A group of former pro footballers is planning to sue John Madden and Electronic Arts for featuring players in Madden titles without compensating them, according to NFL retiree Bernie Parrish.

“Madden’s agent Sandy Montag boasts he and Madden collected over $100,000,000 in royalties while paying the retired NFL players used in those games absolutely nothing,” Parrish wrote on former Oakland Raiders lineman Dave Pear’s blog, as spotted by GamePolitics.

“Madden knows that the ugly truthful litigation is coming and is probably factoring that into his retirement. I doubt he wants to answer all those fans who will be asking, “Why, John Madden? Why did you screw all those retired players over, you seemed like such a friendly, good-natured buffoon?

“No deals are going to be made because John Madden is moving his act to his home office where he will continue to screw over the retired players without having to face the fans around the country. Madden and Montag plan to continue licensing Madden without compensating retired players,” Parrish continued.

Last year the NFL Players Association was ordered to pay $28 million to a group of over 2,000 retired players who did not receive royalties from licensing agreements related to EA's Madden NFL franchise.