Posted on 08/15/2024 4:07:14 PM PDT by george76
Griffin, who as recently as last year had been viewed as a rising star at ESPN, had two years remaining on his deal..
ESPN has fired “Sunday NFL Countdown” host Samantha Ponder and analyst Robert Griffin III,
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The buyouts of Ponder and Griffin are the only moves ESPN is making at the moment, but it could choose to shed more salary by the end of September. However, the cuts are not expected to be anywhere near the bloodletting in which around 20 big names were let go last June, including stalwarts like Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber and Jalen Rose.
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Griffin, who as recently as last year had been viewed as a rising star at ESPN, had two years remaining on his deal. He was hired three years ago after gaining interest from Fox Sports and ESPN. At the time, sources at both networks raved about what they described as one of the best auditions they have ever seen.
He was considered strongly to be ESPN’s No. 2 college football game analyst with Sean McDonough last season, but the job went to Greg McElroy.
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For those of you who don’t know, both of these people were on the more conservative side of ESPN reporters.
That will give every reason to not watch ESPN. Liberals, by and large, don’t watch sports.
Haha, so first on the chopping block!
Get rid of the eight grade wannabe dude….macafee or whatever his name is.
The second woman ESPN fired that spoke up about men in women’s sports.
He has a white wife, which may not please the DEI czar at ESPN.
Ponder yes, RGIII was all over the place. There was no consistency to any of his commentary, social or sports. That said, he’s been getting screwed over at ESPN for awhile now.
Wasn’t he the same guy tweeting support for the olympic boxer
Reject “woke” and you won’t go broke ESPN.
When will ESPN realize people don’t want a dose of politics when they are trying to relax by watching their favorite sports team play?
RG3 was a likable guy at Baylor and Washington but apparently he became WOKE when he started working at ESPN.
Article makes zero sense
They fired him “as a cost cutting measure “
But they had to buy out his contract. So how did they supposedly save money
Yeah he became unreasonably unruly after his idiot, disgraced coach forced him to play on his damaged knee essentially ending his career.
That was due to his lack of skills as a NFL QB. He was mobile so that was great for college. But he realized quickly that he got hit hard in the pros if he continued to run with the ball so that was the end of his career.
I didn't hear anything about him about being woke until he became a commentator for ESPN.
To be fair, he was never a pocket passer. The only thing he had was his speed. And he was way too skinny.
An offensive line would have helped...
When you’re stuck on the sinking Disney ship some are going to thrown overboard.
The buy out is less than carrying out the full contract. Salary compensation is probably less, while expenses and production costs are eliminated.
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