Olivia Harlan Dekker reacts to Braves reporter backlash: 'How does that offend you?'

FanDuel Sports Network Braves newsman Wiley Ballard got immoderate backlash for asking a pistillate for her telephone fig during an on-air study astatine a crippled Monday night.  

But not everyone recovered Ballard's actions to beryllium inappropriate, including seasoned sideline newsman Olivia Harlan Dekker. 

The girl of legendary broadcaster Kevin Harlan and woman of NBA subordinate Sam Dekker said the Ballard incidental is being blown retired of proportion. 

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Bally newsman Wiley Ballard, left, interviews Ozzie Albies of the Atlanta Braves aft a crippled against the Cleveland Guardians astatine Truist Park April 26, 2024, successful Atlanta. (Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images)

Some of those captious of Ballard's actions wondered what would person happened if a pistillate sideline newsman did what Ballard had done.

Harlan Dekker spoke from experience.

"People getting huffy astir the Braves newsman asking for the girl’s telephone fig ARE INSANE! Haha however does that offend you? It was innocuous and cute… bully TV I’d say," Harlan Dekker's archetypal station said. "It doesn’t detract from the crippled oregon season. Lighten up.

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"I’ve been a squad reporter, and the play is LONG. Producers are ever looking for thing different/memorable, ways to impact fans oregon amusement immoderate quality involvement astir the game. Most of those interviews are duds, truthful bully connected him for having a consciousness of wit and rolling with it.

"If idiosyncratic tin amusement an illustration of a pistillate getting fired implicit thing similar, past you’ve got an argument," she explained. "Until then… you can’t conscionable accidental "a pistillate would’ve been fired for this.

Bally Sports newsman Wiley Ballard, left, interviews Michael Harris II of the Atlanta Braves aft a crippled against the Texas Rangers astatine Truist Park April 20, 2024, successful Atlanta. (Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images)

"Middle of an aboriginal play shot crippled connected the regional/team broadcast, his shaper told him to get thing colorful successful the crowd, his booth is egging him on, the miss was playing into it and it wasn’t creepy. It’s sports TV, it’s entertainment! This wasn’t a committee country oregon OR."

During his unrecorded segment, Ballard said the broadcast booth wanted him to get 2 women's telephone numbers. 

"I'm dormant serious, they're saying successful my receptor close now," Ballard said on-air portion speaking to some the broadcast booth and the women astir their telephone numbers. "She doesn't judge maine due to the fact that she thinks you guys are making this up. I'm gonna usage that successful the future. That's really a beauteous bully move. I should've thought of this years ago," 

The conception was rapidly bashed connected societal media, though a heated statement began with radical reasoning the aforesaid mode arsenic Harlan Dekker.

One X relationship said the conception showed "insane treble standards successful sports," portion different went much successful extent connected the counterargument.

"This is the dumbest happening and the dumbest outrage. The outrage for the different idiosyncratic erstwhile you don't cognize the afloat enactment oregon however they adjacent felt astir it. You don't cognize what was said and done earlier and aft the segment, too," the station said.

Olivia Harlan Dekker attends the "Unstoppable" screening astatine Cineworld Leicester Square Nov. 5, 2024, successful London. (Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Prime Video)

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Arizona Cardinals squad newsman Dani Sureck besides gave her thoughts. 

"Sooooo are we inactive gonna inquire women successful sports if they're lone doing their occupation to day athletes?? We tin each hold however inappropriate and nasty this is, not to notation the treble standard, right?"

Harlan Dekker is an NFL newsman and big for Sky Sports and Westwood One Sports. 

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