Posted on 08/22/2020 10:03:40 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
NBC Sports removed Mike Milbury from his NHL assignment Friday following backlash against commentary he made during a game Thursday night.
The NHL issued a statement Friday condemning Milbury for the commentary.
“The National Hockey League condemns the insensitive and insulting comment that Mike Milbury made during last night’s broadcast, and we have communicated our feelings to NBC. The comment did not reflect the NHL’s values and commitment to making our game more inclusive and welcoming to all.”
Milbury made the comment amid a discussion with play-by-play man Brian Boucher about the bubble environment NHL players are playing and living in during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“If you think about it, it’s a terrific environment with regard to — if you enjoy playing and enjoy being with your teammates for long periods of time, it’s a perfect place,” Boucher said.
“It’s the perfect place,” Milbury responded. “Not even any women here to disrupt your concentration.”
NBC Sports issued a statement on Milbury’s commentary.
“We’re disappointed about Mike’s insensitive comment and have addressed it with him,” the statement reads.
The network later announced that Milbury wouldn’t work his assignment to cover Friday’s game between the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers.
“Mike Milbury is not working tonight,” an NBC Sports statement reads. “We will announce our commentary teams for this weekend’s games tomorrow evening.”
Milbury issued an apology prior to being removed from the broadcast.
This is not Milbury’s first brush with controversy.
The 68-year-old who played 12 seasons in the NHL courted controversy by repeatedly using the word “pansification” during broadcasts in 2009.
Milbury played his entire career in Boston and later worked in the front office and as head coach of the Bruins.
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"“It’s the perfect place. Not even any women here to disrupt your concentration.”"
If he were on the street, kicking people in the head and burning buildings, he would be celebrated instead.
The BBC is agonising over ‘decolonising’ the Last Night’s traditional bill.
UK Times - 22 Aug 2020
The BBC is discussing whether to axe Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory from the Last Night of the Proms in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The traditional anthems are hugely popular with the flag-waving prommers who ordinarily cram into the Royal Albert Hall, but organisers fear a backlash because of their perceived association with colonialism and slavery.
Dalia Stasevska, 35, from Finland, who is conducting the Last Night, is among those said to be keen to modernise the evening’s repertoire and reduce the patriotic elements...
Wikipedia: BBC Proms, more formally known as the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.
If Mike Milbury can be fired for making that statement, we are so SCREWED here in the USA that life is not worth living.
NBC is a pussyfied, assholic, rotten crotched organisation!
I don’t watch them at anytime and will continue. What a joke off a network!
totally true
“If you think about it, it’s a terrific environment with regard to — if you enjoy playing and enjoy being with your teammates for long periods of time, it’s a perfect place,” Boucher said. “It’s the perfect place,” Milbury responded. “Not even any women here to disrupt your concentration.”
Calm the **** down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMcbdBYuGTE
I went to a bunch of hockey games in the last year, and their are a lot more women going that when I would go 20 years ago. Although, I did end up sitting next to a supermodel once when someone gave me tickets to a Rangers game.
It’s kind of funny.
WHO are these peope so affraid of? The normal American doesn’t really give a Shiite.
He didn’t say anything wrong. This is why Trump will win.
Damn. The best I ever did was end up sitting beside Dennis Rodman in a Vegas bar! (True, but /s)
I guess the SJW eggheads at PMSNBC "Spurts" and the NHsmelL know more about being distracted by women than Milbury, who "played his entire career in Boston and later worked in the front office and as head coach of the Bruins".
It's almost like Milbury knew what he was talking about...
Are they kidding?
I just thought the guy was an arrogant pos. Crappy hockey player and even crappier general manager. But I don’t think he should be fired.
This is sick. This is beyond sick.
If it was a (c)rap song and he said “bitches” instead of “women”, it would be just fine.
If it was a (c)rap song and he said “bitches” instead of “women”, it would be just fine.
Was his comment too heterosexual?
these people are trying to create a world that doesnt exist...and will not ever exist...between the races...the sexes...its LA LA LAND.
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