Ex-ESPN analyst David Pollack 'very thankful' to be fired as he feels he can speak freely now

Former ESPN college football expert David Pollack hasn’t been with the "Worldwide Leader successful Sports" for implicit a twelvemonth now, and helium says he’s happier present than helium was moving for them. 

Pollack, who was a staple connected "College GameDay" earlier his departure from ESPN, explained to Jason Whitlock connected his "Fearless" podcast that helium wasn’t capable to talk his caput the mode helium wanted to portion employed by ESPN. 

"I’ve been precise thankful that I’ve been fired," helium said. "It’s opened up maine to beryllium capable to speech astir immoderate the taxable is successful a truthful manner."

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ESPN expert and Georgia Bulldogs erstwhile subordinate David Pollack looks connected earlier the 2022 Peach Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)

Whitlock brought up the existent statement astir transgender athletes successful women’s sports arsenic an illustration of a hot-button topic, and Pollack said helium "100%" wouldn’t person been allowed to talk his caput astir it portion helium was astatine ESPN. 

"I’m not saying they ever said that to me, but it was precise wide like, ‘Your opinions you station connected societal media, portion they are yours, they besides correspond us. So, we are taking that into account,’" Pollack said of his erstwhile employer.

"You 100% cognize that, and I’ll accidental this: Being captious of myself, I was perfectly disquieted astir what I said, truthful I didn’t get fired. I deliberation that’s a atrocious thing. I deliberation that’s a atrocious occupation by me, a truly atrocious occupation by me."

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Now, Pollack said it is "really fun" to beryllium capable to speech astir immoderate helium wants, being truthful astir his opinions nary substance the subject. 

"I’m decidedly going to marque definite that I instrumentality vantage of it due to the fact that we person a batch of worldly going connected that I privation to perceive from definite radical and I privation to perceive a Biblical position and antithetic perspectives too people… When you person thing to lose, Jason, and you can’t speech astir something, I don’t spot your opinion. You cognize that they can’t needfully accidental precisely [what they want].

"It’s freeing, it’s good. I privation I wasn’t a coward. I privation I had the onions to bash it erstwhile I had the accidental erstwhile I was astatine ESPN." 

Pollack besides noted a infinitesimal that happened with a erstwhile workfellow successful Dan Orlovsky, who does NFL analysis arsenic a erstwhile backmost successful the league. 

ESPN broadcaster David Pollack astatine the 109th Rose Bowl. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

Orlovsky had posted a tweet that referenced allegations that a boxer warring successful the women’s part astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics was calved with XY chromosomes. He would aboriginal delete the post, and said connected "The Pat McAfee Show," which is aired connected ESPN, that ESPN did not unit him to delete the post. 

There was besides Sam Ponder, a long-time worker who was fired from ESPN, who had a past of speaking her caput connected transgender athletes successful women’s sports connected her societal platforms. 

It’s a taxable that Pollack has commented connected himself now, posting connected X a motion that read, "WOMEN’S SPORTS IS NOT A TRANSFER PORTAL FOR MEDIOCRE MALE ATHLETES WHO COMPETE AS WOMEN. #SaveWomensSports."

Pollack did station backmost successful June 2023 a convey you connection to ESPN aft being a portion of the cuts they made to their endowment roster. 

"Thank you ESPN, to each the large radical I had the privilege to enactment with, each my teammates implicit the years, truthful galore who played a portion on the mode and to each who’ve watched and cheered maine connected passim the journey," helium captioned his Instagram post. "I don’t cognize what’s adjacent but I cognize it’s going to beryllium amazing."

David Pollack, ESPN assemblage shot expert and erstwhile NFL linebacker, speaks to the media up of GameDay astatine Veterans Memorial Stadium successful Jackson, Miss., Friday, October 28, 2022. (IMAGN)

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Pollack present co-hosts the "Family Goals" podcast with pastor Jonathan Howes, wherever they sermon faith, household and sports.