It turns out that Nazi jokes don?t really pay off. EA removed legendary soccer player and current sports TV pundit Marco van Basten from FIFA 20 after controversial comments live on TV. During a live on-air segment, a reporter was interviewing a German team manager. As the interview finishes, Marco van Basten can be heard very clearly saying ?sieg heil? at them from off-camera, mimicking the rallying cry for the Nazis during WWII. Van Basten was promptly suspended from Fox Sports as a pundit for a week without pay and now has been removed from FIFA 20 as well.
Anyone who has turned on FIFA 2020 in the last day has been greeted by an in-game message from the FIFA team. This message informs the players that Marco van Basten has been removed from the game. The message can be read in full below:
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