ESPN announcer fired for comments made to Jeannine Edwards

[NTamm1215]

So Franklin called Jeannine Edwards an as.shole and got canned? What would have happened if he called Matt Millen an as.shole, aside from getting many compliments from people in Detroit?

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

So Franklin called Jeannine Edwards an as.shole and got canned? What would have happened if he called Matt Millen an as.shole, aside from getting many compliments from people in Detroit?

No, he called her sweetcakes/sweet baby first and when she said she didn't appreciate that, he called her an ass hole. And this isn't his first offense.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

No, he called her sweetcakes/sweet baby first and when she said she didn't appreciate that, he called her an ass hole. And this isn't his first offense.

Right, I was just assuming the ass hole remark is what sealed his fate.

I just found his other "incident" on Wikipedia. I think the whole thing got blown out of proportion because someone else reported it and it leaked before ESPN could do anything. It obviously didn't make Jeannine Edwards particularly uncomfortable because she sat in the production meeting with him that began right after he called her an ass hole.

ESPN sucks


Will these two get fired? Isn't this far worse than what Franklin did?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXWi8I2KhiU

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

ESPN sucks


Will these two get fired? Isn't this far worse than what Franklin did?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXWi8I2KhiU

I heard about them doing that yesterday, that's f.ucking pathetic. Mangina ought to find Sphincter and sucker punch him the next time he's fishing for a scoop.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Right, I was just assuming the ass hole remark is what sealed his fate.

I just found his other "incident" on Wikipedia. I think the whole thing got blown out of proportion because someone else reported it and it leaked before ESPN could do anything. It obviously didn't make Jeannine Edwards particularly uncomfortable because she sat in the production meeting with him that began right after he called her an ass hole.

So because she didn't walk out on the job it was somehow less offensive and unprofessional? Like I said, he's used those sexist old fart names on the air before and he's a douche. I remember Fran Fraschilla used to run circles around him when they did college basketball games together.

As for Millen, people should call him an ass hole every day for the rest of his life, and then every other day after he dies.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

So because she didn't walk out on the job it was somehow less offensive and unprofessional? Like I said, he's used those sexist old fart names on the air before and he's a douche. I remember Fran Fraschilla used to run circles around him when they did college basketball games together.

As for Millen, people should call him an ass hole every day for the rest of his life, and then every other day after he dies.

She didn't even report the incident to an ESPN executive, a colleague did.

I have no care in the issue altogether but I see it as an overreaction and hyper-sensitivity.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

She didn't even report the incident to an ESPN executive, a colleague did.

I have no care in the issue altogether but I see it as an overreaction and hyper-sensitivity.

Either way he is a potential liability to ESPN.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

She didn't even report the incident to an ESPN executive, a colleague did.

I still don't understand why this makes it more OK. ESPN has a rich history of sexism, so maybe she didn't think anyone would do anything about it.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

She didn't even report the incident to an ESPN executive, a colleague did.

I have no care in the issue altogether but I see it as an overreaction and hyper-sensitivity.

If you were the proud owner of a lap dog, like Ateam, you'd appreciate how egregious an act it really was.

I wonder, however, if Jeanine's plastic surgeon gets away with calling her 'baby'.

[ateamstupid]

Congrats Nick, you now have the fat manic depressive sociopath on your side of the argument.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

She didn't even report the incident to an ESPN executive, a colleague did.

I have no care in the issue altogether but I see it as an overreaction and hyper-sensitivity.

and perhaps it was one more in a string of incidents that you don't know about?

[Princess Doreen]

Former ESPN play-by-play announcer Ron Franklin filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the all-sports network, USA Today reported Wednesday.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefoot...911/?GT1=39002