Pat McAfee on ESPN Cancelling Aaron Rodgers: We Have ‘Freedom of Speech’ But Not Freedom from ‘Consequences’

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McAFEE: “So going in, we knew that we potentially ruffled some feathers in about three to five professions that have a lot of power and a lot of say, and we understood it. We completely understood it coming into this. And over the last week, we have certainly given them all a lot of stuff to get mad about and become loud about. We have messed up in that particular aspect, and by 'we' I mean we're a conversation show, people are having conversations, we live in a country that has freedom of speech, but also you’re gonna have to deal with the consequences of your freedom of speech. So what I’m saying is we’ve given a lot of people who have been waiting for us to fail a lot of ammo and things to attack us for over the last week, and we would love to get back to the point where we just move on and continue to silence all the haters over here who can't negotiate as good as I can, all the people over here who can't create a show as good as us, and all the people up here who will just always be here and they’re going to hustle and do their thing, which I respect, but we need to do that. That is our focus. That is our goal.”