Cast Your Vote for Madden 12 Cover Athlete

I’ve given up on March Madness. My brackets are all but busted thanks to a few heartbreaking upsets in this year’s college basketball tournament, and picking Pittsburgh to win it all seems like a terrible idea in hindsight, now that they’ve been eliminated in the second round.


Fortunately, Electronic Arts is giving us a new set of match-ups to gamble on. In conjunction with sports network ESPN, the Madden publisher has released a “bracket-style voting campaign” to determine the cover athlete for the series’ next entry, Madden NFL 12. Readers must create an account to vote in the bracket, and the winners of each match-up will be determined by popular vote.

Every NFL team has one representative on the 32-entry bracket, which will run through April 27 in five different elimination rounds. Players listed include 2011 Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and, in what is sure to be a controversial decision, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.

Just know that you are saddling your player of choice with the terrible Madden Curse.

Madden NFL 12 will be available this August.