I’m delinquent with posting the results of the first annual (maybe more frequently) Bell Multicultural High School Madden tournament. This year’s winner was Eduardo Martinez, who won by the absolutely ridiculous score of 85-69. That looks more like an NBA Live score than a Madden score. Suffice it to say that for both finalists, offense was not a problem. Defense, on the other hand…

Lester Spence brought up an interesting point in the comments last time. He mentioned that we might be about 15 years from the point at which a coach whose main experience comes from playing Madden will be hired. It’s not entirely out of the question, but I think there is a limit to what Madden can really teach. Now I’ll be the first to tell you that Madden will up your basic football IQ by 300 points. Or at least, it’s possible to really learn the game of football by playing Madden. However, the thing about video games is that they’re built to produce scores like the one we saw in the finals. Now granted, my two players weren’t really doing too much on D, while top Madden players will tell you that defense is the name of the game. But given the way the Wii is working, sooner or later, it might just be that playing the video game will be a virtual replacement for the real thing.

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