Pat McAfee and ESPN have become indivisible over the years. But, the renowned sports analyst and former NFL punter’s latest bombshell is on the headlines, as McAfee has accused some ESPN employees of being active in the attempt to sabotage his show.
“The Pat McAfee Show” is one of the most followed sports talk shows in the world, Started in 2019, the show on YouTube has garnered a total view count of north of 1 billion, with an average of 168.2K views per video.
Pat McAfee calls out Norby Williamson as the one accountable
Despite being one of the leading sports talk shows, Pat McAfee has claimed that his show is being attempted to disrupt, and he has specifically named ESPN’s head of production, Norby Williamson.
“There are folks actively trying to sabotage us from within ESPN. More specifically, I believe Norby Williamson is the guy attempting to sabotage our program. I’m not 100% sure — that is just seemingly the only human that has information, and then somehow that information gets leaked and it’s wrong, and then it sets a narrative of what our show is. And then are we just going to combat that from a rat every single time?” said McAfee said on his show this Friday.
“Somebody tried to get ahead of our actual ratings release with wrong numbers 12 hours beforehand. That’s a sabotage attempt, and it’s been happening…from some people who didn’t necessarily love the old addition of the ‘Pat McAfee Show’ to the ESPN family,” the 36-year-old analyst further added. [H/T Times Now News]
Check out a glimpse of McAfee’s statement in the clip below, courtesy of OutKick Sports on Instagram:
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Who is Norby Williamson?
The Executive Vice President of Product at ESPN, Norby Williamson is one of the seniormost employees at ESPN, who has been with the company since 1985 and has spent four decades with the leading sports broadcaster.
Further with his accusations, McAfee also revealed that his relation with Williamson had started on the wrong foot even before he joined ESPN.
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