Nearly a month after he questioned the “blackness” of Washington Washington Football Team quarterback Robert Griffin III on ESPN airwaves, Rob Parker is out of a job.
The network announced Tuesday that the commentator’s time with ESPN is over.
“Rob Parker’s contract expired at year’s end. Evaluating our needs and his work, including his recent RG3 comments, we decided not to renew his deal,” an ESPN spokesperson said in a statement.
ESPN announced on Dec. 20 that Parker had been suspended 30 days for his comments about Griffin. At the time of the suspension, ESPN said in a statement that it took “appropriate disciplinary measures” with “personnel responsible” for the airing of the comments.
During a Dec. 13 episode of “First Take,” Parker — who is black — discussed elements of Griffin’s personal life and asked, “Is he a brother or a cornball brother?”
It was a dumb thing to say, even by “First Take” standards. And now Parker is out of a job because of it.
