Football pundit Ron Atkinson resigns from ITV Sport after making a racist comment. Well I didnt know he did and thats because it was off-air but some middle-easten countrys heard it as they where contining a live feed.
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Football pundit Ron Atkinson has resigned from ITV after making a racist comment about Marcel Desailly.
ITV said Atkinson was "devastated and very sorry" after a comment made in the wake of Chelsea's Champions League game against Monaco on Tuesday.
The channel said his comment was "off-air", but it is thought it was heard on some Middle East channels which were still broadcasting the live feed.
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What was the comment, I mean saying a 'racsit comment' doesnt answer that and leaves us wondering how bad what he said was. After all it may have just been un-pc instead of rascit or something.
I think he should have been punished but since it was in his own time (it was off-air as far as the filming was concerned but the middle-east didnt cut off until much later) i dont think he should lose hes job