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发信人: LionGod (hedge), 信区: Military
标 题: ESPN pulls announcer Robert Lee from covering a Virginia football game because his name is Robert Le
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Aug 23 09:15:36 2017, 美东)
An announcer by any other name would announce just as sweet.
In what is sure to be a controversial decision, ESPN has decided to pull
college football announcer Robert Lee from covering a Virginia football game
this season due to the simple fact his name is Robert Lee, the network
announced on Tuesday. Outkick the Coverage's Clay Travis was the first to
report the questionable decision.
Lee, of course, shares the same name as former Confederate general Robert E.
Lee. Despite this Lee, who is Asian-American, sharing no heritage to the
former military leader of the Confederacy, ESPN reportedly believes the fact
they share the same name is grounds enough to remove him from covering the
Virginia-William & Mary football game this season.
ESPN announced in a statement they came to an agreement with Lee to make the
switch in the wake of the events in Charlottesville, where a white
nationalist plowed his car into a crowd of people, killing one and injuring
19 others.
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