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Rob Parker suspended from ESPN First Take

cubfan89cubfan89 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭
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I thought there was no way, no how ESPN would take action but they suspended him this morning.

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  • CardBoardTimeCardBoardTime Posts: 26
    What did he say/do? I must have missed it.
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Google Rob Parker and RGIII
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  • CardBoardTimeCardBoardTime Posts: 26


    << <i>Google Rob Parker and RGIII >>



    I watch First Take every day and somehow missed that. What an idiot.

    EDIT: If anyone has a clip showing Stephen A Smith's full response I would love to see it.
  • RookieWaxRookieWax Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
    I have always liked Parker because he tells it the way he sees it. And when he was in Detroit, that was a nice change as the reporters of the pro teams in Detroit have done nothing but kiss up to team management for decades.
  • letsgocapitalsletsgocapitals Posts: 177 ✭✭
    This has been big news on the DC radio airwaves the past two days.

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    an excellent speaker ("He speaks so well!)"
    Hard-working
    A leader

    If Rob Jackson's definition of black isn't any of those things, I think his definition is doing the black community a disservice.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    With those comments, Rob Parker sounds like a total racist.
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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,112 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What did he say/do? I must have missed it. >>



    RG3 is not a "team" playa
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  • cubfan89cubfan89 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭
    Just got back & was listening to the radio where they were taking calls on Parker & ESPN. The host brought up the question for his audience: What would have ESPN done to the person who made these comments had he been caucasion?
  • CSCCSC Posts: 100 ✭


    << <i>I thought there was no way, no how ESPN would take action but they suspended him this morning. >>



    This shouldn't surprise any Metro-Detroiters on this board. When you don't have talent, you need a schtick. Wob survived for years in Detroit on Schtick, but was kept because he caused controversy. I assume ESPN will keep him because this will just bring in more viewers and publicity.
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭
    i went to school in detroit in the mid 90's

    i thought parker was a douche then, apparently still is


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  • mcadamsmcadams Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭
    What Rob Parker said is 100% racist garbage and has no place in the public discourse. The vitriol that Parker spewed is something that I imagine you'd hear at a New Black Panthers rally, but it has no place on television. If Parker has any friends that don't share his racist views, they should sit him down and have a long conversation. "He's not down with the cause".... what a retard..


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