Jeannine edwards Franklin allegedly referred to Edwards as "sweetcakes" and then called her an expletive during a discussion prior to Friday's Chick-fil-A Bowl, Sports By Brooks reported Sunday morning.Once ESPN superiors found out about the incident, they attempted to remove Franklin from the Chick-fil-A Bowl telecast. However, they were unable to find a replacement in time, and he worked the game as scheduled.It is good to know that it isn’t just athletes that don’t seem to pay attention to what is going on in our society.
I don’t know if Ron Franklin thought he was Brett Favre, but considering the Jenn Sterger and Ines Sainz situations you have to watch what you say and do in the presence of female members of the media.Edwards and Franklin were part of a team that included broadcasters Ed Cunningham and Rod Gilmore. According to SportsByBrooks, Franklin, Cunningham and Gilmore were in the midst of a conversation about Gilmore’s wife recently being elected the mayor of Alameda, California.As the three men talked, Edwards attempted to join in. That’s when Franklin said, “Why don’t you leave this to the boys, sweetcakes.
Even so, there would still be consequences. Franklin and Edwards were scheduled to work together the next night on the Fiesta Bowl radio broadcast, but Franklin was pulled. Dave Lamont filled in for him.Franklin has been working in broadcasting since 1965, and joined ESPN in 1987. He recently signed a contract extension with the network.This has absolutely nothing to do with college basketball per se, but it involves two media personalities who regularly cover the game and it’s hilarious nevertheless. SportsByBrooks reported over the weekend that ESPN commentator Ron Franklin (he of the Big Twelve games, mostly) condescendingly called reporter Jeannine Edwards “sweetcakes” and “a-hole” during a production meeting prior to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Franklin was allowed to work that game but he was then pulled from the Fiesta Bowl radio broadcast on Saturday night.
