It seems he wasn't acting with malice or trying to insult the players.
thats the problem , he was broadcasting and didn't think .
He has a long line of accusations about racist overtones , he was speaking with someone who also has had the same accusations , they both said things that can be viewed as racially insulting on air .
With the new free speech republican moral majority public decency rubbish the stations cannot risk it .

If he wants to say insulting things then he should feel free to , if he wants to insult people .
But if he wants to say insulting things but not insult people then he runs into a bit of a problem .