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re: Rob Parker's contract not renewed by ESPN.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:21 pm to GaBassFisher92
Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:21 pm to GaBassFisher92
They fired Rush for the same thing, so I feel like if they kept Parker they're just inviting a lawsuit
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Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:21 pm to quail man
quote:he isn't getting canned for the comment. He's getting canned for blaming the situation on espn.
i don't understand how Stephan A Smith can say "n***a please" and not get as much as a suspension while Rob Parker makes a few comments and gets fired
i get that one could be perceived as worse, but it's a bit extreme.
he is awful, though. but he will get a job elsewhere.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:22 pm to harry coleman beast
quote:and this
Jobless cornball brotha
Posted on 1/8/13 at 3:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
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if it was that big of a deal, it should have never been approved. the person who approved it should be the one taking the heat, not the lackey parker
ESPN can do a little bit to make it right... discipline or fire the producer, too.
Still doesn't mean that Rob Parker should get a new contract.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 3:35 pm to GaBassFisher92
Good. Dude is garbage, even well before this "cornball" comment.
This post was edited on 1/8/13 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 1/8/13 at 3:49 pm to beaverfever
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he isn't getting canned for the comment. He's getting canned for blaming the situation on espn.
What was it that Parker said about ESPN?
Posted on 1/8/13 at 3:58 pm to Mathias
quote:He said that they ran through the bit with producers and he was given the go-ahead.
What was it that Parker said about ESPN?
Posted on 1/8/13 at 3:59 pm to Mathias
He never got fired fwiw. Not renewing a contract isn't getting fired.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 3:59 pm to GaBassFisher92
Posted on 1/8/13 at 4:03 pm to PapaPogey
No way, no how.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 11:04 pm to iliveinabox
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When keeping it real goes wrong..
Damn I wish Dave Chappelle was back to do a Rob Parker skit. Parker making good money, on TV. Show some images of his gf or wife at home with a fro and a black power hair pic in her hair, Malcom X pics on the wall, they have a discussion about blacks dating whites, blacks being republicans, RG3 name comes up. Ol Rob goes on TV and calls RG3 out, wants to keep it real.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 11:13 pm to Golfer
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I can accurately say I've never seen FirstTake.
I watched it last week for the first time in a few years and damn has that show changed. It started off with some hip hop song that made me lmao because it was so odd. They just talked about the same subjects over and over. I used to like the show when it had other segments along with the debate desk but now It's so awful I can't believe it's still going.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 11:16 pm to quail man
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i don't understand how Stephan A Smith can say "n***a please" and not get as much as a suspension while Rob Parker makes a few comments and gets fired
because what parker said was 200% more offensive and idiotic
Posted on 1/8/13 at 11:20 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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because what parker said was 200% more offensive and idiotic
Plus the people "offended" by what Stephen A said aren't actually offended.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 4:39 am to hehateme2285
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They fired Rush for the same thing, so I feel like if they kept Parker they're just inviting a lawsuit
That's the problem, IMO. I didn't think Rush should have been fired, and I don't think Parker should have been.
Why?
Because both have reps for saying controversial things, primarily for shock value, and that's why ESPN hired them in the first place. So they fire those guys for doing what they were hired to do.
At best, ESPN are hypocrites.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 4:51 am to GaBassFisher92
Nm
This post was edited on 1/9/13 at 6:05 am
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