ESPN was under fire over extreme measures it announced that it was making on Tuesday, August 22, as it relates to a part-time broadcaster the network had scheduled to call a University of Virginia game in less than two weeks.
Robert Lee will no longer be working UVA's September 2 season opener in Charlottesville, due to security concerns. Network executives cited the violence and divided climate that has bred from the tragic events of August 12 as the determining factors in the decision. Instead, his assignment has been switched so that Lee will be working the Youngstown State game at Pittsburgh on that same date. A statement delivered by the network calls it "a shame that this is even a topic of conversation.
Many have blasted ESPN from conservative television to social media.
