Pat McAfee ‘alarmed’ over fans’ response to ESPN move

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Pat McAfee opens up about the “alarming” negative feedback he’s received after the news of his FanDuel show moving to ESPN.

The titular host of “The Pat McAfee Show” — who is in the second year of a four-year, $120 million contract with FanDuel — is expected to take the show to ESPN in the fall, The Post first reported., opened up about the negative feedback from some of his fans who called him a “sellout” after the news was made public.

“… There were a lot of people that were excited about what this means for the future of things. A lot of people were like, ’Next step, next evolution of the show, this is cool,’ but I did not expect the“I know it comes from a place of passion, so I’m honored about it, but it was alarming, Jimmy. It was alarming. I did not expect that many shots to the shins from my own people.”

“Our show stinks. We know that. We understand that,” McAfee said. “But there’s a lot of people that are incredibly cool and incredibly passionate, and they hang out with us every single afternoon, so I think any change I make, I had to learn through trials and errors, that there’s gonna people that are upset with it because they’re scared they’re gonna lose the thing that they get to hang out with and I am honored that that is how they view our show.

Pat McAfee speaks during his show on Media Row for the Super Bowl LVI at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California“Three of the places the money was pretty similar,” he said. “One place way behind. Good people but way low.”ESPN declined comment on the figures in the deal.

 

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