ESPN boss reveals the real reason network didn't show national anthem at Sugar Bowl after New Orleans attack
ESPN boss reveals the real reason network didn't show national anthem at Sugar Bowl after New Orleans attack
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ESPN chief Burke Magnus has admitted the network made 'an enormous mistake' not showing the national anthem before the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. But Magnus blamed 'human error' after neither 'The Star-Spangled Banner' nor the moment of silence were shown on the main broadcast following the deadly terror attack, which killed 14 people and injured a further 35.
College football fans were left furious, with one branding ESPN 'disgusting' and former anchor Sage Steele accusing the network of deliberately skipping the anthem before Notre Dame faced Georgia at Caesars Superdome. But Magnus, ESPN's president of content, insists the network feels 'terrible' about the incident and 'should be held to account' over it.
'There are a group of people in Bristol who just made an enormous mistake,' he told The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show. 'It was a human error, it happens. I don't want to minimize it by any stretch but nothing was normal about that next day - including our programming lineup.'.
Fans blasted ESPN for not showing the national anthem or moment's silence at the Sugar Bowl. ESPN's president of content Burke Magnus. He added: 'I could give you a whole host of reasons why it was not the normal circumstance but at the end of the day that was just a horrible error that was made by a group of really well-intentioned people who feel terrible about it.'.
