Posted on 10/04/2011 5:01:11 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist
The Hank Williams Jr. song that has opened Monday Night Football for 20 years was not part of the opening of this week's Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game after Williams made controversial comments about President Barack Obama.
Williams compared Obama to Adolf Hitler on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" show Monday morning.
ESPN, in a statement, said: "While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."
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Yeah, I remember that. Too bad it wasn’t shouted down at the time. Cosell did not mean anything by that statement other
than the fact that he was fast.
Yep.. it is indeed a double standard. Bill Maher can say the most vile things about conservatives and he`s lauded. It makes me sick.
Probably some anti-American liberal POS like Tony Bennett.
I figured Lady Gaga. So far, 64 posts and nobody can tell me who opened in the place of Hank! LOL
Of course, the Colts stink this year and I didn’t stay up to watch them.
Next years roster (salary cap limited)
Peyton Manning
Andrew Luck
Robert Mathis
Dwight Freeney
49 CYO players
Very soon, the Clots, uh Colts, will have to go quarterback shopping. Manning is aging. Been there a long time now.
Maybe that is why they intend to tank out.
Yep, the double standard is nauseating. Had an ESPN employee said that a any Dem politician his/her ass would've been canned within the hour.
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