For those of you not in the know, the Madden NFL series has a certain amount of cultural capital. By which I mean, the game has achieved a certain folk legend status, revolving around what is called the Madden Curse. Basically, it is believed that the player who appears on the cover of Madden Football will suffer in the coming season. Sports Illustrated has now provided a photo gallery outlining the Curse and its victims.
Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the Madden Curse is very similar to the SI Cover Jinx (which I believe was once discussed on the woefully underappreciated sitcom, Coach, starring Craig T. Nelson.)
And for the truly superstitious, don't forget about the Chunky Soup Curse.
Of course, all this is leading up to EA's announcement of who will be on the cover of Madden NFL 08. That's right, people are waiting with barely contained excitement over who will be on the cover of a video game. Okay, maybe not people. But Madden nerds are.
[EDIT] April 19, 2007. Just so it can't be said that I am favouring CNNSI.com over ESPN.com (which I do, but that's a different kettle of fish...mmm, fish) here is ESPN.com's story about the Madden curse.
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