ESPN used fake names for Emmy Awards

[Inky_Wretch]

Seems they wanted Kirk and Corso and other GameDay personalities to get awards won by the production staff. So they inserted fake names into the nominations list like "Kirk Henry" so they'd get an extra one to give to the on-camera folks who weren't eligible in those categories.

ESPN used fake names to secure Emmys for 'College GameDay' stars

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

This is hilariously stupid.

 

[DanOregon]

They got rid of Shelly Smith? WTH?

And frankly - the on-air staff should be eligible for awards given to a "show." But aren't the emmys one of those deals where you have to buy the trophy? The one you "get" at the awards presentation is more or less a prop.

 

[dixiehack]

Not so fast my friend!

 

[Songbird]

 

[garrow]

Ivanna Vin-Avard

 

[PCLoadLetter]

They got rid of Shelly Smith? WTH?

And frankly - the on-air staff should be eligible for awards given to a "show."

No. They were eligible for their own Emmy. They were not eligible for an additional production Emmy.

But aren't the emmys one of those deals where you have to buy the trophy? The one you "get" at the awards presentation is more or less a prop.

No.

 

[DanOregon]

Guess I confused them with the local emmys.

Upper Midwest Emmys® | Award Store

 

[goalmouth]

You get an Emmy! And you get an Emmy! And you get an Emmy!

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Guess I confused them with the local emmys.

Upper Midwest Emmys® | Award Store

Those are duplicates.

 

[playthrough]

Re-engraved trophies! I had one of these stories once, I've shared it before here:

I was at one of my first gigs in Podunkville when the publisher tipped me off to a story about some old ladies who had got re-plated trophies in their bowling league. The owner of the Podunk Lanes was a former pro bowler and to save some shekels he re-plated stuff, so Agnes got her trophy but when the plate fell off it was the owner's from finishing second in the 1977 Pensacola Open or some such. Just lame. The owner talked to me, not confrontational but was surprised it was a big deal, though Agnes and others were upset so it was perfect small-town news and of course the publisher put it on the front page.

And ESPN re-plated effing Emmys. Unreal.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Re-engraved trophies! I had one of these stories once, I've shared it before here:

I was at one of my first gigs in Podunkville when the publisher tipped me off to a story about some old ladies who had got re-plated trophies in their bowling league. The owner of the Podunk Lanes was a former pro bowler and to save some shekels he re-plated stuff, so Agnes got her trophy but when the plate fell off it was the owner's from finishing second in the 1977 Pensacola Open or some such. Just lame. The owner talked to me, not confrontational but was surprised it was a big deal, though Agnes and others were upset so it was perfect small-town news and of course the publisher put it on the front page.

And ESPN re-plated effing Emmys. Unreal.

Christ, I'd rather have a re-plated PBA trophy than something that came from page 77 of the Trophy World Inc. catalog. "Wait, you got this trophy for losing to Marshall Holman? Was he as big a **** as he seemed?"

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Crossthread! Lee Fitting, one of the ESPN executives named, was just announced as Kevin Dunn’s replacement at WWE.

 

[MileHigh]

Pretty wild story. Been a long week in Bristol.

 

[Songbird]

Christ, I'd rather have a re-plated PBA trophy than something that came from page 77 of the Trophy World Inc. catalog. "Wait, you got this trophy for losing to Marshall Holman? Was he as big a **** as he seemed?"

I'd rather have a pair of Guppy Troup's pants.

 

[Small Town Guy]

The phrase "ill-gotten Emmys" will haunt me.

 

[DanOregon]

Crossthread! Lee Fitting, one of the ESPN executives named, was just announced as Kevin Dunn’s replacement at WWE.

Can't wait for the weekly heart-tugging features on a wrestler's Make A Wish kid.

 

[Neutral Corner]

ESPN returns 37 Emmys, disciplines employees after a decades-long scheme is unearthed

 

[goalmouth]

Look for ESPN to win an Emmy for the investigation of the fake ESPN Emmies.

 

[Typist Clerk]

Or just go on eBay:

Emmy Trophy 39CM Real Life Large Size Trophy Engraving. | eBay