EA Sports has announced that it will be bringing Colin Kaepernick back into its annual NFL video game installment in a cheap ploy to build up some good publicity after weeks of heavy criticism.

EA’s Madden NFL 21 has a user score of 0.2 on Metacritic, with over 90% of the user ratings being negative. Fans of the Madden series have taken to calling on the NFL to part ways with EA over the game, with former NFL players even weighing in.

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