Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair used an anti-Asian remark to describe COVID-19 at an event in May, according to Bally Sports' Michael Silver.
At the Houston Texans Foundation Charity Golf Classic at River Oaks Country Club over the summer, McNair used a microphone to speak to over 100 guests.
“I’m sorry that we couldn’t get together last year, because of the China Virus,” McNair said, several anonymous witnesses told Bally Sports.
The remark was in reference to the tournament's cancellation the previous year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Referring to the COVID-19 pandemic as the "China virus" was popularized by former U.