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I'm beginning to think that no professional site could make this many factual inaccuracies. Its got to be some kind of contest, right? They make an error a day for 3 months and whoever catches the most during that time wins the prize :lol

From today:

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1928&Itemid=2

Earlier this year, the NHL Players' Association agreed to give Electronic Arts exclusive third-party rights to player's names to the tune of $44.2 million over the course of six years. However, according to EA's official hockey website EAHockey.com, the league will not see a penny of that revenue, which upsets NHL executives.

The NHL, however, owns the rights to all league and team trademarks. To counteract the union's move, the league refused to extend EA's license until NHL 2K publisher Take-Two was allowed to use NHLPA properties. In addition, the league is attempting to extend their agreement with Take-Two, which is set to expire after this season.

...yeah. A quick look at EAHockey.com shows that there's honest-to-god google ads plastered all over, no corp. EA footer, etc etc.

So GameDAILY BIZ puts up this news piece this morning as well:

http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=11431&filter=

EA's answer? According to EAHockey.com, EA was apparently very close to picking up the exclusive hockey rights as well. In fact, not long before the end of the hockey lockout the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) reached exclusive deals in the video game and trading card categories, with Electronic Arts and Upper Deck, respectively. A memo that NHLPA executive director Ted Saskin sent to players (dated August 17, 2005) indicated that EA would pay the NHLPA $44.2 million over six years. (Incidentally, EAHockey.com is not an official EA website, despite what other industry sites may have reported. An EA spokesperson confirmed to us, "The site is a fan site, so it's not the actual EA site.")

It isn't a huge deal... but jesus! There's google ads on the site! A 10-second phonecall to EA uncovered the truth!