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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Doesn't this guy also have a history of beating women?
Preview of UFC 55.
I don't know.
I wouldn't say it if I'm not 100% sure.
Now that would be interesting....
Somehow I'm not surprised...
Other than the occasional crazy every program gets have Florida and Fla State been like the Hurricanes in the past?
Heh......I do remember that about Nebraska............
Certainly Miami is in a league of their own. And to the best of my recollection, Florida has avoided legal problems. However, FSU has a lot of issues just within the last five years or so. Just off the top of my head - AJ Nicholson, Adrian McPherson, Derrick Gibson, Sebastian Janikowski, Laveranues Coles and Peter Warrick. And I'm sure I've forgotten some names.
Thanks for jarring the memory.
Were you at the game Saturday night?
I was. Great atmosphere, even though the result wasn't what I was hoping to see...
"Furhman was upset Lamar failed to use the N word often enough during the brawl."
Are you sure it wasn't because he threw the boxing gloves away after the brawl?
Also read that Joepa and the offensive players said that was the best defense they had faced this year.
Yep, that place was rocking right up until the last series.
Also read that Joepa and the offensive players said that was the best defense they had faced this year.
It certainly looked that way to me. Their D-line is outstanding.
When do you guys play Wisconsin this year?
Totally agree. Say what you will about sports commentators (and I have), that's a new level of unprofessional.
11/4, at Wisconsin. We should be favored in every other game the rest of the season, so if we can pull that one off we could still run the table and finish 9-3 (with all three losses to Top 5 teams). That would be a pretty successful year...
That will be tough going in there. That is a highly underrated team IMO. Should be a great game.
Also consider that Rush got fired for saying something far less inflammatory than attempting to egg on a bench clearing brawl.
Yep...the following is NOT a rant at you GOP.
Speaking of unprofessional, I'd like to take issue with the Big Ten idiots that gave exclusive rights to ESPNU for the Buckeyes game this week.
99% of the people who would tune into that game don't have ESPNU and won't get it just for that game.
Way to go idiots.
I agree. Before the season I had this team at 8-4, with losses to ND, OSU, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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