After the 4 x 100 relay, the women went off screen and he said, “Well, the women [are] just finishing up. You know what women are like… hanging around, doing their make-up."
After the 4 x 100 relay, the women went off screen and he said, “Well, the women [are] just finishing up. You know what women are like… hanging around, doing their make-up."
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Most articles say he was suspended.
Howard Cosell once called a black NFL player a "little monkey." He took a lot of heat, but didn't get canceled and was defended by black politicians and the player himself. Eventually he quit announcing football of his own accord.
The player was short and a good scrambler, so Cosell wasn't inaccurate, just afoul of the taboo
olympics fan wrote:
After the 4 x 100 relay, the women went off screen and he said, “Well, the women [are] just finishing up. You know what women are like… hanging around, doing their make-up."
I'd like to hear the tone of voice and can't find the actual clip, but tend to think this is an overreaction. Can't people be off-color? Or have bad jokes? Susdpent him maybe. Fine him. Fire him? No.
Should be let go for being bad at his job. The Olympics isn’t about him trying to get his little quips in.
Commentators always overestimate their own importance and it attracts narcissism. Leer and Kara are prime examples.
olympics fan wrote:
After the 4 x 100 relay, the women went off screen and he said, “Well, the women [are] just finishing up. You know what women are like… hanging around, doing their make-up."
I'd like to hear the tone of voice and can't find the actual clip, but tend to think this is an overreaction. Can't people be off-color? Or have bad jokes? Susdpent him maybe. Fine him. Fire him? No.
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Thats funny where is the guys promotion?!
people weren't so wound up then wrote:
Howard Cosell once called a black NFL player a "little monkey." He took a lot of heat, but didn't get canceled and was defended by black politicians and the player himself. Eventually he quit announcing football of his own accord.
The player was short and a good scrambler, so Cosell wasn't inaccurate, just afoul of the taboo
When was this? During or just after Jim Crow?
Cosell had some other ‘factors’ that protected him. If one of his cohorts had done the same thing they’d have seen their career ended.
Definitely an overreaction to suspend him that.
1. He should be fired for using a lazy tired stereotyped joke.
2. He should be fired for the underlying sexism in his joke.
3. He should be fired because he knows better.
4. He should be fired because announcing isn't a right. Make a mistake, you are out. This isn't 4 year old rec league soccer.
5. He should be fired because this is 2024. This kind of joke was "funnny" in 1972 for men. Not sure women ever found this kind of joke funny.
6. He should be fired because advertisers pay for women to watch. Alienating your financial security is just bad business.
olympics fan wrote:
After the 4 x 100 relay, the women went off screen and he said, “Well, the women [are] just finishing up. You know what women are like… hanging around, doing their make-up."
I'd like to hear the tone of voice and can't find the actual clip, but tend to think this is an overreaction. Can't people be off-color? Or have bad jokes? Susdpent him maybe. Fine him. Fire him? No.
It's a pretty bad joke, and totally inappropriate.
I think it's easy to underestimate the risk for announcers of saying something inappropriate. They've got to be on air for many hours, providing information and context, and trying to be memorable. You hope slip-ups will never happen, or that if they do they'll be merely silly and not offensive, but if a slip-up is going to happen, sports commentating is where it's most likely to happen.
Like in anything, I hope we judge people on their consistent behavior, rather than their very worst moment. If the guy shows this kind of attitude in his day-to-day work, he should be fired regardless of what he said this week.
This.
He made (unknowingly) a parody of himself. That reflects really badly on his employer and the sponsors of the competition.
Anyone listen to the American table tennis announcer? He was trying to hit home runs almost every comment, some landed, most didn't. Several of them were pretty edgy talking about the Chinese etc. I didn't mind them, sounds like the swimming announcer was milder.
Fair or foul: Eurosport Olympic swimming announcer fired on the spot - for making a joke?
Does not wanting my kids to watch a bisexual threesome at the Olympics make me a bigot?
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
No scholarship limits anymore! (NCAA Track and Field inequality is going to get way worse, right?)
So they had a guy with one of his nuts hanging out by a kid at the opening Ceremony.....
I went to The States; everyone had "F350" trucks we don't have in the UK