There is a player named Packrat Jones on the New England Regulars, whose real life counter-part is actually NFL superstar Pacman Jones. There are also speculations that the New England Regulars are cheating in a game, which is a spoof of the New England Patriots cheating against the Jets.

The "Pitbull Revenge" achievement or trophy, where you have to injure Mike Mexico in the prison game is actually a reference to Michael Vick's alias "Ron Mexico", and the award name is actually when Vick got arrested and jailed for a dogfighting ring.