Okay, so this topic popped into my head the other day, “did Amanda Balionis get fired?” I kept seeing her name mentioned, and folks online were buzzing, so I decided to dig into it myself, see what was really going on.
My Process Trying to Figure This Out
First thing I did was just a basic search. You know how it is, just typed it straight into the search bar. Things like:
- “Amanda Balionis fired”
- “Amanda Balionis CBS contract”
- “Why wasn’t Amanda Balionis at [recent golf tournament]?”
- “Amanda Balionis leaving CBS Sports”
Just trying different ways to phrase it, see what stuck.
Got back a whole mess of stuff, naturally. Lots of sports blogs, fan forums, news articles, tweets. You really gotta sift through it. A lot of it was just people asking the same question I was.
I noticed a pattern pretty quick. Nobody seemed to have a concrete ‘yes, she was fired’ story from a solid source. Lots of guessing, lots of “sources say,” but nothing official from CBS or from Amanda herself directly addressing being ‘fired’.
Then I tried looking specifically for official announcements. Went to the CBS Sports website, looked around their press section. Checked Amanda Balionis’s own social media feeds – sometimes people announce stuff there first, right? Still nothing using that specific word, “fired.”
What I did find was a lot more speculation about contracts ending, potential moves to other networks, or maybe even just taking some time off or focusing on different projects. Saw some chatter linking her name to LIV Golf broadcasts, but again, mostly just fan talk and rumors at the stage I was looking.
It seemed like her absence from a couple of broadcasts was what really kicked off the speculation train. People notice when a familiar face isn’t there, especially someone popular like her on the golf circuit.
So, What Did I Conclude?
After spending a fair bit of time clicking around and reading, I couldn’t find anything solid to say she was actually fired. That word carries a specific meaning, like being let go for cause or something.
It really feels more like a situation where a contract might have ended, or she decided to move on, or maybe the details just aren’t public yet. Happens all the time in broadcasting, people move around, contracts expire.
So, based on my little digging session, the whole “fired” narrative seems more like internet guesswork than confirmed fact. There might be a change happening, sure, but calling it ‘fired’ doesn’t seem accurate based on what’s publicly out there right now. Just my two cents from looking into it.
