The fantasy football guru of ESPN, Matthew Berry, is leaving the network after fifteen years.
Berry made the statement on his Twitter, saying, in part:
“Here is a sentence I never thought I’d write. I can confirm that after 15 amazing years, I am leaving ESPN. When I came to the company in 2007, fantasy football was a niche of a niche and ESPN was way behind the market leader. And now, many years later, I am so incredibly proud of all the work we have done together to bring fantasy football into the mainstream and specifically, make ESPN the leading game and content destination for fantasy players”.
Berry and ESPN had been in negotiations for a new contract but obviously the two couldn’t meet for an agreement.
ESPN released a statement just two minutes after. They added in a quote-tweet of Berry’s original statement and said:
“Matthew Berry expressed a desire to explore new opportunities beyond ESPN. After discussing it with him, we agreed to support it”. The full statement is below.
