Man, this really burned me up. Personally being from Detroit and also living here, this hit close to home. Everyone needs to calm down about the reversed pass interference call from last week’s playoff game between the Cowboys and Lions, because while that really sucked, the real travesty of the day occurred before the game even started.
This 10-year old Lions fan named Roman went to the Sunday’s game in Dallas after his grandma surprised him with tickets. He got there early to celebrate in the festivities and entered a musical chairs game to win a copy of Madden 15 for PS4.
Well, Roman won! Fair and square, watch the video below. However, once the mascot and chick running the thing saw his Lions jersey she stated, No, no, I don’t think so, let’s do another round (which I’m sure was rigged). They gave him a consolation prize of a Batman DVD from the 60’s and a Led Zepplin CD, I wouldn’t even want that shit and I’m older. They denied him a copy of Madden 15. This was in front of a large audience and not only was embarrassing but damn rude of them to do to a 10 year old kid.
After all that. Deadspin and Kiss FM 96.9 wrote an article and tweeted it out and do you know what? EA Sports was so kind and kickass they sent out the tweet below. They not only sent him a copy of Madden 15 but also a brand new PS4 and a mini Lions helmet signed by Megatron himself, Calvin Johnson. I’m glad EA stepped in to represent fair sportsmanship and help this kid out, it says a lot! After all sports are fun and its great to take sides but in the end we are all real people just trying to be entertained and have fun.
@Deadspin Don't worry, we got him. pic.twitter.com/2DL6070cH9
— EA SPORTS Madden NFL (@EAMaddenNFL) January 9, 2015
Source: Deadspin, EA Twitter, KISS FM 96.9, YouTube
