ESPN’s Adam Schefter took some heat for reporting the breaking news in the middle of a Colts game, inciting boos, and sending the internet into a frenzy.
A lot of critics were unhappy with the timing of his news.
The day after the news broke, Schefter offered up a timeline of events.
He noted that Luck had begun informing teammates as early as Thursday, and expressed some surprise that it hadn’t broken any earlier than Saturday evening.
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When Schefter got the confirmation he needed, he filed the news to ESPN while out at a birthday party for his mother-in-law.
ESPN’s desk sent the news out through all social channels, and from there, the story exploded.
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