ESPN to drop bowl with fake sponsor?

[Beau Vine 54013]

One of the NCAA requirements for "certifying" a bowl is that it has to have a sponsor:

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An alleged scammer duped ESPN into naming his nonexistent film production company the title sponsor for the New Mexico Bowl.

The Albuquerque Journal reported that ESPN severed ties with DreamHouse and its CEO Eric Martinez Friday, less than a month after beginning a partnership. The decision comes after reports from the Albuquerque Journal and Enchantment Sports revealed that DreamHouse wasn’t registered as an official business with the city.

A press release from ESPN states DreamHouse has a 25,000-square-foot post-production studio, which was where ESPN officials and Martinez said the sponsorship was announced. Reports say the location was mostly vacant, except for a café and a construction business.

Enchantment Sports contacted people who know Martinez and were given stories alleging he is a notorious liar and self-promoter.

“[Martinez has] gone from claiming he’s an Olympic boxer to a music manager, to the number one Latino actor in the country, to owning a magazine, to being a producer, to a director, to a filmmaker,” actor Steven Michael Quezada told Enchantment Sports.

ESPN’s agreement with DreamHouse was supposed to be for four years. Following the partnership announcement, New Mexico Bowl Director Jeff Siembieda expressed his excitement over the agreement.

“I think you know what the film industry is doing for our state,” Siembieda said. “It’s a hub for our economy, and DreamHouse is a big part of that. This partnership is right.”

 

[El Squared 1793]

I wish college football would drop EsecSPN as it’s a fake network masquerading as an unbiased sports communications company.

[Zavala 1384]

2 minutes ago, El Squared said:

I wish college football would drop EsecSPN as it’s a fake network masquerading as an unbiased sports communications company.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

And now, here's DreamHouse CEO Eric Martinez presenting your 2019 New Mexico Bowl champions with the Ron McKelvey Cup...

[Gucci_Suit 2611]

Like Belk is a real thing. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

24 minutes ago, Gucci_Suit said:

Like Belk is a real thing. 

I made Mr and Mrs @RDCanecutter show me one when I was in Bama. It was an unmemorable fragment of an otherwise groovy day.

[RDCanecutter 26318]

13 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

I made Mr and Mrs @RDCanecutter show me one when I was in Bama. It was an unmemorable fragment of an otherwise groovy day.

We actually had to venture out into Zombie Apocalypse Hill Country to find that one. The main one in the uppity neighborhood went belly-up.

And no, I'm still not driving through that  allegedly shallow puddle.

[trza-hawk 269]

I don't get it? Why would they do that?

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1084]

14 hours ago, Gucci_Suit said:

Like Belk is a real thing. 

It's basically mid-Atlantic Beall's

[DeadArmadillo 907]

He's probably a really shitty dude overall, but I bet it's fun to party with CEO Eric Martinez