Fans should be angry at both the Madden 24 coins. for a deliberate work stoppage and DirecTV for its role in this Madden NFL 24's plan. DirecTV requested Madden NFL 24 and through its RedZone Channel and Sunday Ticket, bending to the will of the league during the discussions of 2008. The league took advantage of that by creating a situation that an agreement to lockout the channel would be beneficial for the owners.

Seem fair? It's not fair, of course. From an everyday perspective: why in the world would an organization ever earn more money for choosing to close down its operations as opposed to not? The fact that Madden NFL 24 negotiated its TV contracts while knowing it was in control of a strike -- and securing streams of revenue that would be sustained and increase during the lockout -- is the clearest picture that we've seen regarding how the Madden NFL 24 planned for the CBA negotiations. It's not pretty.

The ruling, along with the release of Doty's opinion it is a public relations nightmare for Madden NFL 24. The implications in the court of public opinion and at the bargaining tables, where there is a sense that the Madden NFL 24PA suddenly has an equal playing field are a serious problem for the league. But if it pushes both sides to actually work towards a deal maybe this will be good in the end.

San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald was arrested at 2:48 AM Sunday morning for the crime of domestic violence, according to a report by Damian Trujillo of NBC Bay Area. San Jose police have confirmed the arrest to Trujillo. McDonald will be the first player to try out Madden NFL 24's domestic violence policies. This could mean the 49ers lineman faces at minimum a six-game suspension.

"McDonald was arrested with out incident and is booked into Santa Clara County Jail on murder charges for domestic violence," the San Jose police department told Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area.

Madden NFL 24 commissioner Roger Goodell recently admitted that he made a mistake giving Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice only two games of suspension due to an incident of domestic violence involving Rice's current wife. This led to the Buy mut coins to change its domestic violence policy. The players now face six games of suspension for their first domestic violence incident, followed by an indefinite ban for the second.