ESPN has announced their punishment for Rob Parker saying RGIII isn't truly black:
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“ESPN has decided to suspend Rob Parker for 30 days for his comments made on last Thursday’s episode of First Take,” Keegan said. “Our review of the preparation for the show and the re-air has established that mistakes both in judgment and communication were made. As a direct result, clearly inappropriate content was aired and then re-aired without editing. Both were errors on our part. To address this, we have enhanced the editorial oversight of the show and have taken appropriate disciplinary measures with the personnel responsible for these failures. We will continue to discuss important issues in sports on First Take, including race. Debate is an integral part of sports and we will continue to engage in it on First Take. However, we believe what we have learned here and the steps we have taken will help us do all that better.”
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Dang, I was really hoping he'd get fired. The writer of the the linked story below thinks Parker deserved a more serious punishment considering that Sportscenter anchor Max Bretos got the same punishment for asking about Jeremy Lin “If there’s a chink in the armor, where can Lin improve his game?” Bretos' wife is Asian and it was clear he was in no way being racist but he still got a 30-day suspension.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...r-rg3-remarks/