Michael Irvin Says Tony Romo's Athleticism Is Due to Black Ancestry

Are you kidding? Here we have a colored man who is making racial jokes, who would be in jail if it weren't for his money buying the court system and expensive lawyers and on the other hand "Kramer" is being heckled by two colored men in a crowd where you're not encouraged or allowed to do so in the setting it was in and he's being called out for it?

We gotta get back to being equal, there's no racial equality in the fact it's ok for a colored man to do it, and a white person gets ridiculed for it, NAACP and Jesse Jackson calling for apologies, etc.

Gimme a break, let's not make a big deal of either one and just try to get along and understand that in today's world or "pressures" there's going to be mistakes by everyone, WE'RE HUMANS!

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I am a fan of Michael Irvin and believe that he was probably kidding, but he has to learn when to shut up. Don't let you brash, "in your face," I'm a competent announcer persona overwhelm you. Moreover, don't let it change who He has intended you become. Just show that you belong... Remember Zacharias Michael. He is a great athlete and is becoming a heck of an announcer, but we must not fall victim to pride nor the irresistible "you are bigger than the..." demons.

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I'm sorry man, but if a white guy said anything like that, he'd have his back side fired in a heart beat. The right to freedom of speech is non-existent for whites these days but everyone else can say whatever pleases them. What gives here?
Irvin is SO obnoxious as an analyst I can barely tolerate him. ESPN has dropped the ball hiring him AND KORNHEISER on MNF. What was once a grand institution doesn't even measure up to what SNF once was. Now the scene IS SNF, MNF something to be endured.
whew....feel better now that is off my chest.

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If a white man had said this, the NAACP would be calling for his immediate dismissal from his network.

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I'm tired of this crap too,this is equality? Not in my book!

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I bet you ESPN won't fire this guy, any wagers? I will take all bets!!!

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I am from Dallas and Irving has always and still sticks his foot in his mouth at every turn, and the sooner ESPN releases him the better their show will be. Until then I won't watch it.

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You are correct sir and I agree with you we are all HUMAN.However there is one thing that's troubling to me. Yourself seems to be a bit "RACIALLY INSENSITIVE" by refering to Michael Irving as a "COLORED MAN"...Whats up with that???

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Jimmy The Greek was lambasted and fired when he suggested that black atheletes were superior for their breeding and now this! If he is on T.V. anywhere next week then there is no justice. We truly live in a double standard world, makes me want to puke.

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I think Irvin was just kidding around, I think in some crazy way he meant what he said as a compliment to Romo. Steve Lyons did get fired during the baseball playoffs for just joking around. Michael Richards I thought was a nasty rant and he was trying to do shock comedy. Worse than people saying stupid things is the media picking up on it and running with it over and over again.

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What time warp did this guy come out of. Lets educate him a little. He seems to be on the right track. I thought that most of the people who used the word COLORED to describe the skin color of a American African died along with the slinky ,the hula hoop and the yoyo. The last time that I looked there was a white coloring pencil in the crayon box, along with the black,and brown ones. That being said I agree with the comment that he made. Some comments however true they may be should be kept within certain circles and not made public,especially when you are a public figure who has been given a platform represent someones interest other than your own.

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Give me a break. Society has become so "joke" conscience it is utterly ridiculous. Irvin was clearly joking with his comment. To compare what he said to what "Kramer" said is waaaaay over the top. The type of "racial" (and I use that term very lightly in this instance) joking Irvin stated has been done by practically every stand-up act I've ever seen. Only now, in this time, has it become a huge issue. If Romo or his great-great-great-great-great grandmas isn't complaining about it, neither should you.

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Howard Cosell, Jimmy the Greek, and Rush all got canned for racial comments, the Greek for strikingly similiar comments. It just goes to show how inequitable todays press is and the fact that a racial slur is tolerated as long as it comes from a "discriminated" person. If a "whitey" makes a comment, the press goes nuts.

Mike needs to appologize for his comments

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Colored? Are you seriously calling Michael Irvin "colored"? That sort of takes away from the validity of your statement. Obviously what Michael said was a joke, but it still crossed the line. However, saying a white guy must have black blood to be such a great athlete is nothing compared to openly calling a black guy a notorious racial epithet. Stereotypes can be dangerous, but Irvin’s was in jest while Michael Richard’s was serious and derogatory. Arguing that white people have lost there freedom of speech because they cannot openly deride other races is ludicrous.
After all is said and done, I agree that Irvin is a horrible commentator and usually makes no sense.

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If that was a WHITE man saying this . BUDWIESER would make a commerical about it.Lets call the ACLU and Jessie Jackson and start to protest. What people forget is Irvin was a doper and it must of burned his mind. People like this make me sick.

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I can't believe he made those comments. I will never watch ESPN again while Michael Irving is still on. I'm telling everyone to not watch while he's still there!!!

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Typical. You can't have your cake and eat it too! If a white man said something like: the reason white quarterbacks are sucessful and can remember all the plays is because they are smarter and have a history of higher education as a race... he might find himself fired... followed by some black organiztion calling him a racist& then asking for a boycot of some sort. Like a "we won't watch CBS because it stands for "colored brothers suck" ( which it doesn't) but see how it can totally get out of hand? Come on... level the playing field. The one-sided race card gets old after a while.

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First of all what Michael Irving said and what Michael Richards said shouldn't even be brought up in the same sentence. "Kramer" was totally off his rocker. Even though Michael has no clue about the mans heritage his statements are not off base and plus, never did he once use or call Tony any racial slur. What Michael said has history to it...maybe not Tony Romo's but someones ie. Thomas Jefferson for one example.


We as a country need to let all this racism go and realize above all else we are humans. And lastly he is not a colored man as you put it, but a black man. The only people I know who use the word colored are racist.

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Black, White, whatever. It's history brother, it's American HISTORY.

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THis is discrimation. If someone would talk like that about sports figures, they would be hacked.(Jimmy the Greek. Talk about dumb. Is he showing his ancestory?

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