Jimmy The Greek Firing 1988 - Brent Musburger Commentary - THE NFL TODAY

[stsr23]

Jimmy "the Greek" didn't say anthing that wasn't true. I don't play the PC game. I say whatever I want if it needs to be said.

What would happen if a network called one of their black announcers........

Michael "the black" ??????

[A2G84]

Chris Rock said the exact same thing in his HBO stand up special that Jimmy the Greek got fired for (that blacks dominate sports because of how they were bred during slavery), and everyone thought it was hilarious. And true.

[RayQuattro]

Jimmy the Greek should have never been fired, period.

[mmcckkgg]

I thought I would miss CBS doing the NFC when FOX got them but there is not one color man on any network who does football like Troy Aikman. and Moose Johnston is a close second. and no, I am not a Cowboy fan. not even close.

[hermmmc]

If a person says something out of ignorance does it make it racist? I've no doubt that Jimmy the Greek actually believed what he said, as offensive as that may be to a lot of people. Wouldn't sitting the man down and giving him a history lesson, rather than taking his job away from him, served the man a lot better?

[SirReal1958]

If a history teacher made these comments in a classroom, that person would recognized as teaching students about the ACTUAL slavery days in 1800's America. But when a sports commentator mentions the same topic in a restaurant, his employer fires him. The USA "NEEDS" to get back to being a "tell it like it is" society and flush this Political Correctness down the toilet where it belongs.

[bd189]

why the hell was jimmy the greek even on the air? he'd always talk about the point spread and all this other gambling info when sports gambling is illegal everywhere accept nevada.

[Lava1964]

Dusty Baker can say, "White players can't take the heat!"--and MLB does nothing about that.

Typical double standard.

[metathus1488]

@Lava1964 Because the zionist controlled media will always ALWAYS make the whites look like evil racists and make the blacks look like innocent victims. As long as zionists control the media, whites will never be treated fairly when it comes to comments that are considered racist or not racist. Its all part of the zionists plans to completely destroy the white races identity and pride. All I can say are three words, Hitler was right!

[mmcckkgg]

@metathus1488 shut the f*ck up you anti-semite schbahg

[metathus1488]

@mmcckkgg Haha, I laugh at how weak minded you are.

[GemCan78]

@metathus1488 You are exactly right...when will Whites realize, that the Zionists are the greatest threat to the survival of the entire White Race.?

[spo36]

OVERREACTION CBS!!!

[slimemeister]

Jimmy was a street guy, the CBS suits did not like him, they offed him when they had an excuse.

[ImDavidGurney]

It's Al Campanis' birthday today.

[bluto312]

he was right

[theskeptic2010]

Jimmy the Greek was not racist and most black players of that time will confirm this. What happened was that this was an era of the beginnings of extreme "political correctness" and Jimmy the Greek was an unfortunate and very undeserving casualty of that, which unfortunately still exists today in the media. It was a bit more virulent and extreme back in the ultra liberal 70s and 80s and carried over even into sports and pro football announcing. IMO we need more colorful characters like Jimmy

[Joeyg50]

How can you guys defend what he said. A lie about black genetics. I swear anyone who says his firing was incorrect is a nationalist pos. Unreal the comment from 20carrocks.

[20carrocks]

@Joeyg50 Oh but the so-called reverends Jackson and Sharpton can make uneducated theories about random things involving blacks and whites and turn it into a race thing every chance they can get. Nobody ever calls these incidents lies, now do they? At least not to the point where black people get fired? NO! Because black people deserve "get away with racism passes for life" for just being poor little black people. GARBAGE.

[TheKratos2006]

Yeah and Osama Barrack Obama is running this shit right into the ground. Sorry black people we gave you a shot in the White House and you fucked it up

[Doubleshot98]

CBS is racist! You can't insult blacks like this now. WE GOT OBAMA ON YOUR ASSES!! NOW blacks is the BEST RACE... haha WE RUN THIS SHIT

[kentamitchell]

@Doubleshot98 Until noon January 20, 2013.

[Doubleshot98]

@kentamitchell what ever... Obama WILL win again and its not even close. He is best out there. If you people we pass his bills he would fix everything. If all republicans were gone he would have this country in better shape asap.. Kick conservatives out of the USA!!! Unions, tax the rich and govt help will save us

[20carrocks]

@Doubleshot98 And there we have it folks. Not only is Jimmy a racist....now the ENTIRE NETWORK is racist! Well let's make amends and fire all the network executives, burn the CBS building to the ground, and have their families executed. Oh and let's cancel the rest of the NFL season to boot. Will that be enough to make the over-sensitive black man all better now? Oh but it's never racist when black people say jacked up things about whites. DOUBLE STANDARD.

[20carrocks]

No way Jimmy was racist. Even more awkward was CBS making Musberger apologize for it.

[NefariousBanana]

Even Hunter S. Thompson knew that Musburger was a fag.

[RoyalTebowDoom]

@NefariousBanana RIP Hunter S., he and Ralph Wiley are the greatest journalists who ever lived!

[metathus]

He got fired for telling the truth. This is what happens, the jew run media was able to make the weak minded people of america think he was racist. The jews are the ones who own this country, since they have control of the media and banks, that all they need. And now look, the white race is more oppressed than anybody. Hitler knews this, and knew that jews were nothing but snake in the grass liars and need to be kept out of white countries.

[cubicleboy]

you see lies everyday on the news yet jimmy was let go for comments that are pretty much true.

[Gaia029]

LMAO ..AW MAN!!! Jimmy The Greek!!! Poor guy got caught drunk havin some drunk talk. He didn't deserve a career ended though. CBS got scared of the ole race card so they said "Sorry Jimmy, you gotta get" lol

[stansayer]

I wish they would have fired Mushburger instead of Jimmy the Greek.

[WilliamDRowlett]

Jimmy the Greek called it like he saw it. Nobody accused him of being a liar.

[ASUNDAR83]

what year was this now?

[mjn76]

There are few things more pathetic than guilty white liberals flagellating themselves over some offensive commentary.

[kimv020887]

@pkappel006 STOP whining please. People can dress whatever they want. Nuff said. REPLY BACK.

[Scottyl35]

@pkappel006 God made us different. Look around.

[darrylhaynes]

that little monkey...

[rubbersole79]

He wasn't racist. He was stating an historical fact. Anyone who knows anything of slavery practices would realize this.

[kimv020887]

@pkappel006 I don't know, pkappel006. But they don't do racist these days. REPLY BACK.

[pkappel006]

@kimv020887 I know that

[kimv020887]

@pkappel006 okay I understand you.

[TrevorKingKwong]

I doubt Jimmy the Greek was even racist.

[20carrocks]

The early days of this over-sensitive PC movement. But Al Sharpton and the black racists can say whatever the hell they want.

[UnseenCaller]

@20carrocks As long as that double standard is applied to the black race, they will never been seen as equals by the rest of us. Funny ain't it....

[Joeyg50]

@20carrocks How dare u say that was oversensative firing Jimmy the Greek. He spewed Psuedo Science about a group of americans. The same as Blood Libel about jews. I am really upset by people like u who claim black people are oversensative. Are u black? Did someone say u are dumb and a result of breeding the big black w/ the big woman? Dude u better educate yourself on racial sensativity.

[20carrocks]

@Joeyg50 ...oh and how many times do we see Sharpton and Jackson with their jacked up theories about society and nothing is ever done about it?

[miguelbovine10]

@20carrocks Jimmy the Greek was not a Racist,he was done wrong..dont blame blacks, blame CBS. How long will it take for people to realize the powers that be set all this shit in motion. They love it when blacks and whites fight it puts a firm grip of their dick in our ass

[Joeyg50]

@20carrocks Al Sharpton has a show on msnbc heis pretty mainstream lol ur an idiot inbred fool.

[dzanier]

Yeah that pretty much sums it up.

[atty1chgo]

@20carrocks shut the fuck up, asshole.

[quietriotfan1976]

What people forget is that Jimmy was good friends with Sammy Davis jr. Jimmy had said something that scouts and GM's (see Al Rosen, Dodgers GM) had been saying for years. Were the comments wrong, yes. Should he have been fired, maybe. Its sad that the comment became his legacy.

[tmat1973]

@quietriotfan1976 Sammy Davis Jr.????? That's not any type of info that would help the Greek. Sammy struck me as the type of guy who was racially insulted so much that he got used to it, and to me, that's a goddamned shame!

[MBeczkowski]

Yes he did...back in 1980.

[keguribap]

Jimmy The Greek punched out Musburger once...