Twitchy reported in 2013 on Riley Cooper, a WR for the Philadelphia Eagles who got in a little trouble after a video surfaced of him using the N-word at a concert.
Fast forward to 2015 and new questions on how Cooper, with these allegations of racism in his past, ended up as the featured player for February — Black History Month — in this year’s Eagles’ calendar:
Riley Cooper featured on Black History Month of Eagles calendar was an "honest mistake" http://t.co/Lvk47dQ8Zz pic.twitter.com/7YFkG5OGGz
— BleedingGreenNation (@BleedingGreen) February 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/geeksandcleats/status/565964976536694784
Oops.
The Eagles have since apologized but insist it’s not their fault:
#Eagles release statement on snafu of having Riley Copper as poster boy for February on the team calendar. February is Black History Month
— Ed Kracz (@kracze) February 12, 2015
#Eagles on calendar: "We do not oversee the production of the annual team calendar. We do not provide any input …
— Ed Kracz (@kracze) February 12, 2015
#Eagles (cont): … about the players who are featured or where those pictures appear in the calendar. The NFL licenses …
— Ed Kracz (@kracze) February 12, 2015
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#Eagles (cont): … the production of that calendar to a third party and we do not have an opportunity to review the material.”
— Ed Kracz (@kracze) February 12, 2015
Back in 2013, there was some debate if Cooper had really done anything wrong in the first place:
Magic Johnson cuts Riley Cooper some slack; Touré cuts Johnson's tweet http://t.co/6LlxbUO5TR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 3, 2013
Predictions: Tweeters are quickly checking every other NFL calendar for a similar offense. Stay tuned…
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