wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Jan 4, 2011 6:28pm
ESPN fires Ron Franklin after calling Jeanne Edwards "sweet baby" and an expletive, which of course was "bitch." This happened during a meeting before the Fiesta Bowl.
I'm gonna miss hearing his voice during college basketball games, kind of the voice of the Big 12.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/ESPN-pulls-announcer-for-calling-female-colleagu?urn=top-303299
I'm gonna miss hearing his voice during college basketball games, kind of the voice of the Big 12.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/ESPN-pulls-announcer-for-calling-female-colleagu?urn=top-303299
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Jan 4, 2011 6:35pm
Yeah I always liked Ron Franklin. Obviously he is a moron for using those words with people around him
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Jan 4, 2011 6:37pm
I just don't understand why ESPN keeps letting these women out of the kitchen....
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Jan 4, 2011 6:38pm
What he said was inappropriate and set ESPN up for a sexual harassment lawsuit, but....
they kept the one jewish announcer who said F Jesus and Ms. Hill who makes racially comments on a daily basis. Not so much for consistency....
they kept the one jewish announcer who said F Jesus and Ms. Hill who makes racially comments on a daily basis. Not so much for consistency....
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Jan 4, 2011 6:39pm
People sure are soft these days. Why didn't she just fire back or slap, then the both of them move on?
ytownfootball
Posts: 6,978
Jan 4, 2011 6:41pm
political correctness run amok...bullshit
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jan 4, 2011 6:45pm
I read it somewhere today and I can't freaking remember where but he called her an asshole, not a bitch.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Jan 4, 2011 6:47pm
Fab1b;624748 wrote:I read it somewhere today and I can't freaking remember where but he called her an asshole, not a bitch.
Ah, the article just says [expletive] so I figured it was bitch.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jan 4, 2011 6:51pm
I am trying to find the article I read from earlier but can't, I thought it was in Yahoo but now the same article is posted in Yahoo that just says [expletive]
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jan 4, 2011 6:53pm
WebFire;624741 wrote:People sure are soft these days. Why didn't she just fire back or slap, then the both of them move on?
Would you rather slap someone or sue them for a cool million
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Jan 4, 2011 6:55pm
ccrunner609;624750 wrote:well is she?
aren't they all?
ytownfootball
Posts: 6,978
Jan 4, 2011 7:06pm
vball10set;624764 wrote:aren't they all?
Out of ear shot...well yeah
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Jan 4, 2011 7:47pm
He was my favorite ESPN announcer.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Jan 4, 2011 7:48pm
gerb131;624831 wrote:He was my favorite ESPN announcer.
He was definitely up there as far as basketball goes. Kind of the voice of the Big 12.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Jan 4, 2011 7:54pm
he called her sweetcheeks to which she replied "don't call me that." he then replied back "ok, then you're an asshole."
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Jan 4, 2011 8:19pm
I'm curios as to the context of these statements. From what Karen is describing, it sounds like was not acting like some 40 year old man oggling over a busty high school cheerleader by calling her "sweet-cheeks", it sounds as if he was saying in a condescending manner based on some action/comment that she had taken. When he called her an asshole, he just repeated it again a harsher manner. He could have very easily made the same comment to any colleague-- male, female, young or old. I am curious as to what she said or did to elicit his comments. Maybe she actually is an asshole and deserved what she got.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Jan 4, 2011 8:23pm
They were in a production meeting for a bowl game and he and a couple of the TV guys were discussing the game. She offered her opinion on something and he said something like "why don't you leave this to the men, sweet cheeks" Sports By Brooks had story about it the day it happened but I didn't think anything would come of it other than Franklin being pulled from the Fiesta Bowl broadcast.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jan 4, 2011 8:27pm
Thought it was "Sweet Baby" not "Sweet Cheeks"?
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Jan 4, 2011 8:32pm
Fab1b;624879 wrote:Thought it was "Sweet Baby" not "Sweet Cheeks"?
Actually we are both wrong.
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/franklin-to-female-espner-sweetcakes-a-hole-29388
As Gilmore, Cunningham and Franklin discussed the subject, Edwards tried to join the conversation.
When she did, Franklin said to her, “Why don’t you leave this to the boys, sweetcakes.”
Edwards responded to Franklin by saying, “don’t call me sweetcakes, I don’t like being talked to like that.”
Franklin then said, “okay then, a–hole.”
After the meeting Edwards reported Franklin’s comments to ESPN management.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jan 4, 2011 8:35pm
Cake is good!
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Jan 4, 2011 10:46pm
WebFire;624741 wrote:People sure are soft these days. Why didn't she just fire back or slap, then the both of them move on?
To what I understand, this wasn't his first offense when it came to stuff like this.
(someone else may have mentioned that, but I'm too lazy to read the thread)
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Jan 5, 2011 12:23am
Is there any ESPN personality that isn't a complete frat boy asshole?