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"The Club Championship began as a trial with Mut 20 coins eight teams," said Marcou. "We've since expanded the concept into a major where we have all 32 NFL teams represented as the number of players and sponsorship interest has increased."
The championship has the players and highest prize pool of almost any tournament in the Madden Championship Series. This includes the Madden Bowl held every spring, where the very best Madden player is determined for that year. Under the recent Club Championship major format, players create their own Madden Ultimate Teams and pick one NFL franchise they want to represent in the competition. This differs slightly from EA's Madden Classic major held in August, for instance, which permits gamers to compete only players on a single group's active roster.
Just $703,000 was passed out to the top 128 players from the Madden 20 Club Championship in December, a record for the contest. The winner, Michael "Volterax" Bryant, representing the Arizona Cardinals, took home $100,000. "It takes approximately five months to resolve the competition," said Marcou. From that point, 128 gamers are encouraged into our Redwood City, California studios to play in live tournaments where the winner is crowned."
EA claims that viewership for the buy Madden 20 coins Club Championship is on par with totals for its Madden 19 Club Championship, but would not disclose certain numbers since tracking for its linear TV broadcast has not yet been completed.
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