You’ll be shocked to hear this, but Colin Cowherd made some controversial comments about a group of people. I mean, right, he never does that. Generalizing and stereotyping? Come on, not Colin!
Cowherd’s latest comments came on Thursday during The Herd. He appears to insult the intelligence of Dominicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SEDp-FZtBc
“It’s too complex? I’ve never bought into that ‘baseball is too complex.’ Really? A third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has not been known in my lifetime as having world class academic abilities. A lot of those kids come from rough backgrounds and have not had opportunities academically that other kids from other countries have. Baseball is like any sport. It’s mostly instincts. A sportswriter who covers baseball could go up to Tony La Russa and make an argument and Tony would listen and it would seem reasonable. There’s not a single NFL writer in the country who could diagram a play for Bill Belichick. You know, we get caught up in this whole ‘thinking-man’s game.’ Is it in the same family? Most people could do it. It’s not being a concert pianist. It’s in the same family.”
Unsurprisingly, Dominican ball players are taking issue. Cue Jose Bautista of Toronto Blue Jays.
https://twitter.com/JoeyBats19/status/624352136822820864
Nothing will come from this. ESPN will probably apologize on Friday and everyone at the Worldwide Leader will forget this happened in a few days. After all, Cowherd is already out the door. He’s someone else’s problem now.
