"One afternoon, McAfee wanted Schefter on his program," Marchand reports. "Schefter was appearing on an ESPN2 free agency special and was unable to make it. Schefter, formerly a McAfee Show regular, has been banished ever since."

The sports media star's stratospheric rise has been built on unpredictability paired with a showman's sense of their audience.

Pat McAfee clearly does not think much of Andrew Marchand and his reporting. On Thursday, Marchand wrote in The Athletic that McAfee had effectively "banned" ESPN insider Adam Schefter from his show following the NFL insider's last appearance back in March.