Giants great Carl Banks discusses his reasons for leaving his position at WFAN.
Giants legend Carl Banks discussed the reasons behind his resignation from his weekly midday slot on the renowned New York sports talk station during an appearance on ESPN New York, a rival to WFAN.
After a heated argument about Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux’s play with hosts Brandon Tierney and Sal Licata last month, Banks was abruptly removed from the broadcast and subsequently left.
Banks said on “The Michael Kay Show” on Wednesday that the experience as a whole made him understand that his weekly appearances on WFAN, the Giants’ radio home, “was not a platform I want to be on.”
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During his appearance on ESPN New York, Bob Papa, the play-by-play caller for Giants games on WFAN, stated. “I believe that Tierney and Licata talk a lot about facts, but when you want to talk to me about someone and you want to have an opinion about them, and you tell me you haven’t watched or seen that person, then I’m like, well, what are we talking about?
“You’re not paying attention to what he’s doing if all you can tell me is what he’s not doing, and I’m going to tell you what he’s doing.”
