The can of dudes vs. chicks.
Ron Franklin was set to work the booth in ESPN’s coverage of the 2011 Tostito’s Fiesta Bowl, when he found himself in politically incorrect hot water for referring to Jeannine Edwards as “sweet cakes” during a production meeting earlier in the day.
Edwards, an ESPN sideline reporter–you know, the women they put on the sidelines like Erin Andrews, who are far less likely to be yelled at and/or struck by a pissed off coach during those ridiculous going-into-the-locker-room interviews–was schedule to work the sideline, providing updates and offering the halftime and post-game interviews.
Edwards took offense to being referred to with the demeaning, female term, and voiced her concern. At that Franklin said, “OK then, a-hole.”
Hahahahahahaha. Isn’t that funny?
OK, it’s not. I’m sure it was just awkward for all who were present.
What I loved about it is that Edwards decided to go to the top, and tattletale to the management onsite. Do I think she had a legitimate complaint? Absolutely. But is this something that should have been hashed out by two adults? Absolutely. Then again, I suppose if Franklin acted like a 7 year old, turnabout was fair play. Franklin’s duties were pulled for the game.
Here’s the deal. If you’re a woman who works in the sporting world of men’s sports, you’re going to run into a long list of archaic-thinking, diarrhea of the mouth, gum flapping dudes, who are going to drop sexist comments. No amount of years is going to change this. Please, I beg, understand this.
Philosophical equality, while ideal, is just that…an ideal. It’ll never happen, so take the money and run, girls. Be adored by the viewing public, do your job to the best of your ability and if some old announcer-dude calls you sweet cakes, try a comeback along the lines of “so sweet I’ll give you diabetes…” That’s the stuff that puts you in the drivers seat.
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Miva
January 3rd, 2011 - 12:42:23 PM
Have you met Jeannine Edwards? Does her name sound familiar? Of course it dos she is a sports sideline reporter for ESPN and the same reporter that was in the middle of a mess involving ESPN announcer Ron Franklin when he called her sweetcakes and a-hole. Find out about that terrible incident that cost him his job plus check out Jeannine’s biography, photos and video below. Jeannine Edwards: ESPN Reporter (Video) http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=5678
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Uncontainable Spirit
January 5th, 2011 - 6:05:50 AM
This is what happens when feminism and political correctness are the new dominant religion. Here is her version of the story... The trouble started, she said, during a production meeting before Friday's Chick Fil-A Bowl that was also attended by ESPN announcers Rod Gilmore and Ed Cunningham. Edwards says she was talking with Gilmore about his wife being elected mayor of Alameda, California. After a few minutes, she said Franklin joined in the conversation and said, "Listen to me sweet baby, let me tell you something... " with a condescending tone. Edwards says she told Franklin not to address her like that. To which Franklin said, according to Edwards: "OK, then listen to me a-hole." Now let's assume that she's being 100% honest with this... (while we know that there are three sides to every story) Let's replace Ms. Edwards with a young man and Ron Franklin remains. Mind you... Franklin is 68 yrs old. Ms. Edwards is considerably younger. If the players were two men and the older man said to the younger man, "Listen to me young whippersnapper, let me tell you something..." and the younger man said that he didn't appreciate being talked to in that manner and the older man said "OK, then listen to me a-hole." Mind you they're BOTH men... how would the reaction be? The younger guy would probably say, "Screw you Mr AARP" or probably call him an asshole back... either way I sincerely doubt that they would be on the damn news about the situation. Also I can almost guarantee that no one is getting fired behind the situation. So we have a group of people who 'say' that they want to be treated equally... well this is the environment that we're in. It's a male dominated environment. Why is it that for two men to be in the situation they'd probably be pissed at each other and then talk shit to each other... or something like that... but when the other party is a woman the rules change? The ONLY reason that this individual was fired was that he said something 'Not Nice' to a woman. Had the same been said to a man it would be a non story. Are not we supposed to be equal? Why are we not seeing equal treatment?
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