Well this was awkward.
During Saturday afternoon's AAC Championship between UCF and Memphis, ESPN announcer Steve Levy brought up the reports that UCF head coach Scott Frost had already accepted the position at Nebraska. Levy correctly credited Brett McMurphy for the report, but inaccurately referred to McMurphy as "our own".
ESPN's Steve Levy "Scott Frost will be named the next head coach of Nebraska, first reported by our own Brett McMurphy"....McMurphy was laid off by ESPN back in April. ..Awkward pic.twitter.com/Aip929CDRX
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) December 2, 2017
this is how espn solves the problem of firing a consistent new breaker like @Brett_McMurphy, just pretend they still employ him https://t.co/RGFgiHo9Vx
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 2, 2017
McMurphy was one of the most prominent members laid off by ESPN back in April, and McMurphy has since been freelancing while still being one of college football's top news breakers. As you can imagine, the comment made its way back to McMurphy, who didn't seem thrilled with it.
"Our own"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 2, 2017
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/g2w1kl2Ca8
— SB Nation (@SBNation) December 2, 2017
The comment also comes after ESPN has laid off another 150 employees in the past week. ESPN has been making heavy cuts over the past year as a cost-saving measure, and many both on-screen and behind-the-scenes have been affected.
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