Pat McAfee’s 5-Year ESPN Contract Reportedly Price ‘Round’ $85 Million

Two weeks after ESPN launched The Pat McAfee Teach is coming to the network, essential aspects of McAfee’s address the network beget attain out.

Per Andrew Marchand of the Original York Post, McAfee will gain around $85 million over five years.

“Sharp amount,” McAfee suggested Marchand when asked about the contract essential aspects over train messages on Twitter. “I create now not discuss the change aspect of it all, the particular numbers and such.”

ESPN confirmed McAfee used to be becoming a member of the network all the blueprint thru the Walt Disney upfront presentation in Original York on Could presumably perchance presumably also 16.

McAfee’s lunge comes two years after he inked a four-year, $120 million address FanDuel Sportsbook. He defined to Marchand segment of his thinking for leaving FanDuel:

“FanDuel used to be our shows’ extraordinary SportsBook accomplice. SeatGeek is our extraordinary ticketing accomplice. 5 Hour energy is our extraordinary energy shot accomplice.. etc… etc.. We were lucky to be a accomplice of theirs for quite a entire lot of GREAT times.. it used to be primarily fascinating to invent our existence more straightforward leisurely the scenes. There’s gentle a possibility we will be doing change with every other down the boulevard. FD will continually beget success. Quite lots of GREAT other folks there. I’m thankful for them.”

The Pat McAfee Teach will originate up airing on numerous platforms, collectively with ESPN, the ESPN YouTube Channel, the ESPN App and ESPN+, beginning this tumble. McAfee will furthermore proceed in his role as an analyst on School Gameday.

According to Marchand, the ancient Indianapolis Colts punter desired to reduce his workload by letting ESPN address “most of that leisurely-the-scenes busy work” with he and his wife, Samantha, welcoming moderately one on Could presumably perchance presumably also 4.

McAfee does protect inventive adjust over his present as segment of the settlement with ESPN, though Marchand infamous he’s going to convey much less in total.

The deal will invent McAfee the preferrred-paid ESPN media personality, surpassing the $12 million-per-year contract Stephen A. Smith has.