In November 2006, on ESPN Radio's Dan Patrick Show, former Cowboy Michael Irvin made a scheduled appearance to talk football. When the discussion shifted to Romo, Irvin stated Romo's athletic ability must be due to African-American heritage and made references to Romo's maternal relatives being involved with "slave brothers." Irvin later apologized, stating that he was joking like players in a locker room
2006-12-03 04:36:35 · 7 answers · asked by joedog1028 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
he doesnt u said he was joking he must have been the only white kid.
2006-12-03 04:40:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah he was joking, chill out man. But then again they want to hold the white man down in the NFL now, they want to see afrikans like Mike Vick succeed.
2006-12-03 04:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by Marcus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see, this didn't even make the newspapers, if a white man said this, he'd be fired immediately and would never work again. This double standard will not go on forever, just wait and see.
2006-12-04 13:24:29 · answer #3 · answered by jim0007766 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what if a white guy had said something similair, he would have been canned. black people are just as racist a white people only blacks get away with it
2006-12-03 05:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by mitchell_8_5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Irvin is a racist, dope addict as*hole. But he's black so it's ok. Why?
2006-12-03 07:48:20 · answer #5 · answered by stan l 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was a joke
and of course black people want black QBs to succeed
2006-12-03 05:14:07 · answer #6 · answered by ImaGman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
too much coke
2006-12-03 05:05:05 · answer #7 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋