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EA will remove Jon Gruden from ‘Madden NFL’ after homophobic emails

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In a case of art imitating life, former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden will be scrubbed from the game Madden NFL 22.Gruden resigned last week after the New York Times reported that he was being investigated for sending homophobic, transphobic and misogynistic emails.[Read More: Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigns after sending anti-gay emails to NFL colleagues]The nature of his emails contradicted the NFL’s attempts to appeal to LGBTQ people, particularly after Raiders’ defensive end Carl Nassib came out in June, making him the league’s first openly gay active player.EA Sports, which develops and publishes Madden NFL, said it plans to replace Gruden with a “generic likeness” through a “title update in the coming weeks.”“EA.

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