Madden Leagues Are Vanishing Again And No One Knows Why

"At the end of 2022, an unknown number of online leagues in Madden 23 were deleted overnight due to what EA called a "data-storage issue that resulted in Franchise files being corrupted." Some players who were affected eventually got their leagues back, while others never did. The total number of affected players or leagues was never revealed, but it wasn't an especially rare event, as the game's subreddit, EA Forums, and various Discord servers were flooded with players decrying their leagues' disappearances. Now, in Madden 26, something similar seems to be happening."

"Normally, this is the message players may see if they try to access their league while a patch is being rolled out. But in this case, some players have been stuck staring at this message for weeks. One player in my league said his other league has been inaccessible for a month and a half. Yesterday, our 32-player league was hit with the same bug. We're now tentatively structuring our Plan B in case we need it."

"There's no shortage of forum threads in which players are worried about their leagues having become permanently unavailable, like this one, this one, and this one. In fact, browsing by Franchise-related posts turns up many similar threads. Naturally, the same is happening on Reddit. Madden leagues are locking players out without apparent rhyme or reason. It's hard to say if the issue is happening more recently, but it's definitely affecting different leagues at different times, rather than hitting a number of leagues all at once like in 2022."

At the end of 2022, online leagues in Madden 23 were deleted overnight because of a data-storage issue that corrupted Franchise files. Some affected players recovered leagues while others did not, and EA never disclosed the total affected. In Madden 26, many players are encountering a similar problem with leagues becoming inaccessible and showing an error that the requested league is temporarily unavailable. Some players have been unable to access leagues for weeks or longer, and incidents occur at different times across different leagues rather than all at once. Players are creating backup plans and sharing concerns across forums, Reddit, and Discord. The root cause and scope remain unclear.

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