Det/Oak Gm 2

[GarthB]

Steve, apparently you didn't read the last lines of my post...the only ones that were serious.

When broadcasting on the public airwaves, unlike joking around with the guy at the bar, you don't know your audience and the smart broadcasters understand this. Lyons did not. From insulting a Jewish ball player for observing the holidays to his remark about/to Pinella, who is partially of hispanic heritage, he was oafish and, as Fox decided, being inappropriate.

This has nothing to do with people not being willing to take a joke at their expense (many are not) and everything to do with not alienating the audience Fox is attempting to reach. This was a business decision, pure and simple.

As I tell coaches, "fair" has nothing to do with the rules. They are what they are and intelligent people understand that going in.