Is This Wrong?

I'm not certain if it is offensive -- it kinda sounded offensive AND a way to compliment a player.

Coach Cochell, the Head Coach of the University of Oklahoma Baseball team, resigned after he praised Joe Dunigan III of his committment to the baseball program, "There is no nigger in him."

Naturally, the coach resigned and also has to undergo the heart surgery to relieve his coronary artery that was 70 to 80 percent blocked.

What do you think of this? Is it offensive or what?

R-