Paul Feinbaum wasn’t one of the on-air personalities who lost his job during ESPN’s recent round of layoffs, but he was certainly affected by what happened emotionally. The longtime college football analyst and talking head called the firings “the worst day” in his ten year career at the sports network and said he’s seen all the “chirping” out there and all the “schadenfreude” on social media from the haters who may be happy about seeing someone famous let go.
Finebaum recently appeared on The Marchand And Ourand Sports Media Podcast and as part of the conversation, was asked about the layoffs. He’s a well-spoken guy who is careful with his words, but he was still pretty candid about his feelings. He said he’s not privy to CEO Bob Iger’s thinking on why certain people were chosen, but said the business can be “cruel.” Apparently he had no idea if he was going to be around by the end of the day once the layoffs started being announced. Here’s a portion of his quote…
