accommodate Pat McAfee<\/a> and his namesake show, which recently joined the sports broadcast giant from FanDuel.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s believed that ESPN<\/em> is paying McAfee $17 million annually over five years, which if true, represents a pay cut from his four-year $120 million agreement with FanDuel. Some media industry observers believe other ESPN<\/em> talent were let go to make room for McAfee-related spending. Inside the network, it\u2019s believed the allure of McAfee\u2019s show is simple: It already makes money and has a devoted following.<\/p>\nAs for Kezirian, the Las Vegas resident hosted \u201cDaily Wager\u201d on ESPN 2<\/em>. He hasn\u2019t announced his next move, but he\u2019s an able bettor as evidenced by the fact that he won $58,000 in the 2022 William Hill College Football Challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports betting analyst Doug Kezirian may be among the on-air personalities sent packing by ESPN in a new round of budget cuts. Various media outlets reported late Monday that Kezirian and boxing analyst Andre Ward were added to a list of 20 on-air personalities that sports broadcasting network — a unit of Walt Disney (NYSE: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":280025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,1074],"tags":[81903,81967,80968],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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