Madden NFL 23 Removing CPR Touchdown Celebration After Damar Hamlin Emergency

The CPR touchdown celebration in the Madden video game franchise will be no more EA Sports is in the process of removing the animation in wake of the Damar Hamlin emergency last week. A spokesperson for the gaming giant says the virtual end zone dance will be taken away as part of an update to "Madden NFL 23" in the next few days. The celebration has been a popular one amongst gamers this year as it allowed players who scored TDs to pretend they were in need, while other avatars raced in to administer CPR in an effort to "revive" them. however, are now finding the animations to be insensitive and crass considering Hamlin needed life saving efforts during the Bills vs. Bengals game last Monday night.

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