More Racial comments by a Micheal

[edcrbnsoul]

But this time its Micheal Irvin a sports commentator on ESPN this was said a week ago on ESPN radio but somehow got buried he went on ESPN Monday night football that night and is still going on tonight ???

These comments were made about the Dallas Cowboys new QB Tony Romo who is white. Never mind the fact that he is implying that his grandmother was sleeping around (the nicest way I could put it on the Dis)

Somewhere there are some brothers. . . . (Maybe) his great, great, great, great Grandma ran over in the hood or something went down."

That's what Irvin said Monday on the Dan Patrick radio show. The host then asked Irvin if having black ancestry was the only way to be a great athlete.

"No, that's not the only way, but it's certainly one way. Great, great, great, great Grandma pulled one of them studs up outta the barn."

Although not as bad as Richards rant I can't believe that he still has a job.

 

[Tazicket]

That's just vile.

 

[Mermaid02]

Wow. I don't know what else to say....

 

[KikiFan]

And yet I'm not the least bit surprised that came out of Irvin's mouth. He's as ignorant as the day is long.

 

[Mermaid02]

And yet I'm not the least bit surprised that came out of Irvin's mouth. He's as ignorant as the day is long.

Obviously.

Where's Jimmy the Greek anyway?

 

[Bob Slydell]

Where's Jimmy the Greek anyway?

Dead

I never could figure out how Michael Irvin got the job in the first place.

 

[Mermaid02]

Dead

I never could figure out how Michael Irvin got the job in the first place.

That's what my husband just said.

 

[horseshowmom]

I don't know who Michael Irvin is, but he MUST be an idiot....

 

[cardaway]

I never could figure out how Michael Irvin got the job in the first place.

The same way Shannon Sharpe and Deion Sanders got theirs.

It's really a shame. It's not that hard to find guys who are well spoken and know the game.

 

[disneyfan67]

As a huge Dallas Cowboy fan and a person who goes to several sport websites and message boards, I can't believe he still has a job. Being a fan of the "Boys", I will always appreciate what Micheal Irvin did for Cowboys on the playing field but he's been a disaster off of it. This isn't the first time he's created a situation while talking on the air and he clearly went over the line. He should have been suspended and with his track record of previous incidents, probably fired. What he said, was offensive and if he wasn't a Black male, it would have been all over the news. Quite a few sport websites are asking the same question, why is he still working for ESPN?

If we as a country, are going to finally get over the racial problem that still is a part of our fabric, we have to get rid of the double standard that exists. If you're a public person/celebrity, and you're knowingly going to step into the "minefield" of racial issues and topics, you have to be prepared for the fallout, regardless of skin color.

 

[Mermaid02]

http://cowboys.aolsportsblog.com/2006/11/22/michael-irvin/

If anyone is interested here is a link to actually listen to him. He sounds like he's on something to me.

 

[jgmklmhem]

The comments are vile and he should be fired. There is some irony in this scenario. ESPN fairly quickly fired Rush Limbaugh after he commented that the media goes easy on Donovan McNabb because he is a "black" quarterback. If ESPN doesn't fire Irvin then it almost makes what Rush said true in some respects...because if Rush, Boomer, Young (white commentators), etc had said what Irving had said they would already be fired. It would be a case of in this case ESPN going easy on Irvin because he is black.

 

[Robinrs]

 

[Disney Doll]

And yet, I don't see anywhere near the outpouring of outrage over a balck man making a negative comment about a white person as there was over a white person making a negative comment about a black person.

An interesting phenomena...

 

[Charade]

And yet, I don't see anywhere near the outpouring of outrage over a balck man making a negative comment about a white person as there was over a white person making a negative comment about a black person.

An interesting phenomena...

Indeed.

Or a black man calling another black man the "n" word.

 

[mrsv98]

My DH has said this about Michael Vick for years. If a white QB said some of the things he has, there would be a hue and cry, but because it is the other way around, nothing.

I am all for equality and treating each other with respect, but it has to go both ways.

 

[smartestnumber5]

I don't even actually understand what Irvin said from the quoted part. He implied that the white QB must have some black blood in him because he is really good at football and then said that maybe the QB's great, great, great, great grandmother had sex with a black man (specifically that she pulled a "stud" out of the "barn"--though it sounded like "fellow" when I heard it)

Umm, so looks like 1) he has implied that white people are not good at sports. 2) He played on the old stereotype about black people being born to play sports. 3) Compared black men to animals (maybe that's just common slang though-it wasn't familiar to me) 4) Implied that the QB's great, great, great, great grandmother had sex with a black man**...not sure how it implies that she slept around though.

Anyway, I guess my question is--who is the injured party here (if there is one)? I'm kind of confused about that. Are white people supposed to be offended? Or black people? Or both? Or just the QB? Or the QB's great, great, great, great grandma?

I also don't see how it is any way, shape, or form comparable to the Kramer thing.

**just an aside, my first thought when I read that part was "if there was a black man who had sex with a white woman back then and anyone found out about it, I'm guessing he didn't live much longer"

 

[Cool-Beans]

I don't even understand the comments and will have to trust that they mean something and that it is racist.

 

[disneyfan67]

This is copied from the website Profootballtalk.com and they're the first to jump on this story. This should help clear up the issue for some.

ROMO-GATE GAINING MOMENTUM

Although we initially believed that the Thanksgiving holiday might take some steam out of the storm that has developed regarding the Jimmy "The Greek"-style comments of ESPN's Michael Irvin, several publications have kept the story alive.

And the exceptional Thursday performance of the object of the remarks, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, could give the story legs heading into the weekend.

On Monday, Irvin explained on ESPN Radio's The Dan Patrick Show that Romo's supreme athletic skills could be due to a dalliance in days gone by between one of Romo's female ancestors and a slave. The remarks initially went unnoticed, but by Wednesday several commentators (including Mike Freeman of CBSSportsline.com and Jason Whitlock of AOL) and web sites were shining a spotlight on the situation.

Says Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star: "Joke or not, by my count, that's offensive to blacks, whites, grandmothers and humanity in general."

Jay Posner of the San Diego Union-Tribune asks "Where's the outrage?" in a column that addresses the Irvin comments, in addition to other items. Observes Posner: "Irvin was laughing while he was talking, but ask yourself this: What would the reaction have been if Steve Young had made those comments? Why is this any different?"

Addressing the fact that the incident largely has been ignored, David Whitley of the Orlando Sentinel makes a great point: "Whatever the reason, there's been no comment from ESPN, much less an apology/explanation from Michael the Greek. There's no need to comment, of course, because the incident hasn't made ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPN.com, ESPN Texas Hold 'Em or any of the other tentacles. It shows you the danger of media conglomeration."

So what next? On Tuesday night, we asked Mac Nwulu, ESPN spokesman, for a comment via e-mail, but have not yet heard from him. Though it could be that Nwulu is taking some well-deserved time off, we continue to hear that ESPN is petrified about the situation, and that the powers-that-be in Bristol hope that the story dies.

"The thought of firing two of its commentators -- Rush [Limbaugh] and Irvin -- scares the crap out of them," said one source. "Imagine if that happened. It would be unprecedented in TV history to have two broadcasters from the same network fired for racial comments."

 

[Robinrs]

Indeed.

Or a black man calling another black man the "n" word.

There IS outrage about that in the black community, too. I'm sure you can ask all of your "African American friends" instead of just listening to that degrading social demeaning crap that manages to insult us on a daily basis. It is not acceptable in the mainstream but it seems to be all you hear in the hip hop world.

The hip hop world is as much the norm of my family as Kid Rock is to yours.

Indeed.

An interesting phenomena...