Vikings announcer Paul Allen will be stepping away from the mic for a few days after characterizing anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis as “paid protesters.”
Allen opened his show on Monday by apologizing for the comment and announcing that he would be “taking a few days off” amid the backlash.
The controversy began on Friday when Allen and his co-host, former Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway, discussed the internet-fueled myth of trees exploding due to extreme cold. Allen then asked, “In conditions like this, do paid protesters get hazard pay?”
Allen worked in another paid protester reference a few minutes later during a discussion about NFL coaching vacancies.
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“Everybody’s catching strays this week,” Allen said. “[Brian] Flores, Kevin Stefanski from Baker [Mayfield], Charlie ‘Biyatch’ caught one out of
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