Maxwell apologizes for ref remark

[BAMAPHIN 22]

Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air Wednesday night for saying that a female referee should "go back to the kitchen" after he disagreed with one of her calls.

Maxwell made the comment during the Celtics' 77-72 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday. He subsequently said "Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?" in reference to referee Violet Palmer.

"If I said anything that might have been insensitive or sexist in any way, then I apologize because she worked extremely hard to get where she is now, end of quote," Maxwell said before the Celtics' game against the New York Knicks on WEEI-AM, which is owned by Entercom Communications.

"This really has been a fire storm," he added later.

Maxwell's co-announcer, Sean Grande, followed the apology by saying their show would not change.

"We are not changing the way we do our jobs because of the tendency of media outlets to present people's comments in a way that serves their story," Grande said.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/nba/02/28/bc.bkn.celtics.maxwella.ap/index.html

 

[Alex44]

IMO he should be fired. If he said about an African American player 'He needs to go back to the ghetto' there would be zero tolerance for it. Or about someone gay 'Get off the court and go clothes shopping' or some crap like that. So why should we tolerate this?

 

[UCFinfan86]

He shouldn't get fired, who cares, people take stuff to seriously. America is way to sensitive

 

[Enforcerfin33]

He shouldn't get fired, who cares, people take stuff to seriously. America is way to sensitive

Thats not the point Alex is making. Your right people do take things way too seriously. But if your going to have a zero tolerence policy, then you cant make exceptions.

 

[NJFINSFAN1]

He didn't even apologize!

He said IF I said something that offended, and IF people are upset.

Its like when I called my brother stupid when I was young, and my parents yelled at me and said to say I was sorry. Then I would say I'm sorry he is stupid!

 

[Vertical Limit]

Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air Wednesday night for saying that a female referee should "go back to the kitchen" after he disagreed with one of her calls.

Maxwell made the comment during the Celtics' 77-72 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday. He subsequently said "Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?" in reference to referee Violet Palmer.

He should be fired for eating bacon. That's just gross. :shakeno:

 

[Mike13]

Why should he be fired for speaking his mind? It wasa messed up thing to say, but whatever happened to freedom of speech?

 

[finfansince72]

Why should he be fired for speaking his mind? It wasa messed up thing to say, but whatever happened to freedom of speech?

Theres really no such thing as freedom of speech when youre at work, especially if what you say is broadcast over the airwaves.

 

[King Felix]

^^^yep, you gotta be professional, and he was far from it...he should be fired.