Dryer is ultimately hopeful that something can be worked out, and that he along with the other retired players strike a deal with the Madden 24 coins  which would pay them directly for the use of their images but also give them the rights to it.

"I have a lot of transactions based on my appearance as an actor and a producer," Dryer said. "My likeness is my job. It's my brand. Every person has a name and everyone has a right to move their brand in the direction they choose.

"I cannot steal someone else's appearance and apply for promoting my interests without paying and contacting that person. Therefore, why is it okay for the league to seize our rights and not pay us any money?"

Super Bowl 2014: Russell Wilson recalls his time at Peyton Manning passing camp

It's hard to know how Peyton Manning may have told the then-teenager Russell Wilson about his chances of becoming a Madden NFL 24 quarterback, however, we know that he got the chance to play. Wilson told reporters on Wednesday that he does not just looks up to Manning and admires him, but this isn't the first time he's gotten to meet him.

Former Eagles as well as Vikings players Cris Carter acknowledged during an ESPN Radio interview on Tuesday that he put bounties on players during his time in Madden NFL 24. Madden NFL 24. He said he placed bounties on some players as the reason for security.

"Protect me. . . . Protect me from him. . . . Particularly, if he's playing in a different position in which I'm unable to protect myself," Carter said. "I'd inform one of these guards, 'Hey , this dude is after me, man. Bill Romanowski.' He told me he's taking leave me before the game, in warmups. Absolutely no problem. "I'm going to put you out of work, Carter.' I'm not worried. I placed a small change on his head before the game. Protect myself, protect my family. That's the league that I grew up in."

Carter's remarks are the reason that some people, specifically those who played in Madden NFL 24. think the commissioner took too much in the way he punished the players. Carter's statements indicate that bounties have been a regular feature throughout the league for quite some time -- there's an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to the 1989 "Bounty Bowl" -- and the Saints may not be that distinctive.

The Madden NFL 24 investigative team claims it discovered Saints players who were purposefully trying to harm players- "cart-offs" as well as "knockouts." The difference (if any) it is that Carter declares that his bounties were in the interest of "protection or madden 24 mut coins a big strike, excitement or helping your team win. It wasn't to maim or hurt the person."