ESPN has said goodbye to former NFL player Ryan Clark and a slew of other notable talent amid mass layoffs.
Clark reportedly learned of his exit while he was on the air, making the news that much more difficult for him to process.
Ryan Clark broke his silence on his departure earlier today with an inspirational post to X, saying that he was "sending prayers" to the others who were affected as he was.
According to PEOPLE, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro informed employees at the famed network of upcoming "difficult decisions" that had to be made as part of company-wide layoffs.
"Over the past several months, we've made significant progress integrating the NFL **** ets that we acquired into ESPN," the memo read. "Throughout this process, we have taken the time to carefully evaluate our collective teams, resources and organizational structure to best position us for the future. As a result, we had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

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