Another one bites the dust.

[Bart]

Announcer pays penalty for using the "G" word in a broadcast. He then grovels before the powers that be.


[url]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/10/31/es pn.commentator.ap/index.html[/url]


DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A college football announcer for ESPNU has been taken off the air for his questionable use of the word "gay" in Saturday's telecast of the Northern Illinois-Iowa game.


Brian Kinchen, a color commentator, will not work his regularly scheduled game this weekend, Josh Krulewitz, ESPN's vice president of public relations told The Des Moines Register


During the game Saturday, Kinchen was explaining the need for receivers to make catches with their hands because they are "tender" and can "caress" the ball. He then paused and said, "that's kind of gay, but hey ..."


Krulewitz said the decision was made after network officials conducted an internal review and determined Kinchen's remarks were inappropriate


During the game Saturday, Kinchen was explaining the need for receivers to make catches with their hands because they are "tender" and can "caress" the ball. He then paused and said, "that's kind of gay, but hey ..."


Kinchen's future as a commentator with ESPNU, the cable network's college football channel, is still under review, Krulewitz said.


Kinchen, a former tight end who played in the NFL from 1988-00, apologized for his remarks.


"They were completely inappropriate and not at all a reflection of who I am or the way I perform my work," Kinchen said in a statement issued by ESPN. "I have learned from my mistake and look forward to continuing my broadcasting career."

 

[jaxvid]

He's gay for apologizing. Ten year old kids use the word "gay" now in the same manner as him. We are living in an Orwellian world where reality does not exist to the powers that be just some kind of "safe and diverse" world that moves further and further from reality every day. Someday it will move too far.

 

[Don Wassall]

Wow, I don't mean to divert this thread but Brian Kinchen's brother Todd was a notable Caste System victim, someone I'd completely forgotten about.In fact I think this is the first time he's been mentioned on Caste Football by anyone.


Todd played for LSU and was one of the highest drafted white wide receivers of the past 15 years, being taken by the Rams in the 3rd round in 1992.


But despite being taken so high he travelled a very familiar road, playing for 4 different NFL teams in seven seasons before his career ended in '98. As I recall he was fast and of course had great hands but was always a backup. Here areTodd Kinchen'scareer stats:


http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/KincTo00.htm

 

[xc1427]

What would happen if a commentator used the word gay with its original meaning?(which by the way is happy) This would put the networks (the biased pieces of venereal diseases that they are) in one hell of a quandary.


Speaking of that word's 2006 meaning, it has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality. The word gay (used by high school and college kids) nowis defined asstrange or weird.Which by the way is the original meaning of the word (dare I say it) queer.


The problem most Americans have is that they are too damned sensitive over the wrong things (which are MOST things) and vice versa.


Imagine if the commentator would have used the word blackrdly....

 

[xc1427]

Alright, I was not sure of how the word ni@@ardly would be seen by other posters. So, I figured I would give everyone the heads-up on what I was trying to say.

 

[Don Wassall]

Meanwhile, a white Cincinnati broadcaster is fired for the crime of daring to suggest that a black athlete is racist. Could theagendaof anti-white persecution in these "morality plays" that have been going on for decadesnow be any more obvious, even to the most brainwashed, idealisticwhite? I'm afraid I know what the answer is.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2646828


Longtime Cincinnati sports radio commentator Andy Furman was fired Wednesday, nearly a month after calling Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh a "racist" during station WLW's weeknight sports talk show, according to a report Wednesday in the Cincinnati Enquirer.


Furman made the comments on Oct. 6, one day after Houshmandzadeh failed to make a scheduled, paid appearance on the show.


Clear Channel, the company that owns WLW, made the decision to dismiss Furman, according to his attorney.


During the show on Oct. 6, Furman accused Houshmandzadeh of calling him a "punk-a-- white boy," according to the newspaper.


Houshmandzadeh denied making that remark.


"I told him, 'Andy Furman, you can f--- yourself.' That's the bottom line. And he twisted it into all whatever he wants to," Houshmandzadeh said. "What he did was wrong ... This time he took it too far."


Furman, along with other WLW personalities, has a history of making controversial and inflammatory comments on the air. The station has led the Cincinnati-area ratings for more than six years, according to the paper.

 

[Bunnyman]

So a white man accuses a black man of making racist comments and whitey gets fired? What a double standard! This is why I no longer feel any loyalty to the racist U.S. My loyalty is to my race - just like every other race puts their own first.

 

[LabMan]

Most obvious Don,It will get much worse!

 

[JD074]

This is why I no longer feel any loyalty to the racist U.S. My loyalty is to my race - just like every other race puts their own first.

I'm with you. America is just a land mass. My patriotism is gone. Race is what matters now.

 

[Poacher]

This is why I no longer feel any loyalty to the racist U.S. My loyalty is to my race - just like every other race puts their own first.

I'm with you. America is just a land mass. My patriotism is gone. Race is what matters now.

Sad but true. Our government has declared war on the America our grandparents thought they were saving in WWII.

 

[Deus Vult]

Brian Kinchen was an All-America TE at LSU. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the late 80's and made a couple different team rosters, including the Browns'.

Poor guy. He was just making the kind of comment normal people make in the company of other normal people.

 

[Deacon]

It's ironic because I constanly hear broadcasters say the term 'vanilla' when describing a boring defense or play calling. Mark Schlereth of ESPN is a lover of that word to describe in his words a 'boring defense' but for some reason that is not offensive.

Is no one else bothered by the fact that vanilla, meaning white, equals BORING?!!

 

[KG2422]

It's ironic because I constanly hear broadcasters say the term 'vanilla' when describing a boring defense or play calling. Mark Schlereth of ESPN is a lover of that word to describe in his words a 'boring defense' but for some reason that is not offensive.

Is no one else bothered by the fact that vanilla, meaning white, equals BORING?!!

I thought it was a reference to the ice cream flavor.

 

[Deacon]

It's ironic because I constanly hear broadcasters say the term 'vanilla' when describing a boring defense or play calling. Mark Schlereth of ESPN is a lover of that word to describe in his words a 'boring defense' but for some reason that is not offensive.

Is no one else bothered by the fact that vanilla, meaning white, equals BORING?!!

I thought it was a reference to the ice cream flavor.

What color is vanilla ice cream? White.

 

[Don Wassall]

Wow, I don't mean to divert this thread but Brian Kinchen's brother Todd was a notable Caste System victim, someone I'd completely forgotten about.In fact I think this is the first time he's been mentioned on Caste Football by anyone.


Todd played for LSU and was one of the highest drafted white wide receivers of the past 15 years, being taken by the Rams in the 3rd round in 1992.


But despite being taken so high he travelled a very familiar road, playing for 4 different NFL teams in seven seasons before his career ended in '98. As I recall he was fast and of course had great hands but was always a backup. Here areTodd Kinchen'scareer stats:


http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/KincTo00.htm

Found a couple short highlight videos of Todd Kinchen from his days at LSU and the NFL, mostly with the Rams. Watch them and marvel at how he was allowed to accumulate just 95 career receptions in the NFL with four teams over seven seasons even though he was drafted in the third round, which was a near miracle in itself in those days. These things come and go on YouTube, especially with players from the past so I figured I'd post them for those interested in a now forgotten White receiver from the NFL's darkest era, the early to late 1990s.

Another tidbit I found concerning Kinchen: He came close to hitting the sweet spot when he complained about why he was released by the Rams, but not close enough:

SPORTS
Kinchen Cut to Clear Spot for Henley : Rams: Receiver admits he has had injury problems, but says release was due in part to his spiritual beliefs.
September 7, 1994 | T.J. SIMERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wide receiver Todd Kinchen, suggesting that his Christian philosophy might have damaged his standing with the Rams, was released Tuesday to make room for cornerback Darryl Henley, who has been indicted for cocaine possession and distribution. To avoid paying an additional week's salary, the Rams had to cut Kinchen, who was due to earn $375,000 this season, by 1 p.m. Tuesday, although Henley had yet to sign a contract.