*List of Removed Legends for 2025*
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@Joeflakes_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
I’m sure Rivera is gone because of the scandal he’s in right now. I wonder if he’ll be treated like another pitcher who was involved in a scandal a couple years ago.
This is exactly my thought. If so I commend SDS for being consistent.
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@SakAttack87_PSN Rivera is the only big loss. Net improvement for sure.
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@Joeflakes_XBL Rivera is gone over his scandal just as they add Rocket despite his? Seems unlikely.
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@Hokius_PSN what’s Roger’s scandal? If it’s roids I don’t really think that’s a big scandal compared to one involving a church and children.
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@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
Yea if Banks is gone that just fudging blows
I've seen an Ernie Banks card in a reward path somewhere, it's an 84 OVR though
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Smoltz and Schmidt gone is a blessing. Hated the 6 Smoltz yearly cards nobody used, same with that 99 Mike Schmidt, nobody used him either.
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@Sarge1387_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
Yea if Banks is gone that just fudging blows
I've seen an Ernie Banks card in a reward path somewhere, it's an 84 OVR though
There is no Ernie Banks card in the game.
Possibly mistaken for the 84 McCovey.
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@iBonafideScrub__PSN Used them both
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@SakAttack87_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Sarge1387_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
Yea if Banks is gone that just fudging blows
I've seen an Ernie Banks card in a reward path somewhere, it's an 84 OVR though
There is no Ernie Banks card in the game.
Possibly mistaken for the 84 McCovey.
or the 83 Billy Williams
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@Sarge1387_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
Yea if Banks is gone that just fudging blows
I've seen an Ernie Banks card in a reward path somewhere, it's an 84 OVR though
For reals???
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@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Sarge1387_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
Yea if Banks is gone that just fudging blows
I've seen an Ernie Banks card in a reward path somewhere, it's an 84 OVR though
For reals???
No hes not for reals. He confused him for the 83 Billy Williams in the Cubs path.
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@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Sarge1387_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
Yea if Banks is gone that just fudging blows
I've seen an Ernie Banks card in a reward path somewhere, it's an 84 OVR though
For reals???
No, as @Easy_Duhz_It__PSN and a couple people pointed out, in my casual glance I 100% mistook the Billy Williams car for Ernie Banks. My bad y'all
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@Sarge1387_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Sarge1387_PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Cubsfan217_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
Yea if Banks is gone that just fudging blows
I've seen an Ernie Banks card in a reward path somewhere, it's an 84 OVR though
For reals???
No, as a couple people pointed out, in my casual glance I 100% mistook the Billy Williams car for Ernie Banks. My bad y'all
Well fook me
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And why exactly do they remove a few dozen Legends, yearly? And why are there duplicates of many players, when most of these gents are pulled?
It makes no sense, whatsoever.
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@Zachtronics_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
It makes no sense, whatsoever.
Its how business works. Contracts expire, deals cant be reached...maybe someone decides they just dont wanna be in the game anymore. There are plenty of reasons legends would be removed from the game.
As far as duplicates, thats kinda what happens when you still have over 200 legends and only 30 teams.
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I've heard all of this, for years, but I want to know the EXACT reason. I think it has to do with a database cap. There's no contracts.
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@Zachtronics_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
I've heard all of this, for years, but I want to know the EXACT reason. I think it has to do with a database cap. There's no contracts.
Really? So they get these legends in the game with a handshake and an IOU?
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN You tell me, but it'd be nice to have someone who really knows how it works, answer this question.
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@SakAttack87_PSN Don't forget Jimmie Foxx, too. I have no idea why they remove them. I've been playing this series for more than a decade, and I've never gotten a definitive answer as to how this process works.
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
@Zachtronics_XBL said in *List of Removed Legends for 2025*:
I've heard all of this, for years, but I want to know the EXACT reason. I think it has to do with a database cap. There's no contracts.
Really? So they get these legends in the game with a handshake and an IOU?
The reason is 100% financial and there are individual contracts involved. There is most definitely a budget for all aspects of the game/development including which Legends are signed.
Even though there are countless names I'd still like to see featured in the game, we have to realize that SDS has gotten several HUGE headliners over the last few years that have been asked for forever. The bigger the name usually translates to the bigger the check required to secure the rights to use their likeness. As a result, they have to make the decision to trim some other names in order to make it work within their budgetary constraints.
I do think, however, that they utilize data to see which players are being used. If (X) costs (Y) to have in The Show, but is only being used on (Z)% of teams, that ROI could be a major factor in which Legends are retained and which ones get removed.
