Curt Schilling fired by ESPN after latest controversial foray into social media
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling has been fired by ESPN from his role as baseball analyst after his latest controversial forray into social media, the company announced on Wednesday.
The move comes after Schilling's latest controversial forray into the worl of social media. Earlier this week, Schilling shared a Facebook post in response to the North Carolina law that bars transgender people from using bathrooms that do not correspond to their gender of birth.
Here is a screencap of the post which has been deleted, via Outsports. Schilling included the following comment:
"A man is a man no matter what they call themselves. I don't care what they are, who they sleep with, men's room was designed for the penis, women's not so much. Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic."
In announcing the termination, ESPN called Schilling's conduct "unacceptable" in a 2-sentence statement.
"ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment with ESPN has been terminated."
Schilling had previously been suspended by ESPN for posting a meme on Twitter that read "It's said only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How'd that go?"
At the time, Schilling accepted his suspension, tweeting "100% my fault," and calling it a bad choice.
We will have more on this shortly.