ESPN Removes Announcer Because of Name

[Dill]

(08-23-2017, 09:13 PM)Millhouse Wrote: 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.

Agreed. I am amazed there was no one in the room who stepped up and said "Now hold on guys. This is really going to look silly. Robert Lee is not a statue and he wasn't named by the Daughters of the Confederacy. No one will even notice his name is Robert Lee. But if you want the entire nation rolling its eyes about ESPN then by all means go ahead."