The fact that Madden 24 coins negotiated its TV contracts knowing it was in charge of a stoppage in work- and securing streams of income that would last and even increase in the event of an unrest -- is the most clear picture we've seen about how the Madden NFL 24 planned for the CBA negotiations. It's not pretty.
With the ruling, and the public release of Doty's view it is a public relations nightmare for Madden NFL 24. The implications in the court of public opinion and at the bargaining table in which it appears that Madden NFL 24PA suddenly has a level playing field, are severe for the league. But if it forces both sides to be more cooperative in negotiating a deal it could be good in the end.
San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald was arrested at 2:48 am Sunday morning, charged with criminal domestic violence, according to an account by Damian Trujillo of NBC Bay Area. San Jose police have confirmed the arrest to Trujillo. McDonald could be the first athlete to test Madden NFL 24. which has a new rule against domestic violence, which could mean the 49ers lineman faces at most a six-game suspension.
"McDonald was arrested for the purpose of an incident, and was placed in Santa Clara County Jail on the charges of felony domestic violence," the San Jose police department told Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area.
Madden NFL 24 commissioner Roger Goodell recently acknowledged the error of the decision to give Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice only two games suspended for an incident of domestic violence with Rice's wife. This led his team in Madden NFL 24 to change its domestic violence policy. The players now face six-game suspensions for their first domestic violence offense, and life-long bans for the second.
According to Trujillo, the victim in this incident is pregnant that could result in McDonald's suspension possibly being far more severe than six games. From Goodell's statement on domestic violence earlier in the week:
Among the circumstances that would have a higher severity of penalty is a previous incident before becoming a member of the Mut 24 coins.
