EA Sports has released a lot of information regarding the Online Pass, in the forms of a a , and . While all three shed quite a bit of light on EA Sport's latest move, a quote from Wilson in his interview seems to sum the crux of the Online Pass' creation quite succinctly, as he stated "We want to reserve EA SPORTS online services for people who pay EA to access them."
We've sent queries to EA Sports, and will update this article if we hear back.
SOURCE: [EA Sports Blog]