Former Patriots running back Craig James, who lost his job commentating on college football for FOX Sports after just one week, now says he was the victim of religious discrimination, and he has hired a lawyer to do something about it. Read more after the jump.
James was fired from his commentating position at FOX Sports after video was released of his anti-gay comments. James now says the comments were him expressing his religious beliefs.
“I was shocked that my personal religious beliefs were not only the reason for Fox Sports firing me but I was completely floored when I read stories quoting Fox Sports representatives essentially saying that people of faith are banned from working at FOX Sports,” James told Breitbart.com. “That is not right and surely someone made a terrible mistake.”
But FOX did not say people of faith are banned from working at FOX Sports. What FOX said was that James’s anti-gay comments would not be tolerated by FOX’s human resources department. FOX also says James is a polarizing figure, and that his initial hiring was not properly vetted.
I hope he sues the shit out of them. He didn’t say anything wrong. He gave his opinion based on his belief.