{"id":424618,"date":"2023-05-09T19:25:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=424618"},"modified":"2023-05-09T19:25:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:25:37","slug":"pat-mcafee-most-likely-to-join-espn-as-he-is-prepared-to-leave-120-million-fanduel-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/pat-mcafee-most-likely-to-join-espn-as-he-is-prepared-to-leave-120-million-fanduel-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat McAfee Most Likely To Join ESPN As He Is Prepared To Leave $120 Million FanDuel Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2>Pat McAfee Most Likely To Join ESPN As He Is Prepared To Leave $120 Million FanDuel Contract<\/h2>\n<p>McAfee, 36, presently participates as a pundit on ESPN&#8217;s College GameDay. He began playing the part in &#8217;22 after contributing to the show in &#8217;19 and &#8217;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 &#8217;21, brings McAfee $30 million annually.<\/p>\n<p>The $120 million contract between FanDuel and &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show,&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: ESPN has emerged as the leading candidate to be Pat McAfee&#39;s new home as he moves closer to exiting his $120 million FanDuel deal, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewMarchand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AndrewMarchand<\/a> of the NY Post. <\/p>\n<p>WOW! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QvXKiD1X9u\">pic.twitter.com\/QvXKiD1X9u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1655962793466798080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Though neither he nor the broadcast network have responded to the rumors, the former Colts punter may be mulling a transfer to ESPN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: Pat McAfee is &quot;contemplating&quot; leaving his $120M FanDuel deal and ESPN is the leading candidate to be his new home, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewMarchand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AndrewMarchand<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The exact amount of money McAfee will earn in a deal is not known, though it is expected to be in the eight-figures-per-year range.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6tKJ2ihUmK\">pic.twitter.com\/6tKJ2ihUmK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1655964090831982593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde3\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde5\ud835\udde7: ESPN has emerged as the leading candidate to be Pat McAfee&#39;s new home once he exits his $120M deal with FanDuel, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewMarchand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AndrewMarchand<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pat McAfee\u2019s show has quickly become one of the best sports programs and it only makes sense that he goes to a network such as\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dIKdvsPgQI\">pic.twitter.com\/dIKdvsPgQI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasrifootball\/status\/1655980932535336960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: ESPN has emerged as the leading candidate to be Pat McAfee&#39;s new home as he moves closer to exiting his $120 million FanDuel deal, The Post has learned.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/630YHMLlI0\">https:\/\/t.co\/630YHMLlI0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewMarchand\/status\/1655960876900577280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the last year or so, Pat McAfee has:<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f Signed a $120M deal with FanDuel<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Donated millions of that deal to charity<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Signed a multi-year extension with WWE<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Joined College GameDay<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Hosted his own ESPN telecast<\/p>\n<p>Kay Adams tells us that McAfee has worked his a** off. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vZ4gRLEqIN\">pic.twitter.com\/vZ4gRLEqIN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOS\/status\/1597340140619587584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Referencing the recent birth of his daughter, he continued, \u201cI always said that if I wanted to have a child, I would want to have generational wealth, because I wouldn\u2019t want my child to have any of the stresses or anything that potentially brings into your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7mYJjdNfIY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Avalanche Star Gabriel Landeskog To Miss 2023-24 Season Post Knee Surgery\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/avalanche-star-gabriel-landeskog-to-miss-2023-24-season-post-knee-surgery\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Avalanche Star Gabriel Landeskog To Miss 2023-24 Season Post Knee Surgery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":411657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[3761,8070,5937,8069],"class_list":["post-424618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-pat-mcafee","tag-pat-mcafee-espn","tag-pat-mcafee-fanduel","tag-pat-mcafee-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}