{"id":2026162,"date":"2023-09-08T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-espn-show-hosted-by-ex-nfl-player-begins-with-warning-to-viewers-dont-sue-us\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T17:23:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:23:29","slug":"new-espn-show-hosted-by-ex-nfl-player-begins-with-warning-to-viewers-dont-sue-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-espn-show-hosted-by-ex-nfl-player-begins-with-warning-to-viewers-dont-sue-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL player hosts new ESPN show, warns viewers: &#8216;No lawsuits!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-espn-show-hosted-by-ex-nfl-player-begins-with-warning-to-viewers-dont-sue-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>ESPN&#8217;s New Show Takes \u200ca \u200bRisky Approach<\/h2>\n<p>During the mid- to late 1990s, World Wrestling Entertainment faced an\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-full-green-new-deal-tyrant-carbon-emissions-threaten-the-very-existence-of-our-planet-video\/\" title=\"Biden Goes Full Green New Deal Tyrant: Carbon Emissions Threaten \u201cthe Very Existence of our Planet\u201d (VIDEO)\">existential crisis<\/a> as its product stagnated\u2064 and people began tuning out\u200b in droves.<\/p>\n<p>Then-WWE head\u200c honcho <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wwe-boss-vince-mcmahon-raided-federal-agents-announces-indefinite-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vince McMahon<\/a> salvaged his company by pivoting his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-fairer-take-than-cnn-daily-wire-ceo-quips-after-snl-covers-kids-content-launch\/\" title=\"\u2018A Fairer Take Than CNN\u2019: Daily Wire CEO Quips After \u2018SNL\u2019 Covers Kids\u2019 Content Launch\">kid-friendly content<\/a> to an aggressively more PG-13 \u2062tone. This meant more blood, more sexuality, \u200dmore swearing and more \u200dover-the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-mega-popularity-rick-and-mortys-legacy-is-complicated\/\" title=\"Despite Mega Popularity, \u2018Rick And Morty\u2019s\u2019 Legacy Is Complicated\">-top violence<\/a>\u200b than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>This became known as the \u201cAttitude Era,\u201d\u200b and\u2062 it\u2063 is \u2062still regarded \u200bby many \u200cas the biggest boom period in professional wrestling\u2064 history.<\/p>\n<p>How does this\u2062 pertain to ESPN? While \u201cThe Worldwide Leader\u201d\u200d might\u200d not \u2064be hosting\u2062 \u201cBuried Alive\u201d matches on its airwaves anytime soon, it too may be looking for a more \u201cadult\u201d edge as it grapples with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-sacred-cows-woke-espn-reportedly-dumping-20-major-air-talents-latest-round-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an\u200c uncertain future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enter former\u200d Indianapolis Colts punter (and WWE announcer) Pat McAfee, and\u2062 his rowdy, boisterous self-named show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d made its much-anticipated debut\u2064 on ESPN on Thursday, and many observers\u2064 wondered how the foul-mouthed program would translate under\u200d the corporate umbrella of ESPN, which is owned by the\u2063 Walt Disney Co.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to perhaps ease some of those concerns, \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d kicked off its\u2064 ESPN era\u200b with \u200da warning \u2014 and a request.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe following progrum is a \u200ccollection \u2064of stooges talking about happenings in the sports\u200c world,\u201d\u2063 a goofy\u200d voiceover said at \u200cthe \u2063beginning \u2062of Thursday\u2019s show. \u201cIt is meant to be comedic informative. The opinions expressed on\u2062 this show do not necessarily \u200creflect\u200d the beliefs of their peers, their boss, or ESPN.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Does\u200d McAfee\u2019s signing signal a new direction for ESPN?<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThere\u200d may be some \u2018cuss\u2019 words because that\u2019s how humans in the real world talk. If you are a young,\u200b please seek\u2063 permission \u200dbefore watching any further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The intro\u2064 closed\u2064 with, \u201cCheers, The Pat McAfee Show. p.s. Don\u2019t sue us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hello beautiful people..<\/p>\n<p>IT IS NFL KICKOFF THURSDAY <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aPIedl1XoW\">pic.twitter.com\/aPIedl1XoW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Pat McAfee\u2063 (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1699815658765115621?\">September\u200b 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The program then largely commenced in the \u2064same tone and tenor\u200c it typically does.<\/p>\n<p>While ESPN and \u2062Disney \u200bmay be willing to turn\u200d an \u2063indifferent\u2063 eye toward \u201cThe\u200d Pat McAfee Show\u201d and its colorful language, it \u200dwill be interesting to\u200d see if they will be nearly as accepting of a weekly guest on the show: New York Jets quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aaron-rodgers-just-made-key-political-endorsement-itll-make-vaccine-scolds-flip-lids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime Green Bay Packer appears to be intent on pushing his \u200dboundaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re gonna try and censor some of this show, it looks \u200blike,\u201d Rodgers said when\u200c he \u2064appeared\u2064 on the debut ESPN episode. \u201cIs that right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, so we can\u2019t say [the F-word],\u201d McAfee\u2064 said. \u201cYou know, that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The host didn\u2019t get through\u2064 the first\u200b ESPN episode without\u200c letting that one slip:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aaron\u2063 Rodgers and Pat McAfee test ESPN\u2019s\u2063 censorship rules <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xAeluFnaPb\">pic.twitter.com\/xAeluFnaPb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful \u200bAnnouncing (@awfulannouncing)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1699820263792165254?\">September 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The quarterback, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1699821769157231036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will appear<\/a> on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d\u200b on Tuesdays during the NFL season\u200d as he has in the past, apparently won\u2019t be censoring himself.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that Rodgers\u2064 is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-jets-aaron-rodgers-shows-support-unvaccinated-tennis-star-novak-djokovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vocal critic of vaccination mandates<\/a>, which probably gives\u200d Disney more cause for pause than\u200c an errant F-bomb. McAfee has taken some grief for giving the NFL star a platform at all, with some calling the quarterback an \u201canti-vaxxer.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That\u2019s not\u200b an apology at \u2064all. What a piece of work.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers raised \u2063the risk of exposure to\u2062 Coronavirus for other people, including the\u200c team.<\/p>\n<p>There is \u200bno right \u2064to spread infectious disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy O (@Andy_Olsen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andy_Olsen\/status\/1458154831202430976?\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I get\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow?\">@PatMcAfeeShow<\/a> likes having Rodgers on his show but being a shill for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-espn-show-hosted-by-ex-nfl-player-begins-with-warning-to-viewers-dont-sue-us\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL player hosts new ESPN show, warns viewers: 'No lawsuits!'\">nut \u2064job \u2063anti-vaxxer<\/a> is not the\u200b image you want to have. Frankly this is reaching a point where\u2063 people need to evaluate the garbage McAfee is allowing on his show. He\u2019s becoming \u2063another Joe Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062@kriswd40@hachyderm.io (@KrisWD40) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrisWD40\/status\/1476067317201129476?\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before WWE saved itself in the 1990s, people didn\u2019t realize just how close \u200dit was to going belly-up.<\/p>\n<p>Now ESPN finds\u2063 itself in \u2063similarly troubled waters, as its parent\u2063 company isn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desperate-disney-reached-3-major-companies-dump-espn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even trying \u2064to hide<\/a> the fact that the network might be a\u200c divestible asset. Between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-sacred-cows-woke-espn-reportedly-dumping-20-major-air-talents-latest-round-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">layoffs<\/a> \u200c and\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/inspiration-longtime-espn-host-quits-network-exercise-first-amendment-rights-freely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stigma<\/a> \u2063attached to \u201cThe Worldwide Leader\u201d right now, it\u2019s not a stretch to \u2064say that ESPN needs a lifeline, just as WWE did 30 years \u200bago.<\/p>\n<p>But while PG-13 content saved\u2062 WWE (the company is as profitable as it\u2019s\u2062 ever been \u2062in \u20622023), it remains to be seen \u2064if the same\u200c strategic pivot will rescue ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-espn-show-hosted-ex-nfl-player-begins-warning-viewers-dont-sue-us\/\">New ESPN Show Hosted by Ex-NFL Player Begins with Warning to Viewers:\u200b &#8216;Don&#8217;t Sue Us&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the late 90s, WWE struggled as its content grew stale and viewership declined. To save his company, Vince McMahon transformed the kid-friendly programming into a edgier PG-13 style. 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