EA Sports Apologizes to Colin Kaepernick for Removing His Name From 'Madden 19' Soundtrack: 'We Messed Up'

Amid backlash over the omission of a reference made to Colin Kaepernick in the song “Big Bank” on their ‘Madden 19’ soundtrack, EA Sports has released a statement declaring that they will put that part back in an upcoming update.

August 3, 2018

In a statement provided to Complex, EA Sports admits that they "messed up" for their removal of a reference to Colin Kaepernick in YG’s song "Big Bank" off their Madden 19 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," the statement reads. "We messed up, and the edit should never have happened." The track features a line where Big Sean gives a shoutout to Kaepernick: "Feed me to the wolves, now I lead the pack and shit. You boys all cap, I'm more Colin Kaepernick." Sean addressed the removal of Kaepernick's name on Twitter, adding, "Nobody from my team approved any of this."

In addition to issuing an apology to Kaepernick, YG, Big Sean, among others, EA Sports states that the issue will be resolved with an update coming on August 6.