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So EA/NFL edited Colin Kaepernic from Madden song
- Thread starter olubode
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I really hope Kaep gets paid. This is bullshit. Guess they are afraid of offending their redneck fans in the slightest way.
With them trying to push that anthem rule, I am sure their ratings will be worse than last years.
"bad enough @Kaepernick7 still not signed, but now they even edit his name out in this year's @EAMaddenNFL during @BigSean verse, smh"
I'm surprised EA just didn't pick one of the million other songs that don't mention Colin Kaepernick. They're idiots for picking the song. They're even bigger idits for editing the song. God EA sucks.
Holy shit, they're trying to erase him from existence. The NFL is evil, glad I quit watching years ago
The last Madden I bought new was 09 and I bought 11 used for around five bucks. Last week i was contemplating a Madden 19 purchase to get some online matches in. This news cost them $60.
So what's the consensus here:
1. NFL directed EA To do this cuz they mad at Kaepernick.
2. EA did it on purpose because they don't like Kaepernick.
3. Dumb mistake around not understanding the legality of including him in the game.
1. NFL directed EA To do this cuz they mad at Kaepernick.
2. EA did it on purpose because they don't like Kaepernick.
3. Dumb mistake around not understanding the legality of including him in the game.
EA's incompetence + NFL's shittiness = Whatever the fuck this situation is
Poor Kap, man. Even RG3 has a contract rn. Shit's not fair
Poor Kap, man. Even RG3 has a contract rn. Shit's not fair
He's not in the game. He's in the song. They have nothing to do with each other. If there was a legal area it would be taken by Kaepernick for having a song include his name but that's not the issue here.
Either somebody at the NFL directed them to do it, or EA did it on their own because they thought the NFL wanted them to do it and they don't want to rock the boat and jeopardize their exclusive license in the future.
The legality excuse is complete bullshit.
How on Earth can you edit the song from an artist ? That's censorship !!! I'm shocked !
This is reaching new lows EA !
This is reaching new lows EA !
Probably a combination of 1 and 3, but 2 isn't impossible. However, the developers had him in the game last year as an option for people to sign, but somebody else removed him from a song.
Whoever handles the music editing might never have even interacted with the devs responsible for keeping him available. Or maybe they didn't like Kaepernick and thought they were being slick.
Ya how could anyone like someone who protests police brutality what a jerk right
President bends a knee to Putin due to corruption. NFL leadership bends a knee to the President out of cowardess. Yet we punish a black athlete for peacefully protesting injustice.
Fuck the NFL! Don't care what your political beliefs are. This is cowardess. Not supporting the product until there's a new commissioner with different values.
Fuck the NFL! Don't care what your political beliefs are. This is cowardess. Not supporting the product until there's a new commissioner with different values.
Madden has sucked for a long time but football is still great. I don't see why EA cutting Kaepernicks name from a song makes you think the world should stop watching football. It's ok to disagree with certain aspects of things while still enjoying them.
What? When did the NFL concede anything to Trump? I thought the NFL reversed the anthem protest ban the owners voted for in June.
You don't see the connection between the NFLs continued blackballing of Kaep and this EA debacle?
I see it as typical EA incompetence. I think EA was trying to avoid a lawsuit and there was a serious lack of communication. I do not think the NFL pressured EA to remove the lyric.
It's possible that EA pre-empted any request by the NFL and removed without any feedback. I think that's like in fact. However it comes from the NFLs egregious treatment of Kaep and their hardline stance against protest as a whole.
Also, the actual product they're putting out is increasingly boring anyway.
That's what I'm wondering, just avoid the whole debacle and pick a different song. Hard to expect anything but the worst decisions from EA anymore.
Too many play reviews are slowing the game down. Constantly changing rules around helmet contact are making nearly every play flaggable. Game tickets are way too expensive to also charge so much for concessions. As an ex-season ticket holder of 10 years, I can definitely agree the product is getting boring and it's costing them money.
My thoughts...
4. An individual audio dev experienced some kind of miscommunication between a few other individuals and ended up making an unnecessary edit that was just unlucky enough for it to relate tangentially to an unmitigated political shit storm. And because it's EA it just makes it fresh bait for the "EA is evil" circle jerk to blow it way out of proportion and start ass-pulling theories about internal conspiracies between the NFL and EA. Sprinkle in outright rejection of EAs statement about how it was simply a mistake, and their reversal of the edit as a campaign of lies and deceit instead of just simply correcting the error, and there ya go. Simple.
Can no one accept that it was simply human error? Does everything have to be a fucking conspiracy?
Perhaps more people need to consider Hanlon's Razor when judging things: https://medium.com/personal-growth/...void-common-missteps-in-judgment-c83afc4e2168
He kneeled during a shitty song to protest a very serious issue in our country that's way bigger than your stupid ball game. Get the fuck over it.
I know right? Leave the politics at home we got a game of football to play!
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A Shitty song?? Really that's not flame bait bannable offense here? But I assume since I'm goi g to call you out as a piece of shit for your comment on America I'll be reprimanded. I fought for this country for 4 years served time during the Gulf wars and Panama.
My fellow soilders risked their lives for this country so pardon me if me and millions of others are offended that a rich millionaire who works for an organization decides to disrespect both his profession his country and millions of others and some who gave their lives for our freedoms. Yeah I got a problem with him he's a pile of shit.
The cause of social injustice and racial profiling is a legit issue and sadly it does happen in BOTH directions and needs to be addressed. Not on the NFL stage, Not hijacking the national anthem and offending us.
maybe someday your kids will grow up and serve a country and if they happen to parish doing it you might change your tune on what's acceptable and disgracful.
There are plenty of other ways to get the message out that would gather more support.
If only the US national anthem wasn't originally a British drinking song, we could imbue it with the sacred respect it deserves. But it is.
*shakes first and shames NFL*
*Checks to see when the Dallas Cowboys play next*
*Realizes hes part of the problem*
Yeah you really haven't kept yourself in the loop on this to know that an army vet actually told him kneeling is the respectful thing to do.
Nice try though dude!
Sure bud I talked to an African American who said it was cool for me to use the N word as well. Guess what millions of others would punch me In The nuts for saying it.
I do t because it's disrepctful and I have followed this forever so good try bud.
So you're putting kneeling for the anthem and saying the N word on the same level?
This. Extremely unlikely EA as a corporate entity has any opinion on the matter, but that they would rather not rock the boat with the NFL would be why it would be on EA and not the NFL.
Last I checked, standing for the anthem isn't a sign of respect for soldiers. It has nothing to do with you. Source: My entire family, from the time this country was formed, has been soldiers. You know how I respect soldiers? By individually respecting them when I meet them. By observing their sacrifices on veterans day and memorial day. Not by standing for the national anthem at a sporting event.
I would guess 3 - some low level worker thought they couldn't include him in any fashion.