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Shannon Sharpe says Drew Brees should probably retire after 'meaningless' apology

Shannon Sharpe says Drew Brees should probably retire after 'meaningless' apology

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SHANNON SHARPE: [INAUDIBLE] and what's made the black fight so hard is people like Drew Brees, Skip, because if you can't get a guy that grew up with blacks in the locker room from peewee to high school to college to the NFL to understand the black man's plight, who will? What about guys that's not around blacks on a daily basis, that have not been around blacks on a daily basis like Drew Brees?

Drew Brees said something, Skip, that I found-- I found insulting, to be quite honest with you. He said, "my grandfathers fought in World War II." Hmm. I did not know two men won World War II, Skip. They should be commended.

But did he know that black men fought alongside his grandfather in World War II, although in segregated military? Skip, they were fighting in a foreign land from a--