There's been some interesting discussion generated by the rant posted last night about EA's decision to infest email advertising in their PSP version of Fight Night Round 3.

I also received a single email accusing me of going off half-cocked. So, to be fair, I went back and set up a second account and this time wrote down the "Subscribe to Play Online" agreement word for word.

I also typed up the ESPN Sponsorship agreement for your perusal. I didn't type up the 22 page Privacy Policy from ESPN which says things like: ESPN can share your personal information with other subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company and third parties so they they can send you promotional material. (They can do this through email, mail or "other means"... like phone perhaps.)

What this all boils down to is that, ESPN offers to pay your $2 fee in return for having the right to contact you with offers and the right to give you information to just about anyone. While there are two examples of the offers that ESPN can hit you up with, there is nothing in the terms that says they can't also send you offers for AOL subscriptions, good deals on Rolex watches or even miracle grow for your penis.

Hit the jump for the full agreements.

Subscribe to Play Online

Thanks to ESPN, you can play this EA Sports product online as part of EA Nation at no charge! By accepting the ESPN sponsorship, I will allow ESPN to pay my $2.00 online subscription for this game and understand that ESPN may contact me with offers and promotions such as subscriptions to ESPN the MAgazine and ESPN Insider.

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ESPN Sponsored
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ESPN Sponsorship

By clicking Accept, I agree to ESPN's sponsorship. I understand that if I am at least 18, ESPN will contact me with offers and promotions and I am authorizing EA to share my EA account membership information with ESPN in the United States. ESPN's use of my account information is subject to the ESPN Privacy Policy, which I have read and I accept.

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