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Caption Contest: Sixers have a mascot problem

What should the Sixers do about their Knick-loving, Philly sports hating mascot?

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Over the weekend, some crack reporting found that the actor hired to play Franklin, the new Sixers mascot, not only hates the Sixers, but all Philly sports in general. Yes, some of the tweets were four years ago, but in the wasteland that is Philly sports at the moment, this story seems to have caught fire among fans who have called for the Knicks fan to be fired.

So far, the Sixers have been quiet, and Franklin's last tweet was way back on Friday, prior to the inadvertant tweet to his personal Instagram account:

So what should Sam Hinkie (or probably more approporiately Tim McDermott, the chief marketing and innovation officer for the Sixers) do?

Submit your best ideas in the comments below, and use our cool Disqus commenting system to up-vote the captions you think should win (works better than telling me the ones I pick are terrible). You can tweet me suggestions, too - @RobTornoe. I'll pick the best and announce the results on Sunday.

Check out previous winners here.