ESPN has removed an announcer from an upcoming Virginia Cavaliers football game because his name is Robert Lee.
Here are details from Outkick the Coverage, which broke the story:
In a story that seems made for The Onion, but is actually true, according to multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN MSESPN decided to pull an Asian college football announcer named Robert Lee off the William and Mary at University of Virginia college football game because they were concerned that having an ASIAN FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER NAMED ROBERT LEE would be offensive to some viewers.
Did I mention that Robert Lee is Asian?
Is this even real life anymore? This might even be worse than MSESPN apologizing for the fantasy football slave draft a couple of weeks ago.
To avoid offending left wing idiots Robert Lee, the Asian college football announcer, not the Confederate General who died in 1870 and shares a name with him, was switched to the Youngstown State at Pittsburgh game and Dave Weekley will now call the William and Mary at University of Virginia game.
ESPN put out the following statement after the decision to pull Lee from the game:
“We regret that this became an issue,” said the people who made it an issue. pic.twitter.com/jENzFZpcGo
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 23, 2017
Of course, ESPN has been taking some heat on social media:
From 1862 until his surrender in 1865, ESPN college football announcer Robert Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. pic.twitter.com/eQKXyXRNgl
— NotKennyRogers (@NotKennyRogers) August 23, 2017
This year @espn we will award itself the Arthur Ash courage award for ridding itself of sportscasters who were formerly confederate generals
— wendell combs (@WendellCombs) August 23, 2017
