Sure, if he had more leverage the outcome would probably be a lot more shaky. All sorts of people with actual power and clout can get away with a lot more than this.
I'm just saying, if you want to get invited back to a show, don't blatantly disrespect the talent. There's probably a long list of people who could get away with this kind of thing as guests on ESPN, but it's likely shorter than the people who couldn't. You're always flying too close to the sun with this sort of approach to being a guest.
Even if he had the sway to not get booted from the network you know there'd be some lobbying from the hosts to stop inviting him on.