How to Build a Franchise Team in Madden NFL 2000

For the true football fanatic, there is nothing closer to bliss than the Franchise Mode of Madden NFL 2000. Building and maintaining an NFL franchise is a taxing, yet very rewarding task. Learn how to stock your team with the necessary players to make it a perennial champion.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• PlayStation Madden NFL 2000
• PlayStation Carrying Case
• PlayStation Controllers
• PlayStation Memory Cards
• PlayStation Multiplayer Adapters
• PlayStations

1. Turn on your PlayStation with the Madden NFL 2000 disc in the tray.
2. Select the Franchise Mode from the Main Menu. This will begin a new franchise.
3. Select a team.
4. Select the Manage Rosters command from the Franchise Menu.
5. Select the Trade Player option to trade one of your players or draft picks for other teams' players or draft picks.
6. Complete your season.
7. Re-sign players whose contracts are up.
8. Sign free agents via the free-agent pool.
9. Draft college players via the NFL Draft.
10. Begin a new season.

Tips & Warnings

• Upon beginning your franchise, attempt to trade for last year's top draft picks and sign them to the longest contracts possible.
• A key to maintaining your franchise is to keep a constant circulation of young players. After about 12 seasons, players' stats begin declining, and you should think about trading them.
• If you have very low draft picks and if you're a winning franchise, don't bother with the college draft. Simply trade your current picks for hot rookie prospects in their second season.
• The sign and trade is an incredibly effective method of bolstering your roster. During the free-agent period, sign as many of the best players as possible. Keep their contracts as short as you can to minimize money spent. Then simply trade them away for players that you truly want.
• You can perform trades only up to the seventh week of the season.
• Save often. One second's neglect can ruin a whole evening's work.