ESPN’s Ryan Clark Goes OFF on Aaron Rodgers for Criticizing Network’s On-Air Personalities: ‘This Dude Is a Fraud!’
ESPN analyst Ryan Clark called out Aaron Rodgers on Friday over his recent criticism of the way the network has evolved over the years.
During his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee Show last Tuesday, Rodgers mentioned how the sports media industry has changed over the years due to the fact that “both non-football players and former players” are “trying to stay relevant fame-wise.” He then reminisced about watching ESPN’s flagship program SportsCenter, and lamented the network now being “all talk shows and people whose opinions are so important now and they believe they’re the celebrities now.”
On the Dec. 13 episode of First Take, Clark went off on Rodgers’ characterization of ESPN, saying:
My issue with him is you’re doing the exact same thing; and the reason that you’re getting this opportunity to say these asinine things is because someone is paying you who is exactly the same thing that you are now speaking out against. This dude is once again tone-deaf. This dude is once again unaware. This dude is once again arrogant to a point that’s almost sickening because he says these things, and he talks tough, and he behaves in this way, but he ain’t.
He has all of this cache because he’s a good player; but there ain’t people around here that come around and talk about what type of leader you are. There ain’t people that come around here and talk about wanting to follow you because of the type of man you have been. This dude is a fraud! He’s been a fraud; and he could throw a football and that’s where it stops. Once that talent ends, so does him and so does he!
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