The Ring's "Fighter of the Year"... a curse?

[Guest]

Oh, PS. So me telling you to FYM isn't related to boxing? So I suppose all your flame posts where you tell members that they're "crying" IS, then?

I don't have to pretend to be on any level with you, you're just flaming trash.

[joeytrimble]

can someone explain the madden curse ?

[TomRiddle]

can someone explain the madden curse ?

The "Madden Curse"

Prior to 2000, all of the Madden NFL game box covers prominently featured John Madden only. When EA started to have NFL players on the cover of the Madden NFL games, some later (half-jokingly) speculated that there was a "Madden curse": a coincidental series of misfortunes that befell the product's cover-athletes. In the 2002 edition of the game, quarterback Daunte Culpepper appeared on the cover and then suffered an injury plagued year in which his stats fell considerably. People started noticing a pattern with St. Louis Rams' running back Marshall Faulk who appeared on the 2003 edition cover of Madden after a Super Bowl winning season. The following year his stats dropped sharply compared to his prior season. The next year, Atlanta Falcons' star player, quarterback Michael Vick, was injured during the 2003 preseason after posing for the cover of Madden 2004. Vick suffered a broken fibula in a preseason game against Baltimore, the day after Madden 2004 was released to retailers. The injury resulted in a painful 5-11 year for Vick's team. Ray Lewis was able to evade the curse until the 2005 season after being featured on the cover of Madden 2005. He suffered a hamstring injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season after only 6 games. Although people who believe in the curse state that the featured player will wind up having a weak or injury-prone season, EA officials point out that Eddie George appeared on the cover of the 2001 version, and had a successful season without injury. However, coverplayer of the 2006 game versions, Donovan McNabb, injured his chest in week 1 of 2006.

source: WIKIPEDIA