Pat McAfee mocks New York Times criticism with shirtless gesture

Summarised from Daily Mail Sport's report · Updated 24 Oct, 16:38 · Archive

Pat McAfee removed his shirt on ESPN College GameDay and mocked The New York Times for criticising his behaviour on air.

Pat McAfee removed his shirt at the start of ESPN College GameDay in Salt Lake City and made a direct reference to criticism from The New York Times. The Daily Mail Sport reports that The Athletic, owned by The New York Times, ran a column by Jerry Brewer questioning McAfee's prominence on the show. Brewer argued that College GameDay had become so focused on McAfee that it was no longer 'the ultimate gathering place for all fans', despite achieving high ratings, and made multiple references to McAfee regularly removing his shirt on air.

McAfee appeared to respond to the criticism by removing his shirt at the very start of the show and shouting references to The New York Times. He quoted the criticism, saying: 'This a**hole is shirtless at 9:02 a.m. Eastern! Sorry, Coach. I'm ruining the whole sport.' This marks the second week McAfee has publicly referenced the column and appears to be an intentional response to his critics.

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• Pat McAfee ramps up feud with New York Times with antagonistic shirtless display on College GameDayPat McAfee referenced The New York Times over a column written about him in The Athletic for the second week in a row as he removed his shirt on College GameDay in Utah.Daily Mail Sport · 24 Oct, 15:59

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