Disney (ABC/ESPN) has put an $18M per year contract renewal offer to Stephen A. Smith

[Morethan1]

I'd let him walk if $25 million is his asking price and let Shannon take over First Take.

Everything else he does can be replaced on a by committee basis as he wasn't moving the needle on Countdown like that.

His schtick just doesn't work outside of the sports world to justify his asking price, so if someone else wants to offer him that, then so be it.

Luckily you post on the coli and don't make those decisions

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Luckily you post on the coli and don't make those decisions

There’s track record of his non-sports endeavors flopping.

His Disney+ show flopped and his podcast did as well hence him having to change the name.

$25 million is entertainment level bread and the casual audience has shown they don’t care about sports like that. They don't view him on the level of people like Kelly Ripa, Roberts and Strahan who command that type of bread.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

People got to stop fronting on SAS. If people stopped caring about him espn would’ve dropped him. People literally go to him after the Cowboys lose. Why wouldn't espn eat off that? It be a bunch of people who don’t watch anyway saying they should drop him

 

[Tribal Outkast]

I'd let him walk if $25 million is his asking price and let Shannon take over First Take.

Everything else he does can be replaced on a by committee basis as he wasn't moving the needle on Countdown like that.

His schtick just doesn't work outside of the sports world to justify his asking price, so if someone else wants to offer him that, then so be it.

No sir..

Shannon Don’t forget why them problems. He better be on SAS side and get him that money. They got the money, they got to pay that man.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

No sir..

Shannon Don’t forget why them problems. He better be on SAS side and get him that money. They got the money, they got to pay that man.

$25 million is on a different level bread. That's bigger than sports type money.

He's going to have to put in more work than just on FT to justify that as his podcast don't benefit ESPN.

It’s a reason why he’s desperately trying to expand outside of sports because that’s where the money really is.

 

[Barney Rubble]

I bet Amazon will pay more if they're really trying to get their sports shyt popping.

 

[Lord-Yosh]

Yall talking about SAS I'm tryna figure out how tf does rachel maddow get 30mil a year

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

Stephen A. Smith is quite entertaining in my opinion!

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

He did

Rachel Maddow gets 30 million a year??

WTF?

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Blessings]

Wait to the haters find out what ESPN are paying Troy Aikman, Joe Buck, and Greenberg

SAS compared to his colleagues is underpaid

 

[Harry B]

Wait to the haters find out what ESPN are paying Troy Aikman, Joe Buck, and Greenberg

SAS compared to his colleagues is underpaid

Seems like football people get more, perhaps cause football is much bigger. Also seems like it’s mostly commentators and not on air personalities getting the big bucks

Apparently Strahan gets 17

Can’t see Perkins getting close to that.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Luckily you post on the coli and don't make those decisions

 

[jay211]

I've been saying for months Stephen A could be somewhere else next year. Is 25 million a shytload of money? Yes, of course. But if McAfee is getting 30 million (I understand he pays for his production out of that) Stephen A is worth more. Because McAfee's show hasn't set the world on fire for ESPN ratings.

Would FS1, Amazon, Netflix, Peacock, or Apple be willing to pay Stephen A 25 or 30 million? I think so. Because FOR THEM, he would be a huge boost in their sports programming world.

 

[Blessings]

Seems like football people get more, perhaps cause football is much bigger. Also seems like it’s mostly commentators and not on air personalities getting the big bucks

Apparently Strahan gets 17

Can’t see Perkins getting close to that.

They don't really promote or put their white counterparts salaries out there.

Put the black men salary out there to cacs and c00ns to hate/shame