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As we have written here before, there is a gag order on God in the sports media. In the ending of Saturday night's Notre Dame vs. Clemson game proved this point once again. As soon as victorious Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney mentioned God in his post-game on the field interview, ESPN ordered the Code Red:
So...that was weird. pic.twitter.com/YBh3XMDTNT
— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) October 4, 2015
So now we know that Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend is perfectly acceptable television for ESPN, but a coach thanking God and his father is not suitable for all audiences.
No doubt ESPN will claim this is an accident, yet they mysteriously never cut away from Caitlyn Jenner or Michael Sam. Go figure.
UPDATE: As predicted, ESPN's Sr. Director of PR later issued a statement via Twitter:
As a result of an error in TV transmission, we inadvertently missed 12 seconds of Dabo Swinney's postgame interview. We apologize.
— Keri Potts (@MsPotts_ESPN) October 4, 2015
Full Dabo interview was shown on WatchESPN at 11:56pmET and will be shown in full during upcoming halftime of Oregon / Colorado game on ESPN
— Keri Potts (@MsPotts_ESPN) October 4, 2015
