Pat McAfee Most Likely To Join ESPN As He Is Prepared To Leave $120 Million FanDuel Contract

According to a Tuesday morning report from Andrew Marchand of The New York Post, ESPN is apparently the front-runner to air the program as presenter Pat McAfee considers terminating his existing deal with FanDuel.

Pat McAfee Most Likely To Join ESPN As He Is Prepared To Leave $120 Million FanDuel Contract

McAfee, 36, presently participates as a pundit on ESPN’s College GameDay. He began playing the part in ’22 after contributing to the show in ’19 and ’20. FanDuel, though, has a deal with him for his three-hour main YouTube show. According to reports, the relationship, which was revealed in December ’21, brings McAfee $30 million annually.

The $120 million contract between FanDuel and “The Pat McAfee Show,” a YouTube show, is presently in effect. However, the former punter who is now a College GameDay commentator for ESPN may be considering breaking that agreement.

Though neither he nor the broadcast network have responded to the rumors, the former Colts punter may be mulling a transfer to ESPN.

According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, the presenter could agree to accept a pay cut from his current $30 million yearly salary. When Pat McAfee tweeted that he had a meeting with CEO Bob Iger, rumors of a potential deal with ESPN and its parent company Disney began to circulate.

After a report indicating he was considering doing so published in the Post in March, McAfee openly addressed the possibility of canceling the agreement on his show.

“I got a lot going on in my life. I got a baby girl on the way. This past season there was so much stuff off the show that had to be dealt with and handled,” he said.

Referencing the recent birth of his daughter, he continued, “I always said that if I wanted to have a child, I would want to have generational wealth, because I wouldn’t want my child to have any of the stresses or anything that potentially brings into your life.”

 

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