WHERE WILL YOU BE AUGUST 10TH? Work? School? Summer camp? Or even lunch with Aunt Ida? Not if we can help it! You know that come August 10th you'll just have to get your hands on a copy of Madden NFL 2005, run home, and be one of the first of your friends to try out the new hit stick -- so we're helping to make that goal a little easier. Whether your predicament is the chicken pox or just a "one-day" flu, print out one of the PDF files below, and make sure you'll be right where you should be on August 10th.*   Chicken Pox Form   Sick Day Form

If you've got another good plan for National Madden Vacation Day, we'd love to hear it. Send an email with your scheme for playing hookey on August 10th to football@ea.com.** Be sure to include your first name, hometown, and number of years playing Madden, and we'll post the funniest and most creative plans right here. Click for the top Madden fan submissions >> Some of you may be wondering why we're declaring Aug. 10 as National Madden Vacation Day. That's because the game officially ships from our distibution center on the 9th. Some of the big retail chains or merchants in larger markets will have the game as early as Aug. 10th. The official in store date is still Aug. 12th, as that is the day that Madden NFL 2005 will be in stores everywhere across the U.S. **By participating, entrants agree that Sponsor has the right to use the submission, along with entrant?s first name and hometown on this website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Madden NFL 2005 without any further attribution, notification or compensation to entrants except where prohibited by law. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and/or modify any submission for publication.