Well it seems Electronic Arts is up to their old tricks again, first signing an exlusive deal to publish games based on the NFL, and now they are stealing the ESPN franchise from Sega/Visual Concepts Studios. But rumor has it that Sega is fighting back with an exclusive deal with MLB. I think this is bad for sports gaming, less selection usually leads to less innovation. We will have to wait and see, makes me not want to purchase games from EA though.