A video of Riley Cooper, the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver who is expected to replace the injured Jeremy Maclin, involved in an altercation at a Kenny Chesney concert this summer has hit the Internet. In the video you can hear Cooper say that he “will jump that fence and fight every [n-word] here, bro.”
According to reports, Cooper also previously got into an altercation in the parking lot before the concert. Not a whole lot of great PR going on with this story.
Here is one thing we do know, Riley is an idiot and this word should have never come out of his mouth.
Update: Cooper responds, via Twitter
I am so ashamed and disgusted with myself. I want to apologize. I have been offensive. I have apologized to my coach, Jeffrey Lurie, and
— Riley Cooper (@RileyCooper_14) July 31, 2013
Howie roseman and to my teammates. I owe an apology to the fans and to this community. I am so ashamed, but there are no excuses. What I did
— Riley Cooper (@RileyCooper_14) July 31, 2013
Was wrong and I will accept the consequences.
— Riley Cooper (@RileyCooper_14) July 31, 2013