Popular football analyst and host Pat McAfee’s tenure at ESPN got off to an awkward start when, weeks after signing him to a five-year, $85 million deal, the network laid off several high-profile and, in many cases, long-tenured employees. The timing of McAfee’s lucrative signing and the layoffs made for a bit of awkwardness that the former NFL punter tried to smooth over.
On Sunday, though, an ill-conceived joke once again brought McAfee more criticism.
Responding to a tweet from Evan Fox, a colleague on The Pat McAfee Show, disparaging alternate football uniforms worn by Michigan State, McAfee quipped that the jerseys were designed by disgraced former Spartans sports doctor Larry Nassar.
