Who else thinks it's funny that Crosby got snubbed AGAIN and will not be on the cover of EA Sports NHL 2009?

Question

It was announced today that Dion Phaneuf will be on the cover of EA sports NHL 2009 this year. Crosby still has not been on the cover of the EA Sports NHL yearly video game. He also will not be on NHL 2K9 either, which will be graced with Columbus Blue Jackets star player Rick Nash.

Anyone else find it funny that Sid The Sid hasn't been on the cover of the two biggest NHL video games yet?

http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/games/story.html?id=2f3d19c4-96dc-4fbf-b009-031e31589009

Discuss.

Answer 1

This is me dozing off with how little I care.

Answer 2

ehh, that's kind of lame - but he DOES have many more years to grace the cover of that video game.

Answer 3

eh... He won't get on the cover until he wins the Stanley Cup.

Which will be in a few years.

The cover doesn't really matter to me anyway, just atleast the game is fantastic.

Answer 4

LITY- you gotta balance the time, during the day your outside tearing it up, and then at night when your mom says it's time to come in, you continue playing hockey, just using your xbox :)

Answer 5

I am sure he has lost a ton of sleep over it.  I think I heard he was on the verge of quitting because of it.  

Get real, if you think these guys think twice about that kind of stuff, take your head out of its current hole and stick it in another one...

Answer 6

What's a Crosby?

Ohhhh, is he that guy that has already surpassed Gretzky in points and awards?

Answer 7

Just you. If Crosby ever gets on an NHL game cover, I won't buy it. I won't even rent it. It's bad enough that he's being shoved in our faces...even when the Penguins have the night off.

Answer 8

He's got enough endorsement deals going for him. I don't imagine he really cares too much about a cover for a video game.

Answer 9

Why does it matter?  He has more money than all of Yahoo answ. combined.

Amen to the gentleman above me.

Answer 10

Lemieux wasn't on the cover until 2002.

Crosby has plenty of time.

I'm sure he's not too worried about it.

Answer 11

I think part of it might be that putting him on there would cost too much. I'm sure they have to play  the player, and his agent may be asking for more.

Either that or they want top promote more stars then one, which is the NHL's strategy.

Answer 12

I'm guessing its partly business.  Its probably alot more affordable to have Phaneuf on the cover than it is to have Crosby.  Having Phaneuf isn't such a bad thing either as he's definitely progressing to become one of the best defensemen in the league.  Besides, Crosby has plenty of hockey years ahead of him so EA will eventually have him down the road.

Answer 13

I'm not a Crosby fan but I have a feeling that his time will come to grace the cover of both of them.  He's already the most overmarketed player in the NHL and he can't even legally drink in all 50 states yet!

Answer 14

Woohooo!!!

Go Dion Phaneuf!!

Eh I don't mind it at all.Dion is a great choice.

Answer 15

My guess is that he'd be trading it all to have won two more playoff games.

I'm surprised that Ovechkin wasn't on the cover (he might have been recently...I haven't a clue).

Answer 16

More of a tragedy than funny that the NHL wouldn't want him to take his place as a face of the organization.

Answer 17

he should be cuz that g*y game hasnty been good

since 1994 for cryin out loud

EA sucks ***!

Answer 18

Crosby's been asked and declined.  Same story with Patrick Roy, Martin Brodeur and Nicklas Lidstrom.  All have been approached to be on the cover, all have declined.

There is a rumoured curse involved.  Nobody who has appeared on the cover of an EA game has had his team win the championship.

I still find it hard to believe that kids will spend hours upon hours indoors controlling Sidney Crosby and Pavel Datsyuk instead of going outside and doing it on the street, or the pond, or whatever.

Answer 19

If you think Sid cares about being on the cover of a video game, you're seriously mistaken

Answer 20

Zetterberg and Datsyuk should be on the cover!

Answer 21

I know that Angelina Jolie thought it was funny. I heard her laughing about it on the set earlier today at work.

Answer 22

It's all about business. Why would it be funny??

Answer 23

At least he'll avoid any chance of contracting the dreaded "EA cover curse".  That's good news for the Pens.

Answer 24

haha thats incredibly awesome, crysby is probably the best player in the league today but he's also one of the biggest poor sports i've ever seen in the game. it serves him right to not be on the cover...just goes to show that even video game developers dont want a whiny baby as there spokes person. hahahahaha i still cant get over how funny that is.  i think it maybe  should have been zetterberg or datsyuk but whatever, as long as cry baby doesnt get on i'll be happy

Answer 25

Yeah, that's funny. I guess. But hey, you have my name! Mine doesn't have a "y" in it though...