ESPN Removes Announcer Because of Name

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(08-23-2017, 05:47 PM)Dill Wrote: I think this is people worrying about advertising, stock prices, and potential litigation. No one takes a "neutral" stance towards the bottom line.

It has nothing to do with "leftism" or sensitivity to Virginians or conversion to California liberalism.  It is just a kind of risk management, very clumsily handled by people making wild guesses about marketing consequences based on labels.

I think there was zero chance that the most committed anti-racist listening to a football game was going to be offended by a guy whose parents named him "Robert" decades ago.

Yeah, probably wasnt about appeasing the leftist crowds. Apparently it was a mutual agreed decision between Lee and ESPNrs to avoid possible backlash from a few folks out there, whether genuine or trolls. Which is funny because they created a bigger backlash than if he would have just done the game in which case no one would have cared to begin with.

Its a case of trying to avoid shooting oneself in the foot, but shot the d*** instead.