Survey finds Madden games increase football IQ

That new outlook on life you feel after playing a Madden title? Yeah, it's you getting smarter, says a new survey.

Survey finds Madden games increase football IQ

Hey, you're smarter!

What does it mean to bring an 8th man into the box? If you're looking for the correct answer, you're more likely to receive it from an EA SPORTS Madden NFL player than from someone who doesnt play Madden. EA SPORTS, a label of Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today the results of a new survey by the University of Oregons Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, that determined fans who play the Madden NFL video game series are more knowledgeable about the game of football than people who dont play the game. The survey found that Madden NFL players football IQ was 60 percent higher than people that dont play Madden.

The study, which surveyed over 15,000 EA SPORTS Madden NFL players and NFL fans, tested respondents in five categories of football knowledge: Game Situations, General Knowledge, History, Rules and Business of Sport.

Its amazing to see how much football knowledge Madden NFL players have especially when you compare it to people that follow and know the sport well, said Paul Swangard, Managing Director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. We also found the more time they spent playing EA SPORTS Madden NFL the higher they scored on the survey.

Out of a total of 36 questions, Madden NFL players answered on average 22 questions correct while people who do not play Madden NFL answered only 14 correct. Madden NFL players scored higher in each survey category, most notably in the General Knowledge and Business categories, where Madden NFL players scored 79 and 63 percent higher, respectively. Questions where Madden NFL players scored particular higher include:

* What does it mean to bring an 8th man into the box? o Madden Players  83% correct o Non-Madden Players  47% correct * What is the purpose of sending a man in motion before an offensive play? o Madden players  59% correct o Non-Madden Players  19% correct

For 20 years, EA SPORTS has been committed to delivering a truly authentic football experience with the Madden NFL franchise, said Peter Moore, president of EA SPORTS. The findings of the Football IQ study demonstrate the authenticity of the game and how much smarter gamers have become about the sport because of it. It also represents the impact this iconic game has had on the way football is played and experienced, both by players and fans.

The More You Play, the Smarter You Are

The survey also shows a correlation between the total hours of playing Madden NFL per week and football IQ, as scores increased the more a gamer played Madden NFL. A Madden NFL gamer who rarely plays the game attained an average score of 20.4, less than one hour a week scored 20.9, one to five hours per week scored 21.4, six to ten hours per week scored 22.4 and a Madden NFL gamer who plays more than ten hours a week earned an average score of 22.7.

About the Madden Football IQ Survey

The Madden Football IQ survey was conducted by University of Oregons Warsaw Sports Marketing Center in conjunction with Electronic Arts Inc. in July, 2008. The study included more than 15,000 surveys that were completed online. Survey results are nationally representative, and the margin of error for is the survey is ? 3 percent.

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slickjames

No s**t who was the genius who had to do a study to figure that out. Also let me save them money on their next test....people who play NHL games know more about the NHL than people who don't same goes for MLB and the NBA.

jstern

Makes sense. The only problem I have is with the title of this story in the front page, since people who decided not to click on this story, or not read the story and go straight to the comment are going to assume that it's about making you smarter in life, not football rules. (The title on the front page is "Madden games make you smarter.) But yeah, I learned the rules to basketball with NBA Live 95, since I had to deal with them while playing the game. Duh.

cabogranato

jstern wrote:

Makes sense. The only problem I have is with the title of this story in the front page, since people who decided not to click on this story, or not read the story and go straight to the comment are going to assume that it's about making you smarter in life, not football rules. (The title on the front page is "Madden games make you smarter.) But yeah, I learned the rules to basketball with NBA Live 95, since I had to deal with them while playing the game. Duh.

Everyone who made a comment was joking about how that's obvious so it seems your comment is about yourself since your the only one jumping to conclusions quote one comment on here that says anything about madden making you smarter in life. Talk about missing the point of a joke.

Fearless_Leader

Seriously??? You call that news??? You can't possibly play Madden football without knowing SOMETHING about football, so naturally, you're football IQ is going to increase. How does one calculate football IQ anyway???

jstern

cabogranato wrote:

jstern wrote:

Makes sense. The only problem I have is with the title of this story in the front page, since people who decided not to click on this story, or not read the story and go straight to the comment are going to assume that it's about making you smarter in life, not football rules. (The title on the front page is "Madden games make you smarter.) But yeah, I learned the rules to basketball with NBA Live 95, since I had to deal with them while playing the game. Duh.
Everyone who made a comment was joking about how that's obvious so it seems your comment is about yourself since your the only one jumping to conclusions quote one comment on here that says anything about madden making you smarter in life. Talk about missing the point of a joke.

Read what I wrote again, I said that when you go to gamepro.com it says "Madden games make you smarter" and that people who choose not to click on the story will probably assume that Madden just makes you smarter. Then I wrote one sentence about when I 1st got NBA live, since it's a memory of mine that relates to the story and looks like that annoyed you. I find it funny because I specifically wrote (The title on the front page is "Madden games make you smarter) because I knew that there are a lot of people with poor reading comprehension.
BlackSwordsman01

obviously not that smart since idiots keep buying the same damn game every year.

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