EA commissioned the University of Oregon's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center to survey average NFL fans versus those that played "Madden."
The survey revealed that those who played "Madden" were 60 percent more knowledgeable about the game than those who just classified themselves as non-gaming fans of the league.
The survey found that those who played Madden were 79 percent better in their general knowlege of the game, 54 percent better when being quizzed about game situations and 28 percent better on the rules of the game.
The survey also revealed that there was a correlation to the hours of play — the more a player said he or she played the game, the more knowledgeable they were in the survey's questions.
The survey asked 36 questions. Madden players, on average, answered 22 of those questions correctly, while NFL fans who didn't play the game, on average, only got 14 right.
