Sign up to join our Madden 17 leagues here. They are there for a reason. I fail to see how fielding a team almost void of talent, then signing a handful of free agents in the overall range with one 80 overall fullback in the first offseason, and making no trades, simply to fix an otherwise broken system is cheating. Cancel X. Both of my Madden league teams are now making money. Editing rosters before starting a franchise is essentially cheating the system. If you choose to go the latter route, check out the tips below, otherwise skip to the bottom section for general franchise mode tips.