EA is facing a courtroom battle with Cleveland Browns super-fan/man with too much time John Big Dawg Thompson, after the latter was allegedly depicted in the company’s Madden NFL ’09 .
Thompson, who legally changed his name to include his nickname, shows up at every Browns game in the bug-eyed dog mask and No.98 jersey you see above, bellowing support from the ‘Dawg Pound,’ a section behind the east end zone in Cleveland Browns Stadium.
A very similar dog mask-wearing fan (only wearing a No.92 jersey) is occasionally seen in Madden NFL 09 , and now Thompson has picked up the scent of possible free money . He’s filed a complaint against EA in the Cuyahoga Country Court of Common Pleas for “the alleged unauthorized and unlicensed use of his Big Dawg persona.”
The bad news for EA: he wants $25,000 (which, incidentally, would fund 1,390 Rubber Chew Bones).
[Via Gamespot]
