freak of nature. He can run a 4.3, he's 6-4, about 240, and that's amazing. The records can be broken, but whoever is going to take these one, whether it's Calvin or someone else, they are going to have to sacrifice, they are going to have to work their butt off to try and make it. Until then, you'll just have to settle for me in this game. Just make sure you draft me with your first pick. From what I've heard, I'm the most dominant player in the game, and that's just the way I like it."

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Gamespot has an article up. I like this information.

"There are no set teams if you don't want them," Thomas said. At one point in the trailer, for example, it seemed like Elway and Barry Sanders were playing for the same team. And while Thomas said you can play with a preset team in the game's season mode, the focus of the game will be on building a team from the ground up and then putting your dream team up against all comers, whether in the single player game, or via offline or online multiplayer. Just how you will go about building that team, what kind of restrictions you'll have, what players will be available from the get-go, and how you will go about recruiting the best players of all time--well, we don't know yet. All we know is that the focus will be on creating a team of incredible talent and then going out and decimating the competition.