A fan noticed a strange shortage in copies of the EA Sports video game Madden NFL 19, and it confirmed the fears that there was a real case of high-profile opposition involving Colin Kaepernick.
It all started after Twitter user @jeanclervil noticed that in the advance copies of the game, Kaepernick’s name appears to have been omitted from the song Big Bank by YG featuring 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj, in which rapper Big Sean sings a verse with the lyrics: “You boys all cap, I’m more Colin Kaepernick.”
It quickly triggered heated social media reactions, with Big Sean calling the NFL and EA to treat Kaepernick's name as a cussword. Remember that sportsman has begun the necessary talks to the United States after his refusal to stand up for the national anthem on the protests of police brutality and racial infidelity against people of color. President Trump condemned him on his Twitter, and when the new football season began, the former 49ers quaterback was never ridden. Last year, Kaepernick filed a complaint against NFL owners for colluding to keep him signed and out of the league. And the deliberate commission of his name came down from Madden 19 proving that there was real conspiracy against him. In reaction to this, Big Sean released the NFL and EA to change his verse without permission, saying:
Seeing the heated reactions this quickly stirred on social media, a representative of EA apologised and said they will re-include Kaepernick’s name.
Here’s the full statement from EA, as shared by Billboard:
It all started after Twitter user @jeanclervil noticed that in the advance copies of the game, Kaepernick’s name appears to have been omitted from the song Big Bank by YG featuring 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj, in which rapper Big Sean sings a verse with the lyrics: “You boys all cap, I’m more Colin Kaepernick.”
It quickly triggered heated social media reactions, with Big Sean calling the NFL and EA to treat Kaepernick's name as a cussword. Remember that sportsman has begun the necessary talks to the United States after his refusal to stand up for the national anthem on the protests of police brutality and racial infidelity against people of color. President Trump condemned him on his Twitter, and when the new football season began, the former 49ers quaterback was never ridden. Last year, Kaepernick filed a complaint against NFL owners for colluding to keep him signed and out of the league. And the deliberate commission of his name came down from Madden 19 proving that there was real conspiracy against him. In reaction to this, Big Sean released the NFL and EA to change his verse without permission, saying:
Seeing the heated reactions this quickly stirred on social media, a representative of EA apologised and said they will re-include Kaepernick’s name.
Here’s the full statement from EA, as shared by Billboard:
“We made an unfortunate mistake with our Madden NFL soundtrack. Members of our team misunderstood the fact that while we don’t have rights to include Colin Kaepernick in the game, this doesn’t affect soundtracks. We messed up, and the edit should never have happened. We will make it right, with an update to Madden NFL 19 on August 6 that will include the reference again. We meant no disrespect, and we apologize to Colin, to YG and Big Sean, to the NFL, to all of their fans and our players for this mistake.”FOLLOW fb.me/jaiyeorieblog m.me/jaiyeorieblog ... spill TEA ABOUT THE TOPIC ABOVE.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie
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