On the same day that Jemele Hill was suspended from ESPN for tweeting about politics, another network personality, Michael Wilbon, compared Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to a slave owner.
Mr. Wilbon, co-host of “Pardon the Interruption,” took issue with Mr. Jones’ stance that players who do not stand for the national anthem before football games will not play.
“And the word that comes to my mindu2015and I don’t care who doesn’t like me using itu2015is plantation,” Mr. Wilbon said on Monday’s show. “The players are here to serve me, and they will do what I want.