These gamers form a community no different than the "modding" communities prevalent - and often embraced by game publishers - on the PC. Caught in the web were roster-makers sports gamers that have no specific interest in cheating, but are instead interested in making their games as realistic as possible and sharing their efforts with fellow sports fans to enhance their enjoyment of the game as well.
In Microsoft's Spring Update to the Xbox 360, the Redmond-based giant chose to lock down (with no prior warning) thousands of Xbox 360 consoles that posted save files in an effort to tamp down cheating and discourage the use of Datel's unlicensed-but-legal Xchange device. They can't be transferred from profile to profile, even on the very same console.
On the Xbox 360, NCAA Football 08 roster files cannot be shared. Nevertheless, the major issue that's certain to rankle sports gamers is not the seemingly-random availability of the game, but this: NCAA Football 08, the highly-anticipated football game by EA Sports, has found its way onto some stores' shelves, despite the fact that it's not supposed to be there until the 17th. "Ready for sports-gaming Armageddon? EA Sports may have some explaining to do. apparently there is a block in the software that does not allow roster sharing from profile to profile on the XBox 360 version of the game.