Allen Pinkett Fired For Saying Notre Dame Needed More Criminals on the Team
Unless you are Skip Bayless or Phil Mushnick, you have to be very careful how you express yourself. Even if it isn’t your intent to offend, one wrong quote can cost you your job.
Former Notre Dame running and now former Notre Dame announcer Allen Pinkett has found that out the hard way.
I knew exactly what he meant when he said the Fighting Irish needed more criminals on the team, but the way he said has led to his demise.
Breaking: As a result of his controversial remarks, Allen Pinkett will not be part of this weekend’s Notre Dame radio broadcast.
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) August 30, 2012
IMG Notre Dame Radio Network spokesman Andrew Giangola on pulling Pinkett from broadcast: “The event deserves to be free of distraction.”
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) August 30, 2012
Always think before you speak or Tweet for that matter.
