ESPN Removes Announcer Because of Name

[*PhilHos*]

(08-23-2017, 02:43 PM)Au165 Wrote: ESPN asked him if he'd be more comfortable calling a different game, he said he would be so they switched him. I am not sure why this is news.

Because IT'S STUPID. This isn't like the corpse or ghost of the confederate general Robert E. Lee will be doing the play-by-play of a FOOTBALL GAME. This is just some guy named Robert Lee. He's not a white supremecist (that we know of, anyway) nor has he publicly defended them.

There is absolutely no reason to do this but ESPN assumes that Virginians are so mentally fragile that just the name Robert Lee will cause another riot. Give me a break.