EA getting slammed on social media for adding Colin Kaepernick to NFL 21 when he hasn't played since 2016

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Barozi said:

He's an optional player so who the hell cares? He's not getting shoved into your face. Fact is, he could be playing in the NFL right now, so it's not unrealistic.
And please don't start talking about these made up player ratings. There's always going to be someone unhappy about it.

Except he's not playing in the NFL right now. I looked him up on wikipedia and he's basically bothering more with his autobiographical book than playing directly with the NFL, which would be seen and heard of on TV if he was anyway.

People got miffed when 343 was dicking around with Halo lore, and fans had their valid reasons, just like Football fans have valid reasons for a massive corp to stop using a player who played in the NFL 4 years ago, and currently isn't playing.

The main focus with these games, that you're not understanding, is that they are based on current seasons, not 4 or 20 years ago, otherwise we may as well have football player dating back from the 1920's by the "who cares" logic, and we know that doesn't fly.

Again, I hate sports, I hate EA sports games, but I understand that what they are doing is honestly stupid and pissing off fans interested in the games. If the sports games aren't allowed to be consistent, then honestly, why should any other game?.