Breaking: ESPN Signs Stephen A Smith to a 6 Year $120M Deal

[RennisDeynolds]

Supermax Steve

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

There are smileys of an owl on this site for a reason.
Maybe it's for people like you.

Guurrrrll...SAS just got that bag

Black man goes to an HBCU, graduates with a degree in mass communication, goes from writing sports columns for a newspaper, to local radio, to having his own show on a major network, to ultimately becoming the most prolific sports troll/personality in all of sports media…. but somehow this nikka ain’t got no talent…. When they threw that bag at Pat McAfee you nikkas was in here bragging about how well deserved it was

 

[SpacelySprockets]

no wonder he be walking through the tunnel for nba games like hes one of the players he getting paid more than most of them

 

[EzekelRAGE]

SAS and other sports analyst out here peddling and promoting sports betting. The same sports betting that they have blatant conflict of interest in and can easily manipulate to viewers with their talking points and rhetoric especially with how SAS loves to bring up his "sources".

Oh I get that, the tweet was acting like this is new. SAS/Molly/Mad Dog are featured prominently in PrizePick commercials and Stephen apparently has his own pick promos too. IIRC they talk about taking overs and unders on first take as well. ESPN runs a sportsbook.

 

[Remote]

Black man goes to an HBCU, graduates with a degree in mass communication, goes from writing sports columns for a newspaper, to local radio, to having his own show on a major network, to ultimately becoming the most prolific sports troll/personality in all of sports media…. but somehow this nikka ain’t got no talent…. When they threw that bag at Pat McAfee you nikkas was in here bragging about how well deserved it was

Pat McAfee doesn't deserve 20 million dollars a year either.

And that Stephen A Smith who graduated from Winston Salem State isn't the guy you see on TV...who spent much of his professional life slandering black men for a living for messing with THE WEED or because they didn't become superstars like Kwame Brown.

You could defend a hell of a lot more black journalists who would deserve that money. Like William Rhoden. But you can cook here if you want to.

 

[winb83]

Meanwhile RG3 and Max Kellerman are out of jobs. How many people does ESPN cut to pay him like he's an athlete?

I know he isn't making personel decisions but this is wild.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

This man is the sports French Montana and got that bag.



It is what it is

 

[FTBS]

Two girls. You’ll see pictures of him on vacation every now and then.

I do wonder in these types situations do kids hold resentment towards their party with much time is devoted to that life.

The money is cool and all but sometimes those kids just want quality time with their parents and don’t care about all that.

I dont mean this in a malicious way but SAS and people like him dont give a fukk about their kids. He bout this bread and clout. Not that he dont care or want the best for them but in his mind the best is generational wealth. Thats not to say that it doesnt matter but we see kids that grew up rich having issues all the time. Money cant fix everything. That said, I hope he has a strong support system in his family to offset his constant absence and all the energy he devotes elsewhere.

 

[FTBS]

Meanwhile RG3 and Max Kellerman are out of jobs. How many people does ESPN cut to pay him like he's an athlete?

I know he isn't making personel decisions but this is wild.

Thats bidness. Obviously they are not viewed to be as valuable as him. Denzel and Leo getting $30, $40, $50 Ms a movie and have trailers fancier than most houses and their choice of catering. Script gets changed if they dont like something. Meanwhile the majority of actors just tryna get by. Thats the game.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Meanwhile RG3 and Max Kellerman are out of jobs. How many people does ESPN cut to pay him like he's an athlete?

I know he isn't making personel decisions but this is wild.

SAS is the one moving the needle over there. He knows it and they know it. That’s why he hasn’t toned anything down. Apparently people like all that yelling and carrying on lol. I stopped watching First Take years ago because I just got tired of all that yelling. People still talk about him now so he’s doing something right.

 

[daboywonder2002]

SAS is the one moving the needle over there. He knows it and they know it. That’s why he hasn’t toned anything down. Apparently people like all that yelling and carrying on lol. I stopped watching First Take years ago because I just got tired of all that yelling. People still talk about him now so he’s doing something right.

I don't think people realize how famous Stephen A actually is. Even non sports fans know Stephen A Smith.

 

[FreshFromATL]

Black man with zero talent whatsoever getting this kind of money.

We made it.

Dude got like 30 years of sports journalism experience in some of the largest markets. Stop trying to act like dude just came out of nowhere and hasn't put in work.

 

[winb83]

SAS is the one moving the needle over there. He knows it and they know it. That’s why he hasn’t toned anything down. Apparently people like all that yelling and carrying on lol. I stopped watching First Take years ago because I just got tired of all that yelling. People still talk about him now so he’s doing something right.

I mean they treat everyone else as disposable I don't see why they would treat him as a must have. I just don't think there's anything so unique about his gimmick that he's irreplaceable. It's like Skip. If ESPN put their might behind another person people would watch. It's ESPN.

 

[semicko82]

I guess no more General Hospital as a side hustle

 

[RennisDeynolds]

SAS dumbed down and doubled his dollars...multiple times