Should Robert Lee change his name so he can keep broadcasting football games?

Did you read the article, @josie? At all? Even the title?
Apparently not.

Reassigned from one game. Once.

…“ESPN did not force Lee to change assignments and that Lee personally felt more comfortable moving to another game.”
Yeah, right.

“ESPN noted that the decision was not mandated by the company’s executives….”
Yeah, right.

I think he should change his name though, yes.
In Robert Phuc Ju, ESPN.

When I saw that on the news last night, I thought to myself – is this Satire? Is this the Onion?

This may be one of the stupidest fallouts from the whole Charlottesville thing.

Robert, keep your name and use it proudly. Don’t let the sensitive idiots rob you of your identity.

@canidmajor

Should he use an alias for one game?

It’s a no win, people in general won’t be happy no matter what they do here. If they let him call the game, you’ll see the screenshots all over the next day and they’ll be considered insensitive and out of touch for not seeing it coming. If they move him, you’ll see this story everywhere today and be considered heavy handed and overly sensitive.

The guy probably didn’t want to deal with all that either, so why not move to a much better game? The game he’s reassigned from, Virginia (2–10) vs William and Mary (4–5 in second division), is about as bad as it gets.

Youngstown State played for the second division national championship last year and has an actual chance against Pittsburgh (8–5, generally a bowl team).

There isn’t always some illuminati plot behind the scenes, some people just want to try and do the right thing. Sometimes even without making it about themselves.

he wasn’t fired, merely reassigned at his own request.

@josie IMHO we are changing way too many things that ought not to be changed. No, he should not change his name! He is who he is with an honorable Asian name. (which happens to be a name shared by non Asians of course) I had trouble believing that story too. We have lost our collective heads! rofl

He could just call himself “Bob.”

They should change the name on Robert E. Lee’s statue , to Robert Li… That’ll fix everything right?

That is ridiculous of you to suggest, and it was ridiculous for ESPN to do it.

@marinelife
I would never have suggested it if ESPN had not done it.

@kritiper I agree, Bob is the way to go. Or Bruce, or Max Power…

Someone is making a mountain out of a mole hill here. Robert Lee agreed with the decision. He was reassigned for ONE game, in the Charlottsville area.