ESPN removes announcer Robert Lee from Virginia football game

[fan_since79]

Please tell me this is not true, so the mods can delete it. But it's all over the internet and mainstream sites are reporting it.

Robert Lee is Asian, by the way.

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/08/22/robert-lee-espn-announcer-university-virginia-charlottesville

[fan_since79]

LOL at Twitter:

From 1862 until his surrender in 1865, ESPN college football announcer Robert Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

[Jason]

ESPN is garbage

[Spirit]

It's kind of funny (sad?) ... Trump is holding a campaign rally in AZ tonight.  But nothing he says will be as powerful to his chances of getting reelected as shit like this.

 

 

Edited August 23, 2017 by Geoff

[the dude abides]

August fools?

 

[Tank]

A complete and utter overreaction by the dumbest sports network.

[fan_since79]

 

[gotbeer]

Being Asian.  I always thought white people named Lee were odd. 

But man, I'm glad I cut the cord and am no longer contributing to that joke of a network.

[fan_since79]

9 minutes ago, Tank said:

A complete and utter overreaction by the dumbest sports network.

They continued to step in it with a "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.”

[Spirit]

12 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

 

 

Mirrored image.

 

 

[gotbeer]

7 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

They continued to step in it with a "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.”

I wonder who it was an issue with?  If they received complaints, I would think that they would say in their statements that they received numerous complaints.  But they didn't, they said it became an issue. 

[mtangelsfan]

Clearly to fight racism you must take racist actions.

[UndertheHalo]

This is pretty unbelievable lol.  Jesus what a shit show it is over there at ESPN. 

[RallyMo]

This is insane.

[Blarg]

10 hours ago, gotbeer said:

I wonder who it was an issue with?  If they received complaints, I would think that they would say in their statements that they received numerous complaints.  But they didn't, they said it became an issue. 

The people of Virginia probably complained about the cheap Asian knockoff Lee and wanted to make college football great again and hire a white Lee.

Edited August 23, 2017 by Blarg

[RallyMo]

9 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

“...we regret that who calls play by play for a football game has become an issue.”

This statement is the kind of thing that makes my brain short circuit.

[Spirit]

[fan_since79]

7 hours ago, calscuf said:

On a bright note, I'm happy for FS that this isn't a Fw::fw:fw::.

Well, I don't really post those kinds of things. If you notice, I even qualified my original post in this thread because I couldn't believe it. I still don't. Nobody can be that stupid.

[Spirit]

Treasonist bastard!

 

 

[Spirit]

[Blarg]

There was something good going then Geoff ruined it. 

[gotbeer]

46 minutes ago, Blarg said:

There was something good going then Geoff ruined it. 

Leave it to Geoff, to make the white man mistake and assume that all Asians are from Japan. 

 

 

 

 

We only tried to make it so that all Asians were under the rule of Japan.

[Jason]

Racist bitch is next!

[fan_since79]

1910 print ad. WTH?!

[Tank]

15 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

 

they all look alike to me.