ESPN pulls announcer Robert Lee (an Asian) from Virginia football opener

[zoomer]

Because he shares the name of a Confederate General:facepalm:



http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/c...-covering-virginia-football-article-1.3434079

 

[badboy]

Fuck espn////

 

[Jaxx]

ESPN

:facepalm:

 

[Sportsaholic]

ESPN better not show any George Washington University basketball games this year......many will be offended.....xstop

 

[yyz]

Can you blame them?

ESPN isn't doing it because THEY are nuts. They are doing it because the rest of the world is!

 

[BuckwheatJWN]

at first I thought they were talking about BOB LEY. :0corn

 

[Statman02]

he'll get it too

 

[hedgehog]

:facepalm:

 

[Jaxx]

Can you blame them?

ESPN isn't doing it because THEY are nuts. They are doing it because the rest of the world is!

They are doing it on there own accord. Feeding the frenzy.

 

[yyz]

They are doing it on there own accord. Feeding the frenzy.

Actually, they stopped any further frenzy. Had this guy done the game, there would be how many people crying foul? This way, it gets talked about for two days, and it's over.