McDonald will be the first player to try out Madden 24 coins 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 Madden NFL 24 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.
According to Trujillo the victim in this incident is pregnant that could result in McDonald's possible suspension being more harsh than simply six games. From Goodell's comments on domestic violence earlier this week:
Some of the conditions that would merit a more severe penalty could be an earlier incident prior to being admitted to in the Madden NFL 24. or violence with a weapon, beatings that are repeated, chokes or when the action commited against woman who is pregnant or in the presence of the child. A subsequent offense can result in the removal of the player from this league. Madden NFL 24 in addition to an individual may petition for reinstatement after a period of one year, there will be no presumption or guarantee that the petition will be granted. The disciplinary rules will be applicable to every Madden NFL 24 players.
McDonald has been convicted of a DUI arrest in his past but hasn't had any off-field problems. This doesn't matter under the new policies on domestic violence, however.
The 29-year-old defensive lineman was originally drafted at the end of the second round in 2007's cheap madden 24 coins Draft and signed an initial five-year and $20 million contract extension in 2011.
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