Posted on 10/16/2006 5:00:27 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
MIAMI -- Former Miami player Lamar Thomas lost his TV analyst job Monday over comments he made during a sideline-clearing brawl involving the Hurricanes and Florida International.
"We were disappointed in the incident that happened on the field and regret the way it was handled in the broadcast booth," Comcast Sports SouthEast general manager Mark Fuhrman said. "We do not support or condone the inappropriate comments made by color analyst Lamar Thomas and have taken the necessary steps to prevent a similar situation from ever occurring again."
CSS, a regional cable network that hired Thomas before the season, also decided to edit out his comments before the game is replayed later this week. The network, which is available in 5.5 million homes, will replay the game twice Wednesday.
Thomas made his comments as dozens of Miami and FIU players stormed the Orange Bowl field and fought during the third quarter of their teams' game Saturday night, an incident that led to the suspension of at least 31 players and forced officials from both schools to publicly apologize for the melee.
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Mark Furhman had problem with the comments? Well....isn't he getting all uppity all of a sudden!
The only solution was to set the example. His commentary was totally unacceptable.
What were his comments?
Wow, there's a name from the past!!
"What were his comments?"
Go to the link.
He was egging on the fight, said he wanted to join them.
"Now, that's what I'm talking about... You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don't come into the OB playing that stuff. You're across the ocean over there. You're across the city. You can't come over to our place talking noise like that. You'll get your butt beat. I was about to go down the elevator to get in that thing."
Careful what you say about Mark Furman, you never know what he might throw on your lawn???
He said he was about to go down and get into it. Same type of "I was gonna..." you hear on streetcorners.
O, and also this:
"I say, why don't they just meet outside in the tunnel after the ball game and get it on some more?"
Thanks. He deserved to get fired for that kind of irresponsible conduct.
""Now, that's what I'm talking about," Thomas said . "You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don't come into the OB playing that stuff. You're across the ocean over there. You're across the city. You can't come over to our place talking noise like that. You'll get your butt beat. I was about to go down the elevator to get in that thing." "I say, why don't they just meet outside in the tunnel after the ball game and get it on some more? You don't come into the OB, baby," Thomas said. "We've had a down couple years but you don't come in here talking smack. Not in our house."
I don't follow sports, but saw the fight over and over- they should be punished more -especially the guy smacking someone's head with his helmet.
Ghetto trash.
TOM-foolery.
That's a Racist name!
Furhman...German...The man's Obviously a racist.
I bet he says ****** alot.
/Chappelle show
And for whatever reason, those teams are primarily based in Florida. This incident is just another in a long series of disgraceful actions.
His comments were inappropriate.
That sums up Miami's football program over the last 20 years. Doesn't matter who the coach is. Donna Shalala must be proud.
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