With the release of "Madden NFL 19" scheduled for this month, teasers of what the game has in store are appearing on social media. One glance at the new EA Sports game, via a Twitter user, suggests a reference to free-agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick was edited out of a song included in the game's soundtrack.
bad enough @Kaepernick7 still not signed, but now they even edit his name out in this year’s @EAMaddenNFL during @BigSean verse, smh pic.twitter.com/3nvkB26z5r
— Mr. Changing Lives (@jeanclervil) August 2, 2018
The clip comes from the song "Big Bank" by YG featuring 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj. The line, from Big Sean's verse, originally goes, "Feed me to the wolves, now I lead the pack and s—/You boys all cap, I'm more Colin Kaepernick."
MORE: SN's "Madden NFL 19" review
Evidently, this is not the first time Kaepernick's name has been cut from a track in "Madden." A different Twitter user posted a video of a similar omission in "Madden NFL 18."
Kaepernick has been embroiled in controversy over the past couple seasons because of his kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and systematic oppression in the U.S. He has been out of the NFL since he opted out of his contract with the 49ers in 2017.
In November 2017, Kaepernick filed a grievance against the NFL, alleging that team owners colluded to keep him out of the league.