ESPN told Dan Patrick ‘he would never get another job’ during ugly contract talks

Source: New York Post

The contract drama between Micah Parsons and the Cowboys had sports broadcaster Dan Patrick reminiscing about a “bad deal” he previously signed with ESPN. During Tuesday’s installment of “The Dan Patrick Show,” the host reacted to the ongoing negotiations between Dallas and the All-Pro pass rusher— and how team owner Jerry Jones called out his star player in a Monday press conference for missing time due an ankle injury last year. Patrick, who worked for ESPN from 1989-2007, claimed that when he was in negotiations on a new deal, the Worldwide Leader told his agent he was “over the hill.