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Jeremy Roenick Sues NBC Sports- Anti-Straight Discrimination
Posted on 7/18/20 at 1:17 am
Posted on 7/18/20 at 1:17 am
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Hockey commentator Jeremy Roenick is firing back at NBC Sports, accusing his former employer of discriminating against him for being straight.
Roenick was fired by NBC Sports back in February after he made sexually suggestive remarks about colleagues Kathryn Tappen and Patrick Sharp on a podcast.
Now Roenick has filed a lawsuit against the network in New York Supreme Court, claiming wrongful termination and discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation, according to our sister site Variety.
Roenick also claims that he was fired because the network was retaliating against him for his support of President Donald Trump. When he asked for permission to speak at the 2016 Republican National Convention, he alleges he was told: “You know who you work for. You work for NBC. That would not look good on your NBC record.”
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Posted on 7/18/20 at 1:27 am to TigerintheNO
Posted on 7/18/20 at 2:16 am to gobuxgo5
Roenick gives no fuks and he's crazy so this could get good. Only problem... He probably filed the suit in the wrong state. Hope it's in a conservative district.
His "innapropiate" comments were basically him saying how he and his wife went on vacation with an NBC sports gal and he said he was in the pool with 2 sexy ladies and everybody was noticing.
That's where his "straight discrimination" stuff will stem from. He was being a man and saying another woman was beautiful.
It was nothing at all, but NBC used it as workplace sexual harrasment BS to fire him.
This post was edited on 7/18/20 at 2:19 am
Posted on 7/18/20 at 2:17 am to TigerintheNO
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Hockey commentator Jeremy Roenick is firing back at NBC Sports, accusing his former employer of discriminating against him for being straight.
This then probably doesn't help his case:
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He also called Sharp “so beautiful” and added that “I wouldn’t say no right away” if Sharp invited him to bed.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 2:36 am to TigerintheNO
Posted on 7/18/20 at 3:24 am to TigerintheNO
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Jeremy Roenick
He was at my 2/5 NL poker table at caesar’s palace. This was at least 10 years ago when the poker room walled up next to Omni and you had to walk through a hallway to get to it. He was just chilling. There was this gorgeous blonde in a tight white dress behind him. He didn’t play long.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 5:50 am to TigerintheNO
You hate to see it.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 6:43 am to TigerintheNO
Karma
Posted on 7/18/20 at 7:51 am to TigerintheNO
He probably won’t get much, but NBC can eat a bag of dicks
Posted on 7/18/20 at 8:10 am to Broski
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He also called Sharp “so beautiful” and added that “I wouldn’t say no right away” if Sharp invited him to bed.
quote:how did this even come about
He also called Sharp “so beautiful” and added that “I wouldn’t say no right away” if Sharp invited him to bed.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 8:34 am to WestCoastAg
Who's hotter, Patrick Sharp or Henrik Lundqvist?
This post was edited on 7/18/20 at 8:34 am
Posted on 7/18/20 at 8:59 am to Bunk Moreland
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Henrik Lundqvist?
Not even close
He’s also Swedish
Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:13 am to WestCoastAg
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how did this even come about
Interview he did on Spittin Chiclets podcast. They get pretty fast and loose on that pod. JR was just joking around with the boys like they were in the locker room. It was harmless and way overblown.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 11:09 am to TigerintheNO
I would like to be Tappen Kathryn
Posted on 7/18/20 at 12:14 pm to TigerintheNO
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You know who you work for. You work for NBC. That would not look good on your NBC record.
frick the media
Posted on 7/18/20 at 12:46 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:All he has to do is prove a gay announcer made similar remarks and wasn't fired. Should be easy, right?
That's where his "straight discrimination" stuff will stem from. He was being a man and saying another woman was beautiful.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 1:37 pm to BigDawg0420
I am beginning to believe that the general public would get less biased news if the Government controlled the news broadcasts
Posted on 7/18/20 at 2:42 pm to East Coast Band
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I am beginning to believe that the general public would get less biased news if the Government controlled the news broadcasts
You don't think the current administration isn't controlling Fox News while the previous administration didn't control NBC & CNN?
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:01 pm to East Coast Band
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Government controlled the news broadcasts
They already do
Posted on 7/18/20 at 4:55 pm to Broski
People in this thread know that Sharp is a dude, right?
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