![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/pat-mcafee-corrects-himself-after-swearing-as-he-still-gets-used-to-new-espn-rules/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Pat-McAfee.png&description=The former NFL punter turned broadcaster, who secured a huge move from FanDuel to ESPN, started with the company last week and has already been forced to apologise Pat McAfee has had to apologise for swearing less than a week into his new ESPN show. The former NFL punter accepted a big-money move from FanDuel to join ESPN, signing a five-year, £68 million deal to exclusively stream his shows from their platforms. A former member of the Indianapolis Colts, the star has had to tone down his show, originally being shown on DAZN and then YouTube where he was allowed to use more colourful language. But ESPN, which is owned by Disney, limits the use of swear words on the air - preferring McAfee not to use any curse words at all. On Wednesday though, McAfee apologised for using the f-word. When speaking about New York Jets star quarterback — and frequent guest of the show — Aaron Rodgers' season-ending injury in the win over the Buffalo Bills, McAfee said: "I was holding out optimism until [head coach Robert] Saleh comes up to the thing and goes, 'Yep, pop his Achilles', we're f****d'". He then said: "Oh can't, say that here on ESPN," before counting to five and rephrasing the previous statement. But ESPN had already prepared for this exact scenario, with it airing McAfee on a delay. McAfee walked away from his four-year, $120 million (£96m) deal with FanDuel that he signed in 2021, reportedly having options take his show too. His move to ESPN was met with much controversy after the company laid off 20 well-known reporters following their acquisition of the "Pat McAfee Show." Within weeks of McAfee's mega-deal, reports suggested ESPN was set to make a number of cuts at the company in the hopes of saving "tens of millions of dollars." And McAfee had responded to the job cuts in a long statement. He said: "I did a lot of reflecting about our show's journey while I was getting murdered on the internet today. All roads lead back to how honoured I am to be the leader of such a){kind=link}
The former NFL punter turned broadcaster, who secured a huge move from FanDuel to ESPN, started with the company last week and has already been forced to apologise
Pat McAfee has had to apologise for swearing less than a week into his new ESPN show.
The former NFL punter accepted a big-money move from FanDuel to join ESPN, signing a five-year, £68 million deal to exclusively stream his shows from their platforms.
A former member of the Indianapolis Colts, the star has had to tone down his show, originally being shown on DAZN and then YouTube where he was allowed to use more colourful language.
But ESPN, which is owned by Disney, limits the use of swear words on the air – preferring McAfee not to use any curse words at all.