Enlarge / What exactly will Madden NFL ’17 have to say about Colin Kaepernick in its next “live commentary” patch update? We’ll find out soon enough. (credit: bmward_2000 via Flickr)

For years, EA Sports’ major-league games have included downloadable weekly updates to address real-life issues like injuries and player trades. This year, the company’s biggest American series, Madden NFL, is going one step further by adding a human touch to these weekly add-ons—updated commentary tracks. Over the course of the 2016-17 NFL season, you’ll hear the game’s narrators, real-life sports analysts Charles Davis and Brandon Gaudin, remark on current football events. And if this week’s any indication, they won’t focus only on the biggest news in touchdowns, trades, and tackles.

On Monday, Gamespot confirmed the next commentary update for Madden NFL ’17 will include discussion about San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s choice to sit down during the pre-game singing of the Star-Spangled Banner, something he has done during the NFL preseason. The mention will be “brief,” according to a quoted EA Sports representative, and it will be included to reflect “our commitment to authenticity.” The Gamespot report didn’t confirm exactly when the next commentary patch would go live for players of the PS4 and Xbox One game.

What Davis and Gaudin decide to talk about will be very telling for EA Sports’ first year of “live commentary” for a major league sport. Perhaps the duo will mention Kaepernick’s own explanation for the sit-down, which he said was inspired by oppression of black people across the US. Kaepernick went on to promise he’d continue sitting through anthems until “this country is representing people in the way that it’s supposed to.” The EA Sports duo could also mention that 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh offered a mixed response to Kaepernick’s actions, or they can draw upon a pile of quotes from other players that show both support and opposition to Kaepernick’s stance. Who knows—the duo could even mention black American athletes protesting civil rights issues in past decades.