Beginning today, fantasy football fans can sign up
at the website for the authentic, in-depth fantasy football experience that sports fans
would expect from the combined forces of EA SPORTS, the definitive leader in interactive
sports experiences, and STATS, Inc., the world's leading sports information
provider.
The more than 15 million people who play fantasy sports now have a new
choice. With this inaugural fantasy football season, EA SPORTS will offer a fully
customizable Commissioner League, as well as an easy-to-play League Manager where individual
fans can take on the rest of the EA SPORTS football community. The EA SPORTS Football
Commissioner offers true fantasy gurus the highest-quality league management capabilities
with comprehensive customization options, as well as real-time professional sports news and
information. For USD 99.99, EA SPORTS Commissioners can customize the rules and scoring
systems for up to 32 team-owners and receive EA SPORTS gear and a bonus league trophy just
for signing up. Fantasy football participants can spend their Sundays in front of their
personalized home pages, monitoring real-time scores and statistics provided by STATS,
Inc.
The EA SPORTS Public League Manager services will match up 12 players in a
league where EA SPORTS picks the rules, and allows players to showcase their football
smarts. For USD 9.99, players can take on the EA SPORTS community for exclusive EA SPORTS
awards and the ultimate fan trip to the all-star game in Hawaii. Complete rules can be found
at the website, available by following the download tab above.
Free to all
subscribers will be a weekly Pick'em Game, where the participants who most accurately
predict the weekly winning teams will earn autographed footballs as well as the chance to
win another ultimate fan trip to the all star game in Hawaii. Pick'em Game entrants can
create private groups to compete against their friends, with trackable worldwide leader
boards.
EA SPORTS Fantasy Football league sign ups begin today and will continue
throughout the early part of the 2004-2005 NFL
season.
