It doesn’t sound like Curt Schilling is getting a job at Fox Sports
When ESPN fired baseball analyst Curt Schilling two weeks ago, a result of his latest flap with management about his political views and when to share them on social media, one common theory was that Schilling might have a job waiting for him at Fox Sports.
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Fox, after all, is home to Colin Cowherd, Jason Whitlock, Clay Travis and is warming a spot for Skip Bayless when his ESPN days run out. So Fox doesn’t seem to have a problem with often-divisive and sometimes-trollish opinion-havers. With Jamie Horowitz — the man who created the “Embrace Debate” culture at ESPN — on board as Fox’s president, Schilling wouldn’t exactly be an outlier for his unfiltered approach to sports.
But it sounds like Schilling-to-Fox isn’t happening. Not soon and not according to a statement that Fox Sports gave Deadspin. It read:
We were approached by Curt’s camp this week and passed. We’re very happy with the group we have working baseball this season.
Passed, eh? And saying they’ve passed in a public statement? That sounds like there’s no budging in Fox’s stance.
If Fox weren’t interested right now but thought maybe a possibility existed down the road, the statement might say something like, “We have no plans to add Curt to our MLB coverage at this time.” This sounds like a hard rejection. (Unless it’s all a negotiating tactic, which, hey, it wouldn’t be the first time).
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As for Schilling, he posted a comment on his Facebook page (where else?) that seemed to indicate a new job is in the works.
“I think I’m getting ready to go to work in a position that’s likely to make the far left heads explode.”
Is that outside of sports, perhaps? Schilling has been aligning himself with the likes of Breitbart and Steven Crowder since ESPN fired him, so the possibility of a job in political media makes a lot of sense, especially considering he’d be embraced as a martyr.
Schilling’s behavior the past few years has shown that he’s as passionate about politics and history as he is about baseball, so finding a job somewhere with an actual political slant — where his fascination with divisive political memes wouldn’t be at odds with the rules set forth by his employer — might be what’s best for his long-term employment prospects.
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