Madden’s CPR celebration to be removed after Damar Hamlin’s collapse

EA Sports will celebrate the touchdown with a celebration Madden NFL 23This is in response to the shocking collapse of Damar Hamlin, Buffalo Bills’ defensive back, last week. Highly inappropriate.

In the video game cutscene, which is one of the “team” celebration options that players have been able to trigger with the right thumbstick for the past three years, one player on the scoring team lies on the ground while another teammate pretends to revive him with CPR. Another teammate seems to be jolting him with a defibrillator.

All of that was really funny until Hamlin fell to the ground after tackling the Cincinnati Bengals’ Tee Higgins on Monday Night FootballOn Jan. 2, trainers and emergency staff raced out onto the field to do the actual thing. They very literally saved Hamlin’s life after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field; the second-year safety was discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Monday, and he has returned to the Buffalo area for ongoing care and recovery.

Madden NFL fans have posted videos of the celebration animation online over the last week. It prompted a statement from an EA Sports representative, who told CBS Sports that the company is “taking steps to remove the celebration from Madden NFL 23.”

CBS Sports reported that Alex Highsmith, Pittsburgh Steelers’ linebacker was mentioned by CBS Sports pantomimed CPR compressions on a teammate after sacking the Cleveland Browns’ Deshaun Watson in their season finale on Sunday. So it’s not like EA Sports invented this scenario for laughs without any real-life inspiration. Highsmith apologised for his behavior on Monday.

On Sunday, Buffalo’s Nyheim Hines returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, ushering the rival New England Patriots out of playoff contention in a 35-23 victory that solidified the Bills as the AFC’s No. 2 seed. “The truth is, it was spiritual,” Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen said. “I can’t remember a play that touched me like that.”