Josh Pate Joins ESPN's Friday College Football Show, Keeping 5-6 Revenue Streams

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 14

This fall, Josh Pate will co-host a new ESPN Friday college football show with Will Compton and Taylor Lewan, traveling to a different campus each week.
Pate said the program is built around the Friday-in-a-college-town atmosphere, calling the expanded ESPN role “pretty surreal” as his partnership with the network grows.
He will keep ownership of his media company and flagship show while adding the ESPN job, with the business drawing on five or six main revenue streams including YouTube, brand deals, merchandise, appearances and talent contracts.
Pate told OutKick he rose from making $27,000 a year and being evicted to building a major independent college football brand, and said he avoids overexposing himself by turning down some sponsorships.
He also pointed to Pat McAfee as a uniquely influential sports-media figure and said he may eventually expand his company beyond college football into storm-chasing and weather content.