NFL Fans Calling For RG3 To Be Fired After Using Offensive Term During Monday Night Football
ESPN football analyst Robert Griffin III used a racist slur in his defense of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts on «Monday Night Countdown.»
Griffin, a former Heisman Trophy winner who played quarterback in seven NFL seasons, had a message for critics of Hurts, who has led the Eagles to a 12-1 record.
«People said that Jalen Hurts couldn't get it done, he could not break from the pocket, he's not the quarterback of the future,» Griffin said. «I think he proved all those jigaboos wrong.»
The derogatory term for Black people has been around for ages and Griffin's casual inclusion of it on the pregame show for «Monday Night Football» was a shocker.
After the video clip circulated on Twitter, Griffin tried to address the matter. He said he intended to say «bugaboos» rather than jiggaboos, but misspoke. He apologized for using the term, which is a disparaging name for black people.
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