Popular sport analyst {and professional} wrestling commentator, Pat McAfee, confirmed that he’s leaving FanDuel, a flagship sports-tech leisure firm. According to the report from New York Post’s Andrew Marchand transferred by Yahoo Sports, the previous NFL punter and kick-off specialist will proceed his media profession with ESPN, an American worldwide cable sports activities channel owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications.
Leaving $120 Million Contract Behind:
According to the report, McAfee is leaving the four-year $ 120 million contract with FanDuel within the second yr of its efficiency achieved by means of the favored ”The Pat McAfee Show.” The particulars of the commentator’s deal with ESPN are nonetheless unknown however Marchand reportedly mentioned that the worth of the brand new contract exceeds eight figures. What is understood is the knowledge transferred by Yahoo Sports that McAfee is taking his whole workforce with him to the brand new enterprise.
”Eight-Figure” Transfer:
The foremost McAfee’s asset and the explanation for the ”eight-figure” switch is ”The Pat McAfee Show”, a particularly common YouTube present that includes the commentator’s interviews with athletes and casual discussions about sports activities information. Under the brand new settlement, McAfee reportedly confirmed that the present will stay on ESPN’s YouTube channel, however might be additionally broadcasted on ESPN and ESPN+.
The Pat McAfee Show:
McAfee reportedly mentioned in his acknowledge method that he’ll ”not change a rattling factor.” Yardbarker cited the Marchand’s report: ”It is predicted to stay on YouTube in some type, however one or two hours of it may very well be on ESPN, the place the community would extra probably give you the chance to make the maths of McAfee’s deal work. ESPN executives had vowed to solely do a deal in the event that they thought it might become profitable for the corporate.”
The quotation continued: ”When The Post reported final week that ESPN had emerged because the favorites for his companies, McAfee mentioned on his present that he’s too dumb to change in response to a few of his followers’ issues about Mickey Mouse sanitizing the language and the vibe of McAfee and his crew.”
Changing the Language:
Despite McAfee’s agency promise, he reportedly introduced a minor change of the present’s language which isn’t applicable for daytime TV and the Disney-owned community. According to Yahoo Sports, McAfee mentioned that him and his crew have determined ”that [they] gained’t say f*** almost as a lot, however each different phrase is nice to go.”
Lucrative Deal:
McAfee pursued his media profession in 2017 upon retirement from the eight-season lengthy NFL profession. He labored as a sports activities analyst with numerous media and joined FanDuel in 2021. Among different partnerships, McAfee was a contributor at ESPN and made common appearances on “College GameDay,” tv program masking faculty soccer. He apparently made such impression that ESPN now provided a extremely profitable deal in the course of the in depth worker layoffs at Disney and ESPN.