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Madden 27 and College Football 27 got a star-studded and strong introduction on Thursday, June 4. The community was treated to tons of new features and innovation. There is no shortage of attention being paid to Dynasty and Franchise Mode in the two games. That’s a beautiful thing and it’s making the overall landscape better.<\/p>\n
Even with all the new additions, there’s still a small group of things that will likely be missing from Madden 27. To be completely honest, the decision is probably out of EA’s hands. However, fans probably won’t care enough to investigate or give much grace in the situation. That said, I’ll point them out and offer the logical explanation for the absences \u2014 at least for two of them.<\/p>\n
Key Facts at a Glance<\/strong><\/p>\n I’d love to bring in a second Chicago NFL team \u2014 especially considering my Chicago Bears might soon be playing their home games in Hammond, IN. I’d also like to add teams to cities like Hawaii and San Juan without removing a current NFL team. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear as though that’ll be the case.<\/p>\n Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n If it was included in Madden 27, we probably would have learned about it at the Opening Drive. In case you’re wondering why, it’s simple but complicated.<\/p>\n The entire league structure, back-end concepts from schedules to draft order, and all under-the-hood logic are built around a 32-team league. It is no small undertaking to build logic that effectively supports leagues of 33+ teams. Because there is no real-life presence of an expanded league, the push doesn’t have enough legs to get done.<\/p>\n\n
Does Madden 27 Add League Expansion Beyond 32 Teams?<\/h2>\n