Comments on: Rob Parker will return to ESPN after 30-day ban for RG3 remarks http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jkb0162 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2201307 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:43:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2201307 I guess what Rush and Hank Williams said is unforgiveable but not calling a black man out for being with a white woman. Disgraceful!
Also, I am sure a 30 day suspension right in the middle of the holiday season had Rob Parker shaking in his boots.

]]> By: cruzer1996 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2200032 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:26:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2200032 Rob used to ask women on the air in Detroit what color panties they were wearing. Rob Parker is a disgrace to Detroit.

]]> By: gregmorris78 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2199938 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:39:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2199938 ESPN sleeps with Pigs

]]> By: olcap http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2199092 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:47:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2199092 Proof is in the pudding, as they say. ESPN is as racist as Parker for not firing him for his racist comments.

]]> By: burgandy2260 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2199044 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:17:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2199044 I agree that we should express our concerns directly to ESPN as I just did prior to this comment. It is a little disheartening to think that my beloved ESPN dropped the ball on this. I just hope that my complaint doesn’t get lost in the shuffle for there really wasn’t a submission option for racism & bigotry! ESPN the total sports network that covers up the drag marks by melting the snow!

]]> By: theclaymaker52 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2198242 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:55:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2198242 My family was in Ireland and Russia being slaughtered at the hands of their own people, thanks. Not all white people descend from slave owners. My family came over in 1915. WAY after slaves. Do some history homework.

]]> By: datmr http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2198209 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:29:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2198209 I completely agree that this is outrageous. But if we want to get ESPN’s attention, send them feedback directly telling them what you think. I did when this story originally aired. I don’t know that my one comment made a difference, but our time is better spent telling ESPN what we think about this rather than posting here. Here’s the link: https://r.espn.go.com/members/contact/index

]]> By: gfunk5299 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2198198 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:13:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2198198 Rush should sue ESPN for discrimination.

]]> By: patsfansincegrogan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197920 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:01:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197920 @tatum064
Not even the same ballpark, and before you say get over slavery – it never should’ve happened in the first place. Once we acknowledge its irreparable damage to the psyche of a people, we will move on. Since the slave trade never in a lifetime occurred to whites, i dont think its ever really going to be forgotten anytime soon.

And a appropriate perfect Xmas movie for this day and age – Django Unchained debuts on Xmas.

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Rob Parker, is that you? Or are there others out there working to keep outdated attitudes and beliefs alive? The time for blatant ignorance and feigned indignation is long past. Guess what tatumo? Human trafficking is still going on in very large numbers all over the world! You do a great injustice to all those who sacrificed to end large scale human trafficking in the US. Step away from Django and go see Lincoln, or maybe read a book on John Brown. The country has moved on from the views you and Rob Parker are trying to cling to. You both should come join the rest of us.

]]> By: spellingcops http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197902 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:53:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197902 tatum064 says: Dec 20, 2012 5:17 PM

prince5000 says:
Dec 20, 2012 2:18 PM
so when is Rush coming back? ESPN is a total joke not firing this clown.

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ESPN is a joke, regardless.

And uh, firing someone for saying someone isnt black enough isnt the same as someone white saying they are just hyping up a black quarterback.

One issue is referring to cultural equivalency, and the other implied racial inferiority from a group whose ancestors owned slaves and had lynchings with whites smiling.

Not even the same ballpark, and before you say get over slavery – it never should’ve happened in the first place. Once we acknowledge its irreparable damage to the psyche of a people, we will move on. Since the slave trade never in a lifetime occurred to whites, i dont think its ever really going to be forgotten anytime soon.

And a appropriate perfect Xmas movie for this day and age – Django Unchained debuts on Xmas.
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You’re an idiot

]]> By: archetypeobscure http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197891 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:49:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197891 I’ve completely stopped watching ESPN unless it’s for an actual sporting event. They’ve diminished the quality of their brand in the pursuit of cheap ratings so much that it’s beneath me to bother with it. When it takes public outrage to inform a company that race-baiting is not acceptable, that company no longer has credibility. Not worse but just as bad, this 30-day suspension is a complete joke. Who wouldn’t like a 30-day vacation? So, this isn’t far from being a reward for bad behavior. Rob Parker and the producer/editor/whoever deserve to be fired for their ignorance.

The only person who comes out on top here is RG3 for not only turning a blind eye to issues of race, but for being above the comments made to attack him. I know if it were me, I would be cordially inviting Rob Parker to the parking lot.

]]> By: istallion http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197860 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:34:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197860 Parker got off easy. Why does this guy even have a job in this business?

]]> By: briggsweatbird http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197819 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:07:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197819 ESPN, I vomit in your general direction.

The lack of a respectable standard by ESPN is embarrassing, and damages the credibility of all others who work there, who are not racists.

How was Parker not fired? Absurd.

Who specifically made the decision to merely suspend Parker? THAT is now the story.

]]> By: pjrhc http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197815 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:04:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197815 Sorry, Hank, but – you’re a country boy who could never survive on ABC/ESPN.

]]> By: kerryc21realty http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197805 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:59:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197805 Was he suspended without pay? If he wasn’t then that was a useless punishment

]]> By: jetnotjets http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197699 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:06:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197699 I’m white. My wife isn’t. I will never watch ESPN again.

]]> By: shaner021 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197692 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:01:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197692 I was an ESPN Insider for over 5 years. The day Rob Parker made these comments and was not fired ON THE SPOT, I cancelled my subscription. I will not watch ESPN, subscribe to their Insider feed, or otherwise support their racist bigots. As an Air Force Captain with 21 years active, Mr. Parker’s comments perpetuate exactly the type of bigotry that would not be tolerated in a military unit. The more racists like Parker are given a platform to spew their filth, the further from becoming a united country America will remain.

]]> By: albertmn http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197671 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:48:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197671 ESPN is likely just loving the exposure. Would anyone really be surprised if you were to find out he was actually given praise for the controversy behind the scenes.

]]> By: MyTeamsAllStink http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197656 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:38:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197656 What happened?I don’t watch the abomination that is First Take.

]]> By: bigbluenationdb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197655 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:38:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197655 Talk about double standards at ESPN. Rush Limbaugh makes a comment about a black quarterback and he is fired. His comments wasn’t even nearly as racial as Parkers.

I think I am done with ESPN.

]]> By: descendency http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197640 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:32:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197640 I wonder how many seconds it would have taken for me to be fired from my job if I had said that someone (a white guy) was “acting ghetto because his wife was black. He’s obviously not down with the cause.”

]]> By: In the Weeds http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197634 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:30:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197634 tatum064, Every race On The Planet has experienced slavery before.

And if that half-wit “actor/comedian” who talked about “killing all the white people,” were actually white, talking about “killing all the black people,” I would doubt you would be ready to yuck it up at any theaters this Christmas.

If you want racism to be Wrong, lead by example.

]]> By: TheWizard http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197630 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:28:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197630 Can’t believe no other talent at that station isn’t speaking out

Sports writers / tv personalities are almost entirely liberals.

They look after their own.

]]> By: mcmuskie79 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197628 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:27:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197628 It’s “journalists” like Parker that turned me off of ESPN months ago & frankly I haven’t missed it @ all. I only watch actual sporting events on The Mothership’s various networks now.

]]> By: melikefootball http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197627 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:26:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197627 I have written ESPN numerous times about there shows and content plus commendators. They are blind and this proves it. Allowing Mr Smith to use the N word with no punishment was bad enouh but allowing Parker back. No backbone and I’m done with ESPN. Not that they care.

]]> By: fritz1218 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197585 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:07:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197585 First person I ever heard of fired for racist remark(which I didn’t think it was) was Howard Cossell. At that time he was a very important part of Monday Night Football and said. if I remember correctly, “Look at that little monkey run”. I can’t remember the player other than he was small and fast.
My mom used to say ‘you little pumpkin’. Jeez, I wonder what she meant? Could it be she was racist?
I’m done with ESPN

]]> By: baloneyjohn http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197576 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:00:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197576 If that guy was white, those scummy liberals would have fired him on the spot
Screw them

]]> By: bobonmycob http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197535 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:41:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197535 e2al says:Dec 20, 2012 5:02 PM

Be nice if people could focus on real racist issues for a change.

Do you have any examples of “real” racism? I mean calling somebody out on national television by saying they are not true to their race is top of the heap. Especially for saying he has a WHITE fiance. If this is not racist (probably because a black man said it) then what is? Are you trying to pull the ol double standard? Please…….

]]> By: mannynh http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197533 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:40:58 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197533 I know nobody is going to read this comment but I’ll write it anyways… This article by Michael David Smith is one of the best I’ve ever read on this site. Espn has officially jumped the shark. They have lost me. I used to love espn more than any other channel. Couldn’t wait for 11am on Sunday so I could watch NFL Countdown.
Now, I literally can’t watch it. Don’t watch it. Great article..

]]> By: commonsensedude http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/20/rob-parker-will-return-to-espn-after-30-day-ban-for-rg3-remarks/#comment-2197490 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:23:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1596240#comment-2197490 Why not have ESPN rehire Rush Limbaugh and make a new show featuring both Parker and Limbaugh? That way, those guys can simultaneously offer thoughtless race-baiting material to racist whites and racist blacks at the same time. That way, ESPN can just come out and admit that they’re completely shameless, desperate and willing to do anything to get ratings.

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