Sports talk show host Dan Dakich delivering food for DoorDash after gambling loss
If you placed a DoorDash order in Indianapolis recently and thought WFNI The Fan sports talk show host Dan Dakich delivered it, you might be right.
Dakich told barrettsportsmedia.com he’s been doing deliveries for the app for a few months to teach himself the value of a dollar after losing money gambling on the NCAA Tournament. Dakich did not say how much money he lost.
“I come from iron and steel workers, teachers, and I lost sight of the value of a dollar,” Dakich said to barrettsportsmedia.com. “I woke up at 5:30 in the morning and I told my wife I had to make it up. Seriously, I went to the hardware store about a mile from my house and applied for a job, because I wanted to make the money back. I owe my family and I lost the value of a dollar.”
Dakich said his stepson was working for Grubhub and making up to $25 per hour, so Dakich started making deliveries “to punish myself.” But he said it has become something he enjoys doing, working four to five times per week, connecting with people and talking about it on his show.
“My wife called me an idiot and said I didn’t have to do it but I wanted to because I’ve preached the value of a dollar to so many people,” Dakich said.
he didn’t expect to be back next season after he was accused of misogynistic actions in a Twitter dispute over college athlete compensation Feb. 23.
“I don’t know if ESPN is going to have me back. I assume they won’t,” Dakich said on his show. “Who cares? Who cares man?”
Dakich deleted his Twitter account, twice, after the controversy.
Dakich has had other controversies, including one that prompted discipline from Emmis.
In 2019, Dakich was suspended by Emmis for “a failure last year on Dan’s part to adhere to the journalistic principles valued by Emmis.” Emmis did not elaborate on what led to Dakich’s five-day suspension, nor did Dakich respond to a request for comment from IndyStar at the time.
In March 2020, Dakich went on a five-minute tirade in which he lambasted the firing of the head coach of Scottsburg High, while simultaneously insulting the town and school.
He called a player a “meth head,” said the town was full of “meth and AIDS and needles,” urged listeners to “take a dump” in Scottsburg and threatened, “I may just drive down there and beat the hell out of every school board member.”
Emmis told IndyStar at the time it was “aware of the statements made by Dan Dakich earlier this week and we continue to investigate the issue.” Dakich was not publicly disciplined for the tirade.