samantha ponder was steve ponder. not only did she get a fake name, they also reassigned her gender. [laughter] someone get riley gains on the phone! or, as espn calls her, riley green. the report notes that there was no evidence the on-air talent was aware of this scam, and espn has returned the statues to the academy. we go to the espn talent now that there statues returned. [screaming and crying] greg: but the big question is, why the hell did they do this? a person involved in the espn submission process said, you have to remember that those personalities are so important and they have egos.
have you ever won an emmy? todd: i have not. greg: right. do you ever wish you had? todd: actually applied, and in local news you actually have to apply yourself and pay your own fee in order to win the enemy. that leads me to my conclusion, there s no way in hell that the on-air talent didn t know about the scheme, if for no other reason then people in this business talk, and it s a small business. if you see sportscaster x at another station win the award, you know, you ve done your research. you ve been monitoring the emmys. you know they won that award. when randomly a package shows up in the mail and says he won the award, you know it s not yours. second point, though, greg, you ran the names. one thing you didn t mention about those names, those are all adult film star names. [laughter] derek howard? kirk henry? chris fulton, lee clark, and steve ponder.
i know. here s my question. why didn t . think of that? this is so. here s how it went . et b according to rules set by the academy on air talent could win individual emmys, but not as part of the staff of a show. so to skirt this rule, espn skirs on emmyfake name submissions under the guise of a fake na associate producer. now, for those of you unaware y of what an associateou una does, [l laundry. au but if they won and they dd ,they really engraved the awards and then gave thethem to on air personalities n. actually didn t wi i know what s hilarious e is for the fake names espn made up, it s like they were barely trying were ba to hide it. so lee corso was lee clark kirk. herb street with kirk. henry desmond howardherb ss , dk howard, samantha ponder with steve ponder.