Source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe layoffs were part of a broader cost-cutting effort by ESPN, which has been facing declining viewership and revenue in recent years. The network has also been hit by the rise of streaming services, which have made it easier for fans to watch sports without cable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pat McAfee, a former NFL player and current ESPN analyst, has been the subject of much speculation and criticism following ESPN’s recent layoffs. Some viewers have accused McAfee of being responsible for the layoffs, due to his recent contract with the network. However, McAfee has taken to Twitter to deny these accusations and clarify that […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946,13,11],"tags":[774,2798,2790,2792,1294,1607,1444,1519,2791,2793,2794,596,2799,597,2801,90,2796,2795,1608],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16922,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16896\/revisions\/16922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}