Are you kidding? I bet guys are called worse every damn day at ESPN during production meetings, but they don't cry about it. Shit, most of us get called worse at work ... did the person calling you this get fired? No. I hope there was something else to this whole story, because this one incident alone is bullshit to get fired over.
Really? Ron Frankling Got Canned by ESPN For This?
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EaglesPhan36SBR Aristocracy
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Willie BeeSBR Posting Legend
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#37EP, that's my guess. If this was the only reason he was fired, pretty lame. But it's most likely the same as the Juan Williams/NPR incident last fall.Comment -
30K MillionaireSBR MVP
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#38If Jeanine Edwards wants to make it, she should follow in Erin Andrews' footsteps and release a peephole video
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Austin103SBR MVP
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#39Terrible.Comment -
PauulzcappinSBR Posting Legend
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#40female reporters annoy me. very few know sports enough to actually work on this area.Comment -
ProfaneRealitySBR Hall of Famer
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#41Can't stand female announcers or commentators... they just cheapen the experience... i cant take them seriously.. I cant listen to a woman tell me how tough playing football isComment -
PowderguySBR Hall of Famer
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#42ahhahahahaahha oh man, wish I would hear thisComment -
eidolonSBR Hall of Famer
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#43careful. Life is not as simple it used to be when it was an all man workplace
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biffSBR MVP
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#44why was i just looking at tom bradys ass when he was walking away? better question, why did snl just force me to watch his ass? and would it be gay of me if i said i dont know why woman find him so good looking? i think he is ugly and has chicken legs...Comment -
tony_comeSBR Posting Legend
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#45More women will watch espn nowComment -
OmgUrMomRestricted User
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#46he sounds like a cocky douche, probably deserved to be firedComment -
ebbearsfb1SBR Posting Legend
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#47Wow tried reading this thread when I was sitting at work had to get up an excuse my self from laughing so hard... the profit funny as hellComment -
Reno PaulSBR MVP
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#48He can probably get a gig next door at Fox Sports......Well he's 68 and probably doesn't have to work anyway.....He'll have more time to work on his golf game.Comment -
ebbearsfb1SBR Posting Legend
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#49i heard espn had been playing to get rid of him neway... I'm sure other guys do it in meets but its a closer door thing then.... can't for an erin andrews sex tape...Comment -
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#50That's unbelievable. He shouldn't have called her an a-hole, but c'mon ESPN. You don't fire a good announcer that everyone likes because of something minor that was said off camera. There's a creep at my company that told a girl he goes home and beats off to her. He got disciplined and lost his bonus, but they didn't even fire him for that.Comment -
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#51I do not think that was minor
ESPN did the right thingComment -
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#52Love how ESPN gets rid of Franklin for this, but Craig James tries to use his status at ESPN to cry to TEXAS TECH to get his son more playing time, and they still plaster his useless face all over the air..Comment -
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FishheadSBR Aristocracy
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#54BY THE WAY, FRANKLIN was retiring in 3 months anyhow............BIG DEALComment -
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#55The only way more people will watch sports is if ESPN women anchors and reporters wear bikinis. This is all men want to see. No one pays attention to the womens reporting in men sports.Comment -
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#56Why didnt Kornheiser or Jacobsen get fired? Maybe it Franklin was Jewish he would still have his job.Comment -
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#57yes i also will miss ron franklin calling big 12 basketball games or any games for that matter.
tell Ron I am in his corner & think he got a raw deal by firing him. also tell him last year in norman, ok at the ou-missouri men's basketball game a friend came down to the court to get an autograph for me as I am handicap & could not go down there. he was a most gracious man to my friend & Ron waved to me up in the stands where my friend pointed me out. will MISS you very much Ron. I am female 73 yrs old & Ron can call me anything he likes without retribution. Love you Ron.Comment -
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#58so there still was no reason for firing himComment -
katstaleSBR MVP
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#59yes i also will miss ron franklin calling big 12 basketball games or any games for that matter.
tell Ron I am in his corner & think he got a raw deal by firing him. also tell him last year in norman, ok at the ou-missouri men's basketball game a friend came down to the court to get an autograph for me as I am handicap & could not go down there. he was a most gracious man to my friend & Ron waved to me up in the stands where my friend pointed me out. will MISS you very much Ron. I am female 73 yrs old & Ron can call me anything he likes without retribution. Love you Ron.Comment -
strSBR Posting Legend
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#60People and especially older guys have been getting in trouble for saying things that once were tolerated but no longer are for years.
Happens all the time.Comment -
EaglesPhan36SBR Aristocracy
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#61Yes! Frivilous firing + Frivilous lawsuit.
Former ESPN announcer Ron Franklin has sued the network over his firing for reportedly berating a female colleague.
The wrongful termination lawsuit filed Monday in state district court in Franklin's hometown of Austin, Texas, claims ESPN had no grounds for dismissing him. The suit says Franklin exchanged "contentious words" with a colleague who repeatedly interrupted a private conversation before the pair worked at the Chick-fil-A Bowl without incident.
Sideline reporter Jeannine Edwards has said Franklin called her "sweet baby" in a condescending tone. Franklin apologized, was pulled off the Fiesta Bowl and later fired.
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#62i don't mind women in sports ,just the ones with that voice that drives you nuts. i thought you had to have a voice that people like to listen too was the ones that got the jobs, not cuz, you are a women only.Comment -
thisisitSBR Wise Guy
- 08-01-10
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#64They can't stand to listen to them, but they sure do like to look at them, that is why Franklin is goneComment
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