When you thought ESPN coulldn't get more stupid

• queencitybuckeye

  How in the hell does the Onion stay in business when this is reality?
  
  https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/msespn-pulls-asian-announcer-named-robert-lee-off-uva-game-avoid-offending-idiots/
• kizer permanente

  To be fair, they'd probably pull Himmler Van Hitler too.
• queencitybuckeye

  To be fair, there is speculation that it's a hoax. If so, they got me.
• kizer permanente

  queencitybuckeye;1868281 wrote:To be fair, there is speculation that it's a hoax. If so, they got me.

  Well, then, to be fair to you, it is believable.
• Laley23

  

  It's not a hoax.
  
  I feel ESPN was just trying to look out for a young, new broadcaster...but yeah, it seems to have backfired.
• superman

  queencitybuckeye;1868281 wrote:To be fair, there is speculation that it's a hoax. If so, they got me.

  It appears to be true.
• queencitybuckeye

  superman;1868285 wrote:It appears to be true.

  So it seems.
• justincredible

  

  An Asian named Robert Lee?
  
  
  
  Go home, ESPN. You're drunk.
• like_that

  

  ESPN was already rattled from the reaction to their fantasy player auction last week, so I am not surprised by this knee jerk decision.
• justincredible

  

  like_that;1868323 wrote:ESPN was already rattled from the reaction to their fantasy player auction last week, so I am not surprised by this knee jerk decision.

  Well, I wouldn't want to stay on Shaun King's bad side either. /sarc
• iclfan2

  

  This is one of the dumber things I have ever heard. I kept waiting for it to come out as a hoax last night, but it never came. smh
• TBone14

  

  It's better for the announcer's career. He would have turned into a viral meme and it could have hurt his career.
  
  Picture of Robert Lee (he's Asian).
  "Robert E. Lee taking extreme measures to sneak into Charlottesville"
  
  ESPN over reacts but the overreaction to the overreaction is ridiculous.
  
  Credits:
  
  Meme joke stolen/paraphrased from a joke from Clay Travis' blog.
  Overreaction to overreaction taken from Bigcat tweet.
• like_that

  

  TBone14;1868329 wrote:It's better for the announcer's career. He would have turned into a viral meme and it could have hurt his career.
  
  Picture of Robert Lee (he's Asian).
  "Robert E. Lee taking extreme measures to sneak into Charlottesville"
  
  ESPN over reacts but the overreaction to the overreaction is ridiculous.
  
  Credits:
  
  Meme joke stolen/paraphrased from a joke from Clay Travis' blog.
  Overreaction to overreaction taken from Bigcat tweet.

  lol if anything I think the meme helps out his career. Has anybody (not named laley) legitmately heard of this guy before?
• TBone14

  

  like_that;1868336 wrote:lol if anything I think the meme helps out his career. Has anybody (not named laley) legitmately heard of this guy before?

  Wow. I like that. So ESPN is totally racist. They are trying to hold this Asian broadcaster down by not letting him become a viral sensation poking fun at his name. And they are doing it under the guise of not being racist and wanting to offend anybody. Brilliant.
• Ironman92

  

  like_that;1868336 wrote:lol if anything I think the meme helps out his career. Has anybody (not named laley) legitmately heard of this guy before?

  I have heard of him. Not a big name for sure.
• QuakerOats

  queencitybuckeye;1868275 wrote:How in the hell does the Onion stay in business when this is reality?
  
  https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/msespn-pulls-asian-announcer-named-robert-lee-off-uva-game-avoid-offending-idiots/

  
  
  
  God save the republic.