The league doesn't always adhere to the same standard

It appears that Madden NFL 23 is known to have been inconsistent in the way it applies discipline to players accused of sexual or domestic violence assault, starting with the two-game suspension of the former Ravens receiver Ray Rice, who was caught on video punching his leaving her unconscious. The league was criticized for being able to suspend Rice for only two games. Their response was to take the decision to suspend Rice indefinitely. After that, Madden NFL 23 instituted an eight-game suspension as the base for players who had committed sexual violence and domestic violence.

The league doesn't always adhere to the same standard. In 2016. Giants kicker Josh Brown was suspended for one game following his incident of domestic violence against his ex-wife. It was later discovered that the Giants knew of Brown's long background in the field of domestic abuse.

And the list goes on. Jameis Winston was suspended for three games for allegedly sexually assaulting the Uber driver. Greg Hardy allegedly attempted to take a woman's stranglehold and throw her onto a futon that was covered by guns. Madden NFL 23 cut his suspension from 10 games to just four games. It occurred prior to the time that Madden NFL 23 instituted the 6-game baseline, however Ben Roethlisberger served just a three-game suspension from 2010 after being acquitted of sexual assault.

Watson signed a five-year, completely guaranteed contract worth $230 million for the Cleveland Browns after the Texans were contacted by the Browns, Panthers, Saints, and Falcons all seeking to trade for Watson. As per Tony Buzbee, the attorney representing Watson's accusers teams tried to talk with any of the women to discover the details of their experience with Watson. Watson's accusers say that Madden NFL 23 however did have a conversation with a few accusers during the course in its investigation into Watson's conduct, but admitted to SB Nation he got the impression that the Madden NFL 23 was just moving through the motions.