Just a funny story I saw... for 13 years ESPN executives submitted fake names of "associate producers" working on College GameDay in order to get extra Emmy trophies for their on-air talent who were not eligible for the awards. They then engraved new nameplates with the real names of the on-air talent and stuck them on the statues before giving it to them.
As first reported by the Athletic:
theathletic.com
For those who don't have it, report is summarized here:
"Stars such as Lee Corso (fake name: “Lee Clark”), Kirk Herbstreit (“Kirk Henry”), Chris Fowler (“Chris Fulton”), Desmond Howard (“Dirk Howard”), Tom Rinaldi (“Tim Richard”) and Samantha Ponder (“Steven Ponder”) were among those to receive the ill-gotten Emmys. The report additionally suggests Erin Andrews might have received an Emmy through the scheme (“Erik Andrews” was the name on the credit list), and highlights a photo of “SportsCenter” anchor Linda Cohn showing off Emmy statuettes that she would have been ineligible to receive."
37 Emmy trophies had to be returned once the scheme was uncovered.
As first reported by the Athletic:
ESPN used fake names to secure Emmys for 'College GameDay' stars
Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and Samantha Ponder were among those given the ill-gotten awards.
theathletic.com
For those who don't have it, report is summarized here:
"Stars such as Lee Corso (fake name: “Lee Clark”), Kirk Herbstreit (“Kirk Henry”), Chris Fowler (“Chris Fulton”), Desmond Howard (“Dirk Howard”), Tom Rinaldi (“Tim Richard”) and Samantha Ponder (“Steven Ponder”) were among those to receive the ill-gotten Emmys. The report additionally suggests Erin Andrews might have received an Emmy through the scheme (“Erik Andrews” was the name on the credit list), and highlights a photo of “SportsCenter” anchor Linda Cohn showing off Emmy statuettes that she would have been ineligible to receive."
37 Emmy trophies had to be returned once the scheme was uncovered.
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