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Just how much more ridiculous can espn get

Post by RickRund » Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:44 pm

Good grief, I believe he is Chinese. I know several people named Lee and they are all great people. Please espn, now prove to us all you are not totally batcrazy...

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/08 ... -backlash/


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Post by wbtfg » Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:56 pm

RickRund wrote:Good grief, I believe he is Chinese. I know several people named Lee and they are all great people. Please espn, now prove to us all you are not totally batcrazy...

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/08 ... -backlash/
Hard to put too much trust into a blog called redstate.com, but, if true, pretty lame on the part of espn.


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Post by RickRund » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:41 pm

wbtfg wrote:
RickRund wrote:Good grief, I believe he is Chinese. I know several people named Lee and they are all great people. Please espn, now prove to us all you are not totally batcrazy...

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/08 ... -backlash/
Hard to put too much trust into a blog called redstate.com, but, if true, pretty lame on the part of espn.


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There were several links and restate was the one I picked..


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Post by 91catAlum » Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:05 am

wbtfg wrote:
RickRund wrote:Good grief, I believe he is Chinese. I know several people named Lee and they are all great people. Please espn, now prove to us all you are not totally batcrazy...

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/08 ... -backlash/
Hard to put too much trust into a blog called redstate.com, but, if true, pretty lame on the part of espn.


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Post by BigBruceBaker » Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:49 am

wbtfg wrote:
RickRund wrote:Good grief, I believe he is Chinese. I know several people named Lee and they are all great people. Please espn, now prove to us all you are not totally batcrazy...

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/08 ... -backlash/
Hard to put too much trust into a blog called redstate.com, but, if true, pretty lame on the part of espn.


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Post by wbtfg » Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:03 am

The other side of the story from espn.


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Post by BigBruceBaker » Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:11 am

wbtfg wrote:The other side of the story from espn.


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lol that's funny. That's one of the stupidest things I've ever read. Rather than making a really small deal during the game they helped (not all their fault) blow it out of proportion. This dude won't be ever able to call a game anywhere in the south again.

The entire thing is insane, stupid to have a name "trigger" issues, stupid to pull him, stupid to care about it.

It's now downright funny.



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Post by wbtfg » Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:20 am

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wbtfg wrote:The other side of the story from espn.


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lol that's funny. That's one of the stupidest things I've ever read. Rather than making a really small deal during the game they helped (not all their fault) blow it out of proportion. This dude won't be ever able to call a game anywhere in the south again.

The entire thing is insane, stupid to have a name "trigger" issues, stupid to pull him, stupid to care about it.

It's now downright funny.



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Yeah, I pretty much agree with that. I think they took what would've been a complete non-issue and turned it into a big issue.




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Post by RickRund » Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:58 am

And as I was looking at which link to post I picked red state as an experiment to see the reaction. Will say that I do like redstate...
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Post by The Butcher » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:47 pm

To bad there wasn't a confederate general named Stephen A. Smith...



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The Butcher wrote:To bad there wasn't a confederate general named Stephen A. Smith...
:rofl: That's some good stuff!



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Post by Montanabob » Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:41 pm

Running out of options for TV to watch. Too many idiots on CNN. Won't watch NFL because assholes that kneel for the flag. Now we got ESPN that doesn't know how to deal with Lee in Chinese, Korean or Peruvian. Hopefully Root has balls.


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Post by wbtfg » Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:45 pm

Montanabob wrote:Running out of options for TV to watch. Too many idiots on CNN. Won't watch NFL because assholes that kneel for the flag. Now we got ESPN that doesn't know how to deal with Lee in Chinese, Korean or Peruvian. Hopefully Root has balls.
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Post by Rich K » Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:49 am

Montanabob wrote:Running out of options for TV to watch. Too many idiots on CNN. Won't watch NFL because assholes that kneel for the flag. Now we got ESPN that doesn't know how to deal with Lee in Chinese, Korean or Peruvian. Hopefully Root has balls.
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Post by Rich K » Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:54 am

wbtfg wrote:
Montanabob wrote:Running out of options for TV to watch. Too many idiots on CNN. Won't watch NFL because assholes that kneel for the flag. Now we got ESPN that doesn't know how to deal with Lee in Chinese, Korean or Peruvian. Hopefully Root has balls.
Man. You're an angry dude.
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Post by WSUWILDCAT » Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:42 am

wbtfg wrote:The other side of the story from espn.


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Post by Rich K » Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:46 am

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wbtfg wrote:The other side of the story from espn.


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NOBODY was going to confuse Robert Lee the broadcast professional with a Civil War general.
The notion that they thought it was a "reasonable possibility" is stupid.
This is the very definition of PC lunacy.


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Post by TomCat88 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:55 pm

I don't like espn, but I think they handled this appropriately. They foresaw a potential issue and consulted the would-be subject and they both concluded it would best to move him to a different game. If neither party had a problem with that decision I don't see why anyone else would.

I feel like I must not have read the statement right, but I don't think the statement is meant to be taken the way Rich K took it. What am I missing?


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