WFAN’s Gregg Giannotti wonders why Pat McAfee would go to ‘content-controlling’ ESPN

WFAN morning drive host Gregg Giannotti is interested by why Pat McAfee would need to go to ESPN, the place bosses would search to “management” his content material.

Tuesday, The Submit’s Andrew Marchand reported that ESPN was the likeliest destination for “The Pat McAfee Present,” which has gave the impression to be within the technique of exiting its partnership with FanDuel.

“ESPN clearly is a content-controlling entity and possibly has gotten even worse over time with among the Disney stuff that has gone on and has leaped into ESPN and political leanings and the issues that they cowl and every thing else,” Giannotti mentioned on “Boomer & Gio” on Wednesday, according to Barrett Sports Media.

“Why would – as a result of if I’m him as I attempt to put myself in his footwear – I’ve bought this nice deal, I’ve bought this inventive management, I can say no matter I need, however now I’m going to go over to [Disney], who [is laying] off 7,000 workers and might be going to have their arms in every thing that I do?”

Boomer Esiason talked about that McAfee and his spouse simply welcomed a child, that there are administrative tasks of running his show that he would like to get away from and McAfee’s preexisting relationship with ESPN by “Faculty GameDay”.

“You’re telling me the opposite two hours can be the present that he’s doing now the place he’s saying no matter he needs,” Giannotti requested, “however then that one hour [on] ESPN, he’s going to be trotting by Tim Kurkjian and all these different schmucks that they used to placed on ESPN Radio earlier than it went to the bathroom?”

Whereas it doesn’t appear possible McAfee would comply with have his visitors dictated by The Mothership, it’s a legitimate level by Giannotti that McAfee must surrender some components of the content material freedom he has change into accustomed to, first at Barstool and later as an impartial host.