In case you live under a rock (and maybe you do), by now you have heard that the immortal Bret Favre has officially been traded to the New York Jets. Now I know that all of you immediately thought to yourselves, what will EA do now that their uber popular franchise is only a week away from release and Mr. Favre is sporting his old franchise on the cover. Well we have the official statement from the empire of Electronic Arts:

EA statement…

**Madden NFL 09 will hit stores on Aug 12 with Brett Favre on the cover in his Green Bay Packers uniform.

**We do not plan to re-issue packaging, but WILL offer a free downloadable cover in the coming days on easports.com featuring Brett Favre in a Jets uniform. Fans can print this new cover out and insert it into the case of Madden NFL 09. Fans can print this new cover out and insert it into the case of Madden NFL 09.

**We’ll have a roster update available on August 11 with Brett Favre on the NY Jets. The game ships with Brett on an all-time greats team, but with the roster update that will be downloadable when product is available at retail, Brett Favre will be the starting QB for the New York Jets. The roster update is not mandatory - unless you are planning an online head to head game, or online league.

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