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ESPN pulls Asian-American sportscaster Robert Lee from University of Virginia football game because he shares same name as controversial Confederate general

  • ESPN sportscaster Robert Lee pulled from September 2 UVA football broadcast
  • Virginia Cavaliers will be playing their home opener in Charlottesville
  • Decision came after violence at rally protesting removal of Robert E. Lee statue 
  • Network felt 'coincidence of name' made it appropriate to switch his assignment

By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com

PUBLISHED: 00:17 EDT, 23 August 2017 | UPDATED: 01:46 EDT, 23 August 2017

 

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ESPN has pulled a sportscaster named Robert Lee from a UVA game over his name

ESPN has pulled a sportscaster named Robert Lee from a UVA game over his name

ESPN has pulled an Asian-American sportscaster named Robert Lee from assignment to a University of Virginia football game because his name is similar to the Confederate general's.

Lee was slated to call UVA's home opener in Charlottesville, Virginia against William and Mary on September 2, but has been transferred to cover Youngstown State at Pittsburgh, an ESPN official told DailyMail.com.

Lee's name is almost exactly the same as Confederate general Robert E. Lee, whose monument was at the center of a rally ten days ago that devolved into violent clashes between white nationalists and anti-fascists leaving one woman dead.

'We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name,' ESPN said in a statement.

Robert Lee is seen calling a college basketball game in November with analyst Brooke Weisbrod. ESPN pulled Lee from a UVA game in September over concerns about his name
 
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Robert Lee is seen calling a college basketball game in November with analyst Brooke Weisbrod. ESPN pulled Lee from a UVA game in September over concerns about his name

The planned removal of this statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee sparked the rally in Charlottesville last week that shocked the nation
 
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The planned removal of this statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee sparked the rally in Charlottesville last week that shocked the nation

'It's a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play by play for a football game has become an issue,' the statement continued.

No Relation: Robert Lee is not believed to have family ties to Robert E. Lee (pictured)
 
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No Relation: Robert Lee is not believed to have family ties to Robert E. Lee (pictured)

The reassignment and ESPN's rationale for it were first reported by Outkick The Coverage. 

Robert Lee has been a professional sportscaster since 1999, according to his resume.

He joined ESPN last year as a play-by-play announcer for college football and basketball games.

Lee did not immediately respond to request for comment.

News of the switch, which seemed at first like a satirical riff on current events, came amid massive national controversy over the fate of Confederate monuments, with a special focus on Robert E. Lee. 

The University of Texas removed four Confederate monuments, including one of Robert E. Lee, under cover of darkness early Monday.

Robert Lee (left) has been a professional sportscaster since 1999, according to his resume
 
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Robert Lee (left) has been a professional sportscaster since 1999, according to his resume

Duke University did the same to a stone statue of the Confederate general, after vandals defaced it in the entryway to the school chapel in Durham, North Carolina.

Other vandals have taken matters into their own hands, defacing monuments in several states. 

The statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville will be covered with black fabric to mourn the death of Heather Heyer, the city council voted on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old woman was killed when a car slammed into a group of people protesting a white nationalist rally in the city.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4815052/ESPN-pulls-sportscaster-Robert-Lee-UVA-game-name.html#ixzz4qZr8MJJu 
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Oh geez.

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He should sue them. This ridiculous beyond belief. Political correctness IDIOCY.

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 This is one of the million reasons  why people  can't  take the news seriously anymore.



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It's racist.

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Well, thus my point that simply tearing down some statues won't stop this. This will go on and on and on because angry entitled babies and are never going to be satisfied.

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Wow! This is really getting out of control. I would say it's racist and discriminatory to pull him for the reasons given. I'm afraid this is going to get much worse before it gets better, if it does. People need to grow a conscience and stop with all this crap.

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Yes, yes they do. But hey, we haven't heard about Russia in awhile!

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This is a hate crime!

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That is discrimination! Where is the ACLU fighting for his rights? What if his name was spelled Li? Would he still be removed? So all the people whose last names are the same as Southern war generals (Davis, Jackson, Forrest, McClellan, etc.) and such can't have jobs, especially if the names will be visible in the news or general public?

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Geez is this stupid. Has this country totally lost it's mind? Special snowflakers can't even handle hearing a similar name. Some people really need to grow the hell up.

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Businesses and other entities need to stop catering to the pic fear and start using common sense!

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The Stupid.....it hurts.

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ESPN has lost it's mind.

And they wonder why their viewership is down..

I wonder when the nut jobs will start tearing down all the picket fences.


(only a history buff will understand)

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I'll admit, I don't understand, czech. Although they are used a lot in colonial historic areas.

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I'll admit, I don't understand, czech. Although they are used a lot in colonial historic areas.

 General Pickett was a Confederate General who lost at the Battle of Gettysburg. Remember "Pickett's Charge"? It was a massacre of his southern troops.

So, since a Confederate general had that name...

Yup, the nuts are that crazy.



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General Pickett was a Confederate General who lost at the Battle of Gettysburg. Remember "Pickett's Charge"? It was a massacre of his southern troops.
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have been to gettysburg and walked the ground of that famous battle--the " charge " Pickett and his men made was not a cavalry charge in the hollywood sense, as most americans tend to imagine the scene but more akin to a march (albeit at the " quick step ") that covered more than a quarter mile, under fire and with no cover to speak of--that kind of courage and determination is more than most men can summon--though their casualties were alarming, their courage and sacrifice was heroic indeed--similar in ways to the alamo, those men decided " if we're going to die, then we're going to do it here. "--thought a lot of people scoff at the event and deem it as folly, it's usually because they know they lack the courage to have done it themselves






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Have been to Gettysburg many times. I have ancestors, brothers, who fought on both sides. The O'Neal's Brigade monuments were for one of those ancestors. I didn't associate Pickett with picket fences. But you're right, czech, that will be next.

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And of course, ESPN is trying to spin this now as they were concerned that Mr. Lee would be trolled and bullied online and that he actually expressed concern about it. Oh please....And I've read Mr. Lee actually goes by Bob so you know Bob Lee would certainly traumatize all the sensitive snowflakes out there? (Not sure if that's true, just something I read somewhere).

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