Pat McAfee claims notable ESPN executive is 'sabotaging' his show

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Pat McAfee is now in the business of making headlines, post-NFL career.

He's become one of the most prominent names in all of sports media and has become Aaron Rodgers' go-to guy.

That's landed both the New York Jets quarterback and McAfee in some hot water recently (more on that later), but one thing is clear — while McAfee has developed a cult following, plenty also hate him.

The former NFL punter sports analyst has even made note that he isn't sure of his future on ESPN's "College GameDay" because of the naysayers he has.

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ESPN analyst Pat McAfee reacts prior to a game between the Missouri Tigers and Ohio State Buckeyes during the Goodyear Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 29, 2023.

But one of those naysayers, McAfee believes, is somebody at ESPN, which simulcasts his show.

McAfee said that someone rather important at the network is trying to "sabotage" him and the show, name-dropping executive senior vice president of studio and event production Norby Williamson.

"There are folks actively trying to sabotage us from within ESPN. More specifically, I believe Norby Williamson is the guy attempting to sabotage our program. I’m not 100% sure — that is just seemingly the only human that has information, and then somehow that information gets leaked and it's wrong, and then it sets a narrative of what our show is," McAfee said on Friday's show, which was being broadcast on the network.

"And then are we just going to combat that from a rat every single time?"

McAfee noted a "sabotage attempt" in which someone tried to release inaccurate ratings of the show because