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Pat McAfee: Mike Tomlin Will Be An “Asset” For Football On NBC Sports
"I think his entire life he's been preparing to do the role that he's about to do."
Pat McAfee Announces Release Of Upcoming Album “The Diary Of A Polarizing Figure”
"For as long as I can remember my mere existence has made people hate my guts. I’ve been writing songs about it for 20yrs & it’s time to let them aht."
Jemele Hill: Journalism Continues To Be Phased Out In Sports Broadcasting
"In an attention economy, what matters is who can draw the attention. Sometimes it doesn't matter often whether it's good attention or bad attention. If you can captivate audience, that is what your biggest selling point will be."
Stephen A. Smith Applauds Reported Pat McAfee Extension Discussions: “He’s Earned It”
"The reality is that there usually has to be a precedent set before somebody is in a position to capitalize off of that, and I'm certainly positioned to capitalize off of that. Make no mistake. I will be."
Why Pat McAfee’s Reported ESPN Extension Is About Far More Than Just Money
"The story is that ESPN has completely changed its philosophy. For decades, ESPN sold the network. It sold SportsCenter. It sold highlights. Now it sells personalities."
David Samson: Pat McAfee Will “Toe The Line” More With Reported ESPN Extension Dollar Figure
"That is not an indictment of Pat [McAfee]. It's not an indictment of Disney. It's the reality of the relationship that exists between the people who pay and the people who get paid."
Pat McAfee Reportedly Could Earn $60 Million per Year From ESPN With Contract Extension
"His existing arrangement includes a licensing agreement for The Pat McAfee Show that pays over $17 million per year — plus separate contracts for College GameDay and other ESPN contributions."
Pat McAfee ‘State of Sports’ Special Reportedly Draws 278,000 Viewers In ESPN Primetime Window
"The program, titled State of Sports, aired May 27 and featured McAfee conducting commissioner-level interviews. On ESPN alone, the two-hour special drew just 278,000 viewers."
Time Magazine Recognizes Pat McAfee, Elle Duncan, Pablo Torre & Others on Inaugural List of the Most Influential People in Sports
"In our increasingly fragmented media environment, sports remain one of the last places where massive global audiences gather together in real time."
Why Pat McAfee’s ‘Progrum Feud’ Is More Than Just a Gameshow on ESPN
"We're arriving at a place where the studio programming itself becomes the betting market."