Dan Le Batard: Story behind the Story

[GameTime_3]

Dan is the man!
Hate him! Love him! You have to respect the man for doing what he believes is the right thing. He isn't for everyone but one thing everyone should agree on. He does it his way and he doesn't change for anyone.

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ESPN didn't find this quite as funny as I did. I hadn't checked with my supervisors. I had gone rogue with a local stunt in a national venue in a rah-rah way that isn't really how ESPN does business. So I was told to suspend the plane flight and whatever shenanigans we had planned for LeBron's Akron homecoming. I said I would not and could not because we were building this up for days on the radio to a crescendo and to simply stop talking about it and not do it with no mention would be dumb, inauthentic, confusing and not me. I was polite about it, but I was insubordinate. I refused to budge. We were flying the plane. So I was suspended, as I should have been.

[Maroko]

Thank you for sharing !

Great read and yes Dan is amazing ! He could have lost his job but glad they didnt fire him

So who paid the flight at the end etc ? Was it the money from his own pocket or from ESPN ?

[daniel3]

It is pretty funny how he got the newspapers to carry his story anyway, while paying a fraction of the cost and after they came out beforehand to say they would never carry his ad (which he never was intending to do in the first place).

[HEATVols865]

So did he fly the plane?


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[PaulieWal]

So did he fly the plane?


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No, that would have probably meant him and his staff losing their jobs. ESPN didn't suspend him for the billboards but for the plane.

[electroman6t]

It is pretty funny how he got the newspapers to carry his story anyway, while paying a fraction of the cost and after they came out beforehand to say they would never carry his ad (which he never was intending to do in the first place).

Do you listen to his show at all? Because he was DEFINITELY up to something whether it was an ad or something else. I live in South Florida and all of you heat fans down here that are angry are very hypocritical. I hear the crying every time I turn on the radio. That's what's really funny.

[Heat3]

^huh? it's clear that you hear and read what you want to hear and read. your reply has nothing to do with what you quoted