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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Snaggletiger on August 22, 2017, 09:57:40 PM
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Both football and politically related. Has this country just lost its' collective, freaking mind? foxnews
In the wake of the events in Charlottesville, Va., ESPN decided to pull one of its announcers from calling a University of Virginia football game -- because his name is Robert Lee.
Lee, an Asian-American sportscaster who started with the network in 2016, was moved to a different game "simply because of the coincidence of his name," ESPN said, referencing the Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
On Aug. 12, violence broke out at a protest from a white-nationalist group opposing the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville. A driver ultimately rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one woman and injuring more than a dozen other people, police said.
ESPN, which has faced accusations of liberal bias that some observers believe has led to a downtick in viewership, said it moved its announcer to the Youngstown State game at Pittsburgh.
The network's full statement: “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. In that moment it felt right to all parties. It's a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play-by-play for a football game has become an issue.â€
ESPN notes that assignments are switched all the time.
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It's only an issue because they made it one.
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It's only an issue because they made it one.
Seems to be a common trend.
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It's only an issue because they made it one.
Exactly!! This is why something as stupid as that becomes "news". That's my problem with ESPN, they try and tell me how I should feel about everything. What happened to showing sports?
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This is that dangerous and slippery slope I mentioned a week or two ago. Welcome to the future.
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Exactly!! This is why something as stupid as that becomes "news". That's my problem with ESPN, they try and tell me how I should feel about everything. What happened to showing sports?
They are trying to target the 18-30 year old audience of pussies. That's what happened to them.
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18-30 year old pussy. Mmmmm....
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18-30 year old pussy. Mmmmm....
How old is your daughter again?
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How old is your daughter again?
#MICDROP
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How old is your daughter again?
I meant, 18-30 year old pussy not named my daughter. Yeesh, you're a sick man.
Oh yeah, Mmmmm.....
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If Asians having a last name of Lee is problematic, Ho is up next, followed by all the Trans.
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If Asians having a last name of Lee is problematic, Ho is up next, followed by all the Trans.
Hussel. Ur doin' it rite.
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If Asians having a last name of Lee is problematic, Ho is up next, followed by all the Trans.
Ho Lee Fuk
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Ho Lee Fuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17GbGmDORwk
Perhaps the greatest prank ever played on the MSM. I laughed until I nearly peed myself.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikPHWVHI4jc
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If Asians having a last name of Lee is problematic, Ho is up next, followed by all the Trans.
I thought it was ok to be Trans now?
For the record it has always been ok to be a ho.
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I thought it was ok to be Trans now?
For the record it has always been ok to be a ho.
Just can't turn one into a housewife.
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Just can't turn one into a housewife.
But you can't spell housewife with out h-o