The federal judge in Minnesota has approved the settlement plan as well as more than 20.000 retired players have until August. 30 to accept the deal or opt out of the Madden 24 coins  deal. Dryer is encouraging his peers not to take the deal.

"They're placing you in business models with the league which will generate funds for retired athletes," Dryer explained. "But those models have proven not to work."

The plaintiffs are also unhappy with what they consider to be lack of transparency the settlement, as well as the way it will work.

"We aren't quite sure how they could have come up with $50 million," Dryer said. "The money is put into a fund, which provides it with pre-existing charities, and the charity somehow, amazingly, is able to transfer it to the players. I don't want to be working in a sector I'm not sure about.

"What can be done is get money directly from former players. This is what we'd like to see. We're interested in knowing what the revenue source is to make a deal with all retired players.

"I'm getting rid of this Madden 24 ltds deal. I don't want anything to do in this transaction."