Disney Chiefs Attend Patriot Games as ESPN Promos Stay Quiet
TL;DR
The Patriot Games in Ohio drew Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro and ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro alongside Pat McAfee and President Trump. ESPN streamed the event but gave it almost no on-air promotion, with only a primetime special promised; the reporting portrays the attendance as political optics rather than a mainstream sports moment.
- Despite minimal promotion by ESPN, Jimmy Pitaro and Josh D'Amaro joined Trump and Pat McAfee at Patriot Games Awful Announcing
- Trump’s Patriot Games are billed as a youth sports contest. They’re also a test of patriotic branding CNN
- Pat McAfee attends sporting event with President Trump wearing jeans and a backwards cap Fox News
- Trump Accompanied By Pat McAfee For ‘Patriot Games’ Finale In Ohio Forbes
- President Trump returns to Northeast Ohio for Patriot Games: See the moment Air Force One landed in Cleveland WKYC
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