"Why is Jason Kelce on ESPN's broadcast of The Masters?"
That was a very common complaint during ESPN's coverage of The Masters earlier this year. Kelce, who joined ESPN after retiring from the National Football League, where he starred with the Philadelphia Eagles, isn't just helping out with football coverage. He's been taking part in various other events for ESPN, including golf coverage, like The Masters and The Golf League.
The older brother of Travis Kelce recently opened up about his experiences with ESPN, speaking on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast. He has a growing role at ESPN, which could include some future golf and NASCAR coverage, among other things.
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While Kelce has faced some criticism from fans for his sizable role at ESPN outside of football events, the legendary Philadelphia Eagles star isn't apologizing for it. He finds it fun. And we don't blame him.
“This year, the things I did with ESPN outside of that would be TGL and then the Masters, right? TGL, that facility, I’d heard how incredible it is down there and wanted to see that,” he explained to the CBS NFL analyst, per Awful Announcing. “The Masters, yeah, of course I want to do the Masters. The number one place in the golf world to go down to Augusta, Georgia. There’s nothing I think that really tops that experience. I had been as a spectator before. That was my first time to go and participate and see the Par 3.”
Kelce has bigger plans in mind, too
Kelce understands that there has been some blowback. However, he's not backing down from his role.
In fact, Kelce plans on doing more and more.
The legendary NFL star would like to get involved in some NASCAR coverage, as well.
“I’ve always wanted to do NASCAR,” he said. “So, I basically have a YouTube channel where a lot of this stuff, bobsledding, NASCAR, we tried to dunk for the first time — you get to document it, so you’re making money on it, and at the same time you get to try and do something really cool that you’ve never had the opportunity to do. Especially while I played, I didn’t have the opportunity to try these things. So, now being retired, [with] a little bit more time, you can go and try things that you have always been interested in trying or seeing or doing. So, we have the Monday night stuff and the ESPN stuff, then the YouTube stuff, which is kind of like really just an excuse to do bucket list items that you’ve always wanted to do. It’s been fun. We’re definitely capitalizing on the ability to go and do random things. Maybe too much. We got to talk as a team, but it’s been fun.”
Hey, if ESPN likes it, and Kelce enjoys doing it, then it's clearly not going to stop. Complaining fans are just going to have to deal with it for now.
