Jeff Van Gundy Blasts The Masters’ History of Discrimination on Live TV

In a recent NBA broadcast, Jeff Van Gundy ripped The Masters for its discrimination of African Americans and women.

If you’re looking for a family that has no filter and will have no problem speaking their minds in front of cameras or with mics in their faces, look no further than the Van Gundys.

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Stan Van Gundy is the head coach of the Detroit Pistons and a guy who has no issue telling the media exactly how it is — that’s kind of what got him into trouble in Orlando Magic with Dwight Howard. Jeff Van Gundy, a former NBA head coach, is now a broadcaster for ESPN and a recent comment caught the attention of those watching at home and his fellow broadcasters could do nothing but shake their heads and laugh.

During the broadcast of Dallas vs. Phoenix, Mike Breen wanted to tie in The Masters coverage along with sparking a little conversation on Van Gundy’s end — not knowing where it would end up.

What’s great about this is the fact that Jeff Van Gundy called out The Masters’ discriminatory history and then decided to talk about the great hole-in-one by Jack Nicklaus in the Par-3 Contest. Colleagues Marc Jackson and Breen could do nothing but laugh it off as they knew Van Gundy would be hearing about it from the network in no time.

But he got his point out there and moved on. At the same time, he moved on to discussing memories so how strongly does he really feel about this issue?

To be fair about this, Van Gundy has a very legitimate point. African Americans weren’t allowed to be part of the Augusta National club until the 1990s and the first female wasn’t invited until 2012.

A long history of discrimination all in one joke by Jeff Van Gundy.

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