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ESPN Responds To Shocking Report About Fraudulent Emmy Submissions For College GameDay Talent: “Members Of Our Team Were Wrong”

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ESPN acknowledged it was “clearly wrong in submitting certain names going back to 2007” in light of a shocking report that reveals how the network skirted Emmy rules to help on-air talent rack up trophies.

Much of the report involved the stars of College GameDay, who picked up multiple Sports Emmys for Outstanding Weekly Studio Show between 2008 and 2018.

Up until 2023, talent could not be included in a credit list for Outstanding Weekly Show; hosts, analysts and reporters on could win individual awards, but they couldn’t earn an Emmy if the show triumphed.

According to a report in The Athletic, ESPN got around the rule by creating fake names for the credit list it submitted for College GameDay.

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