Getting laid off is never easy. You question what you did wrong, whether you are good enough to ever find a new gig and so much more. David Pollack said on his podcast this week that one emotion he wasn’t prepared for was the sadness that comes with realizing you won’t have the time to spend with the people you grow close to anymore.
On the latest edition of his Family Goals podcast, Pollack admitted that he had no idea he was on the chopping block before he got the call that he was among the many ESPN talents that were let go in July. That doesn’t mean he is bitter.
“I would not trade this, not turn it in. I got to go travel the country, see things, give my family experiences that we never would have gotten,” the former All-American Georgia Bulldog said. “So I was like ‘dude, you have nothing to apologize for. You have nothing to be sorry about.'”
He admitted that telling his kids what had happened was hard. It was also hard to say goodbye to College GameDay host Rece Davis. He said that is the first time he shed a tear over the decision.
“My first comment to him was, ‘I also know that this means,’ and what this means is we’re not going to get time together. And you know what happens when you don’t get time together, people drift apart,” Pollack said. “And his first comment was ‘that’s not going to happen. I guess I’ll be at your golf tournament every year.’ I think that made me feel better. But that was probably the only thing was really difficult.”
Pollack is not the only regular that won’t be back for College GameDay in 2023. Reporter Gene Wojciechowski is also out. On Monday, news broke that Lee Fitting, the executive producer that shepherded College GameDay to prominence, had been let go by ESPN as well.
