Wednesday, August 23, 2017

ESPN pulled an Asian Broadcaster named Robert Lee from University of Virginia Football game

ESPN pulled an Asian broadcaster named Robert Lee from a University of Virginia football game because of his name. Lee is being moved to cover a game in Pittsburgh instead.

“We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name,” ESPN officials disclosed in a statement obtained from ESPN spokesman Derek Volner. “In that moment if felt right to all parties.”
OutkickTheCoverage.com’s Clay Travis broke the story Tuesday evening.  Travis wrote:
In a story that seems made for The Onion, but is actually true, according to multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN MSESPN decided to pull an Asian college football announcer named Robert Lee off the William and Mary at University of Virginia college football game because they were concerned that having an ASIAN FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER NAMED ROBERT LEE would be offensive to some viewers.
Did I mention that Robert Lee is Asian?
ESPN originally scheduled Lee to cover this weekend’s game between William and Mary College and the University of Virginia. Instead, ESPN reassigned Lee to cover the game between Youngstown State and Pittsburgh. Dave Weekley will cover the game in Virginia. “Unless someone tries to take down Dave Weekley statues between now and kickoff,” Travis wrote. “In which case ESPN will be royally fucked.”   Read more.....
OMG!  WHAT WILL THE DEMOCRATS DO ABOUT 
REP. SHELIA JACKSON LEE! 
 NOW THAT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY.



REMEMBER, JACK PALANCE, WHO PLAYED THE BAD GUY IN SHANE?.  
I SUPPOSE TODAY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE HERO OF ANTIFA AND THE LEFT.  WHAT'S IN A NAME?  
AFTER ALL, "A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL A ROSE."
 Cross-posted at TOTUS

1 comment:

Jeffery in Alabama said...

In these day of insanity and lack of reason, removing anyone, more especially an Asian guy, from a broadcast because his name happens to be Robert Lee "takes the cake". I bet only a very small percentage of ANTIFA/BLM folks (Americans under 60 for that matter) actually know who Robert E. Lee was/is, what war he participated, or which side he fought for, etc. This is getting beyond RIDICULOUS!