ESPN has been found to have used fake names to submit Emmy nominations, and after they won, they had the plaques redone to put the winners real names on them. NARAS punishment to ESPN was to ban them from Emmy consideration for one year, even though the scheme had gone on for several years, apparently:
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ESPN used fake names to secure Emmys for ‘College GameDay’ stars
Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and Samantha Ponder were among those given the ill-gotten awards.