Makes sense as they wouldn't even let Jaws do anything television media appearances for years as he still had years left on his deal after they laid him off.
In fact, he's still relatively MIA these days.
Say Goodbye to those ESPN Personalities Ya'll Love So Much: Official ESPN Layoffs Thread
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In fact, he's still relatively MIA these days.
I seen Jaws doing stuff with NBC Sports Philadelphia
exactly this seems weird as hell
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Not to mention they're probably banking on him taking another job and giving up some of the bread they owe him in the process as three years is a long time to be out of the public eye as a sports analyst especially at his age.
It's why I believe Beadle and ESPN never did a buyout and she just sat out the remainder of her deal until the time was up.
Isn't Van Gundy in the same boat? I wonder if their contracts would allow them to take coaching jobs until the contract runs out? If someone is paying me to do absolutely nothing, I'm using it to take a four year vacation and getting every single dime. Volunteer or intern if you need something to do.
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Most these dudes done already made millions and probably didn't need the money in the first place. I think they legit love working.
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If you're Keshawn Johnson, not working and getting paid out the duration of your contract isn't a bad thing. This is his 2nd career......he can enjoy life. If your only career is media, it's a fukked up place to be in.
@CHICAGO @Houston911 @Barnett114 @hex can ya'll update the thread to:
Say Goodbye to those ESPN Personalities Ya'll Love So Much: Official ESPN Layoffs Thread
No yall don't
The thread is fine and 73 page's at this point
Edit: I guess yall did it all ready
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Yep, as far as I know, the choice is to either sit out the remainder of the deal, in which case Disney gets to write it off as a loss for tax purposes, or take a new job and forgo the rest of the contract, in which case Disney no longer owes that money. They win either way.
I imagine there's language in the original contract that allowed him to leave for a coaching job without either side owing the other anything, and that's been carried forward into the termination agreement to make it so he has to choose between taking literally ANY other NBA related job, or riding out his contract.
The shytty thing is that it puts the talent in a tough position because in today's media market, sitting down for three or four years is damn near accepting an early retirement. The market moves so much faster, and in a different way than it did before, where taking the paid vacation was the smart move.
For someone like Van Gundy, if he really was considering going back to coaching, it's gotta be now. He was probably already an iffy hire since he last coach in 2007. Waiting any longer isn't going to make him any better of an option, really. And there's an almost never ending procession of former NBA personalities that can take a color commentary or studio job while he sits out, and make employing him even less necessary. And while Beadle still has a job now after her break, it's definitely not anywhere near as high profile as her precious work. Given, that's also probably partially due to having literally worked almost everywhere before previously, but still.