A shocking report from the Athletic reveals that for decades, ESPN pulled a trick play on the Emmy Awards so that the network could dole out individual trophies to its stars who were not eligible to receive them at the time.The scandal relates to an old rule forbidding on-air hosts from receiving in.
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, […]