ESPN Used Fake Names to Secure Emmys for 'College GameDay'
The Disney-owned sports network acknowledged more than 30 Sports Emmys were improperly procured for on-air personalities
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The Disney-owned sports network acknowledged more than 30 Sports Emmys were improperly procured for on-air personalities
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has taken back at least three dozen Emmy Awards that were won by fake ESPN employees, then re-engraved and given to hosts who were ineligible for the awards, according to a report in The Athletic. NATAS has taken back 37 awards given for the “College GameDay” program, […]
Thirty-seven awards won by “College GameDay” and other ESPN programs have been returned.
ESPN used fake names in Sports Emmys entries and then took the awards and had them re-engraved and given to on-air personalities, in a scheme reported by The…
ESPN admitted to submitting fake names for Emmy Awards and then re-engraving real names on the trophies to give to on-air talent.