Electronic Arts announced today an exclusive licensing relationships with the National Football League and PLAYERS INC to develop, publish and distribute interactive football games. These five-year agreements - which EA negotiated separately - give EA the exclusive rights to the NFL teams, stadiums and players for use in its football videogames. Both agreements include exclusive rights for console online features and are exclusive for action simulation, arcade-style and manager games on the PC, handheld game devices and consoles - including console online features. The agreements do not include exclusive rights to other types of games or games accessible from the Internet or wireless devices, including cellular phones.