The Washington Commanders have fired an worker after he was proven making derogatory feedback about gamers and followers in undercover video posted on social media.
A group spokesperson mentioned on Thursday that vice chairman of content material Rael Enteen is now not with the group. Enteen was initially suspended after he mentioned on video posted by O’Keefe Media Group that some gamers have been “dumb as hell” and homophobic, and known as followers “excessive school-educated alcoholics” and “mouth breathers.”
The group mentioned on Wednesday after the put up got here to gentle that “the language used within the video runs counter to our values on the Commanders group.”
James O’Keefe, who based the corporate final 12 months, instructed the Related Press on Wednesday the movies have been taken throughout two dates in June in Washington. O’Keefe mentioned Enteen and the girl who filmed the interactions met on a relationship app.
Enteen mentioned on the video that “over 50% of our roster is white spiritual, and God says, ‘Fuck the gays.’ Their interpretation. I don’t purchase any of that. One other huge chunk is low-income African Individuals that comes from a neighborhood that’s inherently very homophobic.”
He added: “The remaining, let’s say even say it’s 49%, will not be essentially homophobic however that doesn’t imply they need to go on file with a video saying ‘come out to a pleasure parade’”
Enteen was additionally filmed criticizing NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones. He known as Goodell “a $50m puppet” and the league’s social justice efforts performative.
Enteen, who had been with the group since 2020, additionally mentioned within the video that he believes Jones “hates homosexual individuals and Black individuals.”
Within the video, Enteen says that “I don’t suppose the commissioner of the NFL hates homosexual individuals, hates Black individuals. Jerry Jones, who actually runs the NFL, I feel he hates homosexual individuals, Black individuals.”
The Cowboys didn’t reply to a request for remark.
