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Samantha Ponder is calm about firing so far from ESPN.
Pondder was vocal about transgender athletes in women’s game on social media in 2023, stating that ESPN officials were warned.
Ponder told SEZ Steel Later on podcast He shared the “story” of Paula Scannnel about swimming against Lia Thomas, but then, both of the “top, top, top” owners arrived for both former ESPN employees.
“I really didn’t think it was going to receive too much response, but did it,” said Ponder. “They were uncomfortable with me talking about trans women in the issue of women’s games with me and they were not allowing me to mislead people.”
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Samantha Ponder recently broke her silence about being removed from ESPN. (David Buchan/Variety/Penns through Media Getty Image)
Ponder then said that he found a “detailed email”, stating that “whatever I had ever tweeted or a favorite, he was told that he felt that I was aggressive and warned me.”
“I knew that I was on the clock, if you would,” said Ponder.
Pondder had kept quiet until the last summer, even the option not to make a video about the relay ganes when an ESPN initiative was to record a video about an inspirational woman for his female employees.
That is, until the Emman game attracted his attention.
Pondder shared quotes about “being enough” in his Olympic rival Angela Carini’s ring. The game was previously prohibited from competition in another boxing tournament due to failure in gender eligibility testing.
“Is enough what we all should say !! This woman is proud of,” Ponder Posted at that time,
“And next week, a lesson was found that said,” Can you jump on a call with this person and this person like an hour. ” And one of the owners is what I never heard, and I was so, “This is,” said Ponder.
Team Algeria’s Imne Khel celebrated the victory against the team Hungary’s Anna Luka Hamori, which after the 66 kg quarter -final round match in eight days of the Olympic Games eight days of the Olympic Games at North Paris Arena in Paris, France on August 03, 2024. (Richard Paleham/Getty Image)
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Ponder said that he believes other factors led him to final firing, including possible cheap options, while Ponder said she wanted to balance a job with her family.
“But its time was almost certainly,” Ponder, who revealed that the top ESPN actually agreed with him on the issue, said.
Ponder said that let go of “was one of the best things that happened to me.”
“I was on that hamster wheel, and I was not going to jump on my own. I needed to kick. As much as I think I feel that the reason behind it is legal crazy, I think I think there is no bitterness or clear sadness. I was a great career. I was 20 years old.
Ponder questioned why he was stopped from discussing the issue.
Samantha Ponder of ESPN prepared to go on stage at the ESPNW summit held at the resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, California on 2 October 2018. (Meg Olipant/Getty Images)
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“You are not allowed to speak about any other issue [other than sports]But I thought it was the game, “Ponder continued.” We are talking about female college athletes, Olympic athletes, and it is wrong to brighten a spotlight on it and give another voice, another opinion. I was not against debate or healthy discussion. I did not want anyone to tell me now, ‘No, no, no, you cannot talk about that.’ I was not really giving my opinion about it, as much as I was saying, ‘Listen to these girls, they are in the locker room. When we are giving prizes for the month of woman’s history, then why is her opinion not worthy of a platform? ‘I could not understand this, I still don’t understand it. ,
ESPN refused to comment.
Ponder is married to former NFL Quarterback, Christian Ponder.
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