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Rob Parker comments on ESPN First Take - Questioning RGIII"s "blackness"

  • wildcats20
    He's been suspended 30 days.

    Aka ESPN doesn't really care about what he said and did this just because they had to.
  • Gblock
    wildcats20;1348207 wrote:He's been suspended 30 days.

    Aka ESPN doesn't really care about what he said and did this just because they had to.
    probably hard to do more than that to him when they wanted him to say exactly what he said
  • Tiernan
    OK class now repeat after me one more time...YOU CAN'T FIRE BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
  • karen lotz
    Will be non renewed by ESPN

    http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/january/rob-parker-s-contract-not-renewed-by-espn.html
  • jordo212000
    Parker was on a Detroit television show and told the host that the show's producers were aware of what he was going to say
  • rmolin73
    Tiernan;1348472 wrote:OK class now repeat after me one more time...YOU CAN'T FIRE BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
    I see why someone was banned.
  • friendfromlowry
    jordo212000;1361247 wrote:Parker was on a Detroit television show and told the host that the show's producers were aware of what he was going to say
    Sounds like the producers, dumb as they may be, thought it was okay at the time. Since it obviously didn't sit well, Parker is the scapegoat.
    Or, Parker is lying, and they didn't know.

    Either way, who cares. One less moron we have to listen to.
  • GoChiefs
    jordo212000;1361247 wrote:Parker was on a Detroit television show and told the host that the show's producers were aware of what he was going to say
    Parker is going to say whatever he can to save his ass so he can find another job.
  • thavoice
    jordo212000;1361247 wrote:Parker was on a Detroit television show and told the host that the show's producers were aware of what he was going to say
    Or they were giving him enough rope to hang himself......
  • sleeper
    Rob Parker to file lawsuit against ESPN for discriminatory practices involved in this incident.

    What a joke.
  • raiderbuck
    You don't run a show on live TV without producers knowing about the content. At the very least, they knew he was going to bring up the topic. How else would they know what to put at the bottom of the screen while Parker and Skip debated?

    He's just the scapegoat, but I'm sure a producer got fired or suspended too. It was a dumb topic, no one (not even black viewers) care if RGIII is "black" enough.
  • rmolin73
    sleeper;1361765 wrote:Rob Parker to file lawsuit against ESPN for discriminatory practices involved in this incident.

    What a joke.
    Rob Parker is dumb as hell.