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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch cover image

Bryan Curtis of The Ringer and Ben Strauss of The Washington Post on Pat McAfee’s move to ESPN

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

CHAPTER

The Rise of the Middle Class at ESPN

ESPN is trying to take over big chunks of program. That necessarily means that the kind of people you're talking about are not going to have as many slots to fill anymore. If they don't lay them off, where else are you going to go? You know, is it FS1 waiting out there? Is there local news waiting out there in the same way it used to be for you? What's your move?

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