On Tuesday, news broke that ESPN had taken play-by-play commentator Robert Lee off the Virginia - William & Mary broadcast, and moved him over to the Pittsburgh - Youngstown State game instead. It raised quite a hubbub on Twitter, on how ESPN is taking a non-story and making a big deal of it, and how “liberal” “political correctness” has officially jumped the shark.
I agree that this is a non-story, but I disagree that we should be throwing ESPN to the wolves here.
A USA Today article late Tuesday night reported that, according to an ESPN executive, “ESPN asked Lee if he would be more comfortable calling another game but gave him the option to stay.