A’s announcer went to the N***** League Museum???

[BigJay]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1654679569117372416

 

[BobbyFK]

Sounds like he meant negro

 

[samsncharge99]

And in a split second mis said word his joband career is over

 

[209life]

Glen about to get Grant Napear treatment. Fired & replaced by woman or minority male.

 

[biprob]

Best part is Dallas Braden pantomime jerking off once he heard that word.

 

[kidcudi92]

He went to the n museum and also had BBQ

Hm

 

[edawg]

He went to the n museum and also had BBQ

Hm

Brock Landers has got nothin on this guy.

 

[stormtrooper8]

Sounds on par for the A's organization

 

[jjgold]

I doubt he’s gonna lose his job

 

[KVB]

lol I just posted this in another thread.

WTF is dude thinking????

 

[BobbyFK]

And now he's out of a job

A's voice Kuiper fired after using racial slur on air

Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was fired by NBC Sports California after using a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

www.espn.com

 

[carolinakid]

Jay with the 6 letter word i thought you meant NONUTS, I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO SOON FOR THE IT LEAGUE

 

[jjgold]

Figured he was fired
Woke

 

[Tanko]

Surprised it took this long to pull the trigger.
Unfortunate error on his part.

 

[Brock Landers]

Didn't realize a word was a hanging offense

 

[Tanko]

I wonder how he tried to explain how it happened.
A lot of times its not the offense itself, its the subsequent actions by the individual.

I'm thinking Nixon.

 

[BigJay]

 

[209life]

Glen Kuiper....FIRED! I knew it was gonna happen.

Oakland A's broadcaster Glen Kuiper was fired Monday following his on-air utterance of a racial slur during a pregame show on May 5.
The A's denounced the slur as "unacceptable" on the day of the incident. NBC Sports California suspended him indefinitely a day later. On Monday, the network released a statement announcing that he has been fired:

“Following an internal review, the decision has been made for NBC Sports California to end its relationship with Glen Kuiper, effective immediately. We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Area baseball over the years.”

The incident occurred during a pregame show for an A's game at the Kansas City Royals. Kuiper and fellow broadcaster and former A's pitcher Dallas Braden were discussing a visit to the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City. Kuiper referenced their trip to the museum, but uttered a racial slur in place of the museum's name.

"We had a phenomenal day today: N***** League Museum and Arthur Bryant's Barbecue," Kuiper said.

Kuiper issued an apology during the sixth inning of the A's-Royals game.

"A little bit earlier in the show, I said something, didn't come out quite the way I wanted it to," Kuiper said. "I just wanted to apologize if it sounded different than I meant it to be said. As I said, I just wanted to apologize for that."

He followed through with an additional apology the next day after he was suspended.

“I could not be more sorry and horrified by what I said,” Kuiper said via a statement released by NBCSC. “I hope you will accept my sincerest apologies.”

Glen Kuiper was dismissed from his job as an Oakland A's broadcaster after his on-air use of a racial slur. (Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick addressed the incident in a tweet following Kuper's suspension.

“I welcomed Glen to the NLBM yesterday and know he was genuinely excited to be here,” Kendrick wrote. “The word is painful and has no place in our society. And while I don’t pretend to know Glen’s heart I do know that my heart is one of forgiveness. I hope all of you will find it in yourselves to do the same!”

Braden, who was sitting next to Kuiper during the broadcast, also released a statement addressing his lack of a reaction to Kuiper's on-air slur after receiving criticism for not addressing it in the moment.

"Several people have questioned my lack of response to an issue that took place on air …” Braden wrote. “I believe my silence has been misinterpreted.

“At the time of the incident, I was not aware that anything in the broadcast was amiss. The nuances of live television mean that sometimes we, as broadcasters, miss some of what you, our audience, see and hear. … I missed the live comment, and was not aware of it until the sixth inning when Glen Kuiper made an apology.”

Kuiper, 60, has worked on A's broadcasts since 2004, where he started as on-field correspondent. He took over as the primary TV play-by-play announcer in 2006 and maintained that position until his suspension and subsequent dismissal. He played two seasons of minor league baseball from 1985-86 as an infielder.

 

[Tanko]

So he apologized immediately. Great.
It sounds like it was just a mental error. Unfortunate, he was fired for it.

If we all got in trouble for mistakenly saying something offensive, we'd all be going to hell.
Guess I'll being seeing a few of you there.

 

[BigJay]