Pat McAfee Secures Hefty Sports Media Deal Paying Way More Than His NFL and WWE Contract

Published 12/10/2021, 11:00 AM EST

The Pat McAfee Show and FanDuel have signed a contract that is worth approximately $30 million annually. This is possibly one of the highest amounts for a contract in sports media.

This deal is worth much more than what he would have made had he stayed on with the NFL. He left NFL to create content and many believed he was making a major mistake.

But now, he’s signed one of the most lucrative sports media deals with his show, and nothing could seem like a better plan at the moment!

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Reportedly, a four-year deal has been signed between the parties. Apparently, there is an opt-out clause after three years. McAfee himself revealed the news on his YouTube channel and said it was for an absurd amount of money!

He clarified that the money wasn’t an indication that FanDuel owned The Pat McAfee show. Instead, it was to lock his show with them as the exclusive sports book partner and do their show in a bigger way.

Pat McAfee left millions of dollars on the table when he retired from the NFL.
He wanted to start creating content & people thought he was insane.
Now, just 4 years later, he has signed a ~$120 million deal with FanDuel, or roughly 8x what he made in the NFL.
That's legendary.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) December 9, 2021

However, the exact split of the $30 million hasn’t been revealed in terms of base pay and others. Additionally, the agreement includes financial support for special edition shows, live events tours, and others.

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Pat McAfee joined WWE SmackDown in 2021

The former NFL punter and Vince McMahon joined hands in April 2021 when he came on board as a commentator.

Corey Graves moved from SmackDown to Raw and, McAfee joined Michael Cole on SmackDown. Since then, he’s become a sensation with the WWE Universe.

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Whether it’s what he says or how he says it or how he behaves when he’s sitting at the commentators’ table, everything caught the fans’ attention. There have been times when the fans did not like something he said as a passing comment on live shows, but there has not been any backlash from the company.

So far, McAfee has been doing a good job as a commentator. Hopefully, he will be a part of WWE for a good while in the future!

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Shuvangi is a senior WWE and AEW author at EssentiallySports. She has over 1000 published WWE articles and also has experience in content operations with Forbes. Having completed her undergraduation from Royal Holloway, University of London, Shuvangi is closely aligned to the fitness industry, having amateur skills levels in tennis and basketball while rowing at a regatta level.

Pat McAfee Secures Hefty Sports Media Deal Paying Way More Than His NFL and WWE Contract

Pat McAfee joined WWE SmackDown in 2021

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