I read this in someones weekly online recap of the weekend.

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This Play-by-Play Call ... Not So Good
People always seem to be talking about Gus Johnson's call and expect today to be no different. When Chris Johnson rushed for a 52-yard touchdown in Tennessee's 30-13 win over Jacksonville, Gus Johnson used a pretty questionable analogy.

"First down and ten. Johnson ... gets his shoulders square! Watch out! He's got gettin' away from the cops speed. Touchdown. "

Now, what does CBS do here? ESPN suspended one of their announcers for making a taco joke about a guy who isn't even Mexican. Let's not wait for Whitlock to chime in on this one (unless he has already) to say that people might look at the situation differently because both Chris and Gus Johnson are black. Had, say, Ian Eagle – or another second-level CBS announcer – used that analogy to describe Johnson's swiftness, he may not have been in the booth for the rest of the second half. Is this just what we've come to expect from Gus Johnson? Is he allowed to say whatever he wants as long as it's excitable? Or was this nothing more than just a playful line and we've become so concerned now with political correctness that we make a big deal about everything? Nah, this one is pretty bad.

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Personally I think that we have entered an age where people are too uptight. I think the guy who wrote this article and actually wrote down the question of "is it only OK because he's black" is the one who is more at fault for spreading some hate. The announcer was just making a funny call in a bit of a lopsided game, the columnist makes it seem like he thinks only black people run from the cops. Personally, I'm white, and I sure as hell have run from the cops, and I know exactly what he means by "getting away from the cops speed" and I think insinuating that he only got away with saying it because he's black is the bigger problem. Race shouldn't matter in any way shape or form. Now I admit, had a white announcer said it, the way the system works in today's day and age, this would be all over the news and he'd be in tons of trouble, and as it stands the guy isn't and it's only slightly controversial, but it shouldn't be a big deal either way. Anyone else have any thoughts?

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I think the taco comment was more inappropriate because it was obviously racial. This one could go either way because like you said lots of people have run away from cops. Hell, I once ran from the cops carrying a half full keg through the woods.

And I bet you were running faster than Chris Johnson was even with the keg haha. "Running from the cops speed" is a comment most people would get, whether they've run from the cops themselves or not.

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