Madden is done screwing around

One of the stranger things in the Madden football series was how low- to mid-level teams could climb the ladder in the matter of a few seasons, see rookies blossom and have contender in Texas or Detroit.

No more.

The guys at EA Sports are tweaking the teams and we can only hope that if your team sucks (and continues to suck) that it will start to show up in the game as well.

(Can I also say I'm loving the idea that the game creates championship rings when you're playing your buddies online? And that you can rename them as well? Get ready for the Super Bad King Badass Championship Ring coming soon to a console near you.)

Not only will this give you a better game experience - instead of the round-robin effect you get from multiple seasons where every team gets a shot - but it will make things more challenging for gamers who refuse to put the game down.

After you've run through a season or two with your favorite team, I know plenty of guys who will pick up with one of the bottom feeding teams for a better challenge.

My only request is that if this becomes a feature where teams will be perpetually awful, can we call it "The Millen Factor?"

"Millification?"

(Image from Gamespot.com)