Which is totally within her right to do so, but she's not getting $5 million dollars on the open market if that's what she thinks especially in this climate of sports.
Say Goodbye to those ESPN Personalities Ya'll Love So Much: Official ESPN Layoffs Thread
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Which is totally within her right to do so, but she's not getting $5 million dollars on the open market if that's what she thinks especially in this climate of sports.
Stephen A is the star of the network because of the ratings performance year-after-year for
"First Take." He is a revenue driver because of the advertising he attracts.
Maria is what the industry used to call a "newsreader." She is not at all a personality that drives revenue.
You can play hardball, but remember that the manager can always go to the bullpen to bring in the right-hander.
And coming out of the bullpen, now pitching for ESPN....
Yep NBA Countdown done already had Sage Steele and Michelle Beadle
They can easily replace Maria Taylor
Especially since there isn’t much discussion going on because of commercials anyways
Lol facts there are plenty of eye candy out there who would do it for less money
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No one is going to turn off their tv because Maria Taylor isn’t on it
she has zero leverage
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And coming out of the bullpen, now pitching for ESPN....
Rooks is under contract with Turner Sports..
Looks like ESPN got their Ariel Helwani replacement. And to the point of ESPN consolidating like crazy, Mike Coppinger will be covering both MMA and Boxing.
Copp is great with the boxing news and coverage.
And willing to do it at a cheaper price.
Now this might be why Taylor is not budging on her contract demands, this is 
Crack Daniels
Under New Management
Pages upon pages of you goofies criticizing a blank woman for knowing her worth and charging double. Even before hearing about the shyt she was dealing with behind the scenes. Corny 
Pages upon pages of you goofies criticizing a blank woman for knowing her worth and charging double. Even before hearing about the shyt she was dealing with behind the scenes. Corny
Is that supposed to change the fact that she’s not worth the price she’s looking for?
That argument goes both ways now though. I guarantee you that the Disney execs would've happily paid her $5 million per year to keep that story under wraps.
Literally, there's an exec yelling at folks in Bristol because this story PLUS the first take shyt literally stepping on the NBA's marquis event. For the ESPN/Disney side it's not worth the bad PR at this point of the story getting out and MT's team wouldn't mind taking advantage of that.
That story was going to eventually leak out regardless as everyone knew what transpired. Remember, there have been leaks for years from current and former ESPN employees about the dealings of what was going on there.
Even if this story never leaked, there still would have been the issue of her contract expiring two days before the end of the regular season and the playoffs. So it would be the question of do you pull her since you can’t reach an argreement or replace her if it goes 7 games?