Former ESPN college football analyst David Pollack is no longer with the network, and it sounds like that allows him to be a little more free with the opinions he expresses on social media, especially regarding transgender athletes.
During the 2024 Olympics, ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky tweeted “Protect our daughters” after controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a match, sparking outrage due to a previous disqualification for a highly-contested failed gender test. Orlovsky quickly deleted to post and explained why.
“When you’re an employee of a big company, your social media page doesn’t just get to be your social media page,” Orlovsky said in an interview with Barrett Media. “That’s a fantasy, so you have to represent yourself and the company that you work for in the proper way.”
I’ve lived this. I get it. When your livelihood is tied to your words it isn't always as easy to speak as freely as you think.
We all know that men don't belong in women's sports. All of us. https://t.co/D4KCsFF8YF
— David Pollack (@davidpollack47) August 17, 2024
David Pollack empathized with Orlovksy as a former ESPN employee, but he is no longer holding back his views of transgender athletes.
“I’ve lived this. I get it. When your livelihood is tied to your words it isn’t always as easy to speak as freely as you think. We all know that men don’t belong in women’s sports. All of us,” Pollack said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
It’s pretty clear where Pollack stands on the issue.
