Dan Le Batard: ESPN wouldn't have 'my politics' after seeing similarities to his show in Pat McAfee's new gig

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Dan Le Batard saw what ESPN has done with its new simulcast for college football with new star Pat McAfee, and he believes it is very similar to his own show. 

Le Batard, who was with the company before founding Meadowlark Media with former ESPN boss John Skipper in 2021, was among the many viewers that saw McAfee and his crew on "The Pat McAfee Show" on the sidelines during the Texas-Alabama game, where they had a fun broadcast filled with special guests like Matthew McConaughey.

"The Pat McAfee Show" debuted on ESPN last week, when they broadcasted live from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while McAfee also made his appearance on "College GameDay" on Saturday morning prior to the simulcast at night. 

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Pat McAfee is seen on the field prior to the game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Georgia Bulldogs in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 31, 2022 in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Though Le Batard sees similarities to his own show, he is not sure ESPN would have allowed him to play the same role now, mostly because of his politics. 

"What is funny about what just happened with McAfee is I don’t know if it’s so, because I can’t go back in time and know if it would actually be possible to have my politics and be what that is," Le Batard said on his "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz." "It’s inescapable that post-George Floyd, what happened there is they told me focus groups showed no politics with this. That show’s not going to have politics, but it looks a little bit like ours – the fun formula and all that stuff. 

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