Fox Sports activities have parted methods with NFL insider Jordan Schultz after just one season, it has emerged.
Schultz, the son of billionaire ex-Starbucks CEO mogul Howard Schultz, has damaged a bunch of tales over current years together with Rob Gronkowski‘s retirement and new offers for Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.
He additionally hosted an NFL podcast with NBA star Draymond Inexperienced however now, as revealed by the Washington Submit, Schultz has left Fox Sports activities.
‘He’s not on our air,’ a Fox spokesman advised the outlet. It comes a couple of months after he and NFL Community insider Ian Rapoport clashed inside a Starbucks on the NFL mix in Indianapolis.
Schultz additionally reportedly landed himself in sizzling water over the draft, when the NFL contacted Fox after the reporter revealed groups’ picks earlier than they have been introduced. Media companions are banned from tipping alternatives.
Schultz later ruffled feathers inside Fox after breaking the information a couple of sport being broadcast on the community earlier than an agreed-upon time.
Fox Sports activities has parted methods with NFL insider Jordan Schultz after just one season
NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport was reportedly accosted by Schultz on the 2025 NFL Mix
It is claimed that the NFL insider irked fellow reporters, with one telling the Washington Submit that ‘Jordan is Saudi-wealth-funding the insider sport. He’s doing what LIV did to golf.’
Schultz advised the Washington Submit that his Fox deal was just for a yr and that he meant to go away anyway.
He claims to be in negotiations with a number of shops however can also be pondering creating his personal media group.
Again on the NFL Mix, safety have been known as after Schultz and Rapoport had an X-rated ‘verbal confrontation’ in Indianapolis.
Schultz claims to have been advised that Rapoport had been accusing him of providing shares in Starbucks or Uber in trade for info.
‘Complete blasphemy, dumb, unfounded — and but very damaging,’ he advised the Washington Submit.
So he confronted Rapoport and reportedly mentioned: ‘You understand what you probably did. And I mentioned, “This has obtained to cease.” And I used to be very clear, when you’ve got an issue with me, simply discuss to me.’
In an announcement, Rapoport advised the outlet: ‘I hadn’t heard that Jordan was accused of providing Uber inventory as an incentive for scoops till he was screaming in my face on the now-infamous Starbucks.’
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