HOUSTON (SPORTSRADIO610.com) – Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin talked to Mike Meltser and Seth Payne on Mad Radio on SportsRadio 610 Friday. During their conversation the questions, that were originally brought up by Bleacher Report’s Mike Freeman, about Russell Wilson not being ‘black enough’ came up.

Irvin took the time to get into the situation, claiming that the thoughts of other players thinking Wilson and other African-American quarterbacks might not be “black enough” is more because of the work ethic for their position than anything else.

“People have fought for the opportunity to play the position of quarterback. They have fought to try to get their opportunity to be respected as a quarterback and to get an opportunity to lead a team,” Irvin said of African-American quarterbacks. “You expect these guys to be a certain way and to hang out with you and do things with you. They can’t do that. Russell Wilson, [Robert Griffin III], Cam [Newton], all of those, they can’t go into to [strip clubs] and all of that stuff with you. They can’t do it. They can’t go make it rain when you want to make it rain.

“You don’t even ask Peyton Manning or Tom Brady because you don’t expect them to hang with you,” Irvin continued. “When it is an African-American then you expect him to hang and be with you. Which I think is crazy.”

Irvin, who was known as a party guy while in the NFL, said he wouldn’t want his quarterback to be in those situations.

“I don’t want my quarterback, black, white purple green, yellow orange whatever, hanging out with your guys, hanging out like that. I’m going to have doubts about his ability. If (Wilson’s) doing the right thing, they’ll pick up things like he’s not black enough. “It’s childish. It’s ignorance. And it’s crazy. That’s the bottom line. It’s childish, ignorance and it’s crazy.”

Irvin talks with Meltser and Payne every Friday at 11:30am CT on SportsRadio 610.

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