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MSESPN Pulls Asian Announcer Named Robert Lee Off UVa Game To Avoid Offending Idiots (What???)
Outkick the Coverage ^ | August 22, 2017 | Clay Travis

Posted on 08/22/2017 6:02:57 PM PDT by Radio Free Tuscaloosa

UPDATE: ESPN ISSUES OFFICIAL 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.”

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at outkickthecoverage.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: doableepingsearch; espn; football; idiots; rayciss; robertelee; selfimmolation; stupid; virginia
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Are you freaking kidding me?!?!
1 posted on 08/22/2017 6:02:57 PM PDT by Radio Free Tuscaloosa
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They’re nuts. It’s off the UVA game.


2 posted on 08/22/2017 6:04:10 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

"Yee-haw! The South (Korea) will rise again!"
3 posted on 08/22/2017 6:06:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

Is this a joke? If this is real, we’ve crossed he rubicon into the world of insanity. Deep insanity. Our country might not be worth saving if this is what a sizeable portion of society thinks is a rational move.


4 posted on 08/22/2017 6:07:22 PM PDT by Nicojones
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa
Radio Free Tuscaloosa ~ Middle initial?
5 posted on 08/22/2017 6:07:51 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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Dunno. I really hope it’s E.


6 posted on 08/22/2017 6:09:52 PM PDT by Radio Free Tuscaloosa (God Bless...America!! - Adm. Jeremiah Denton (RIP))
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

More corporate support for Antifa terrorist tactics.

Getting all these politicians and public figures on the record now
as supporting “violence against hateful ideas” is going to make
things much easier down the road.

I don’t know now if he really meant it but I sure did agree with George W. Bush
when he said “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”


7 posted on 08/22/2017 6:14:03 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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He should sue the hell out of them. It’s blatant descrimination.


8 posted on 08/22/2017 6:16:16 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

This is fascism. Text book case.


9 posted on 08/22/2017 6:17:20 PM PDT by buffaloguy (Bond arms Cowbot)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa
“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.”

And just who was it that made his name an "issue", you nitwits?

10 posted on 08/22/2017 6:18:55 PM PDT by Robwin
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Good thing he’s not wearing the wrong gang colors.


11 posted on 08/22/2017 6:19:11 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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I wanna hear him do the rebel yell


12 posted on 08/22/2017 6:20:57 PM PDT by onona (Please Lord guide my thoughts and actions)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

This is the sort of joke that we would make up to make fun of liberals, but it’s true! They’ve become a parody of themselves.


13 posted on 08/22/2017 6:21:42 PM PDT by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-beating-russia-narrative.html)
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No wonder the Confederates lost the war! Instead of a Chinese general named Lee, they should have hired Sun Tzu! </racist sarc>


14 posted on 08/22/2017 6:21:43 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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ESPN has gone FULL RETARD.


15 posted on 08/22/2017 6:22:43 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The Second Amendment. NOW more than ever!)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

I thought the only rule ESPNazi had on appropriateness of names was a prohibition against broadcasting any South Carolina vs. Oregon State matchup (you have to think about it for a minute).


16 posted on 08/22/2017 6:25:39 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

Could be a hoax. The blog that broke the story cannot be accessed. I’m getting a 503 ERROR.


17 posted on 08/22/2017 6:27:24 PM PDT by Deo volente ("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

Sue them on principle.


18 posted on 08/22/2017 6:27:51 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

If true, the leftwing is so boiling over with hate...they have lost their marbles.

Seek help now.


19 posted on 08/22/2017 6:28:13 PM PDT by roses of sharon ("Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43)
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Only ESPN is this stupid. In the process of trying not to offend one non-white group over a person’s name they offended another non-white group because of his name. I’m sure Mr and Mrs Lee weren’t thinking of naming their son after the general when they were coming up with his name you ESPN a-holes. Do you idiots realize how many Koreans have the last name of Lee. The liberal lunacy we all used to laugh about is now coming true. Good God what a country we have become because of the left!


20 posted on 08/22/2017 6:31:47 PM PDT by dowcaet
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