Shannon Sharpe Joins First Take

[daemonova]

I went to see with Firsttake trending today. Damn near all the top comments complaining about Shannon and SAS goin hard for CC and defending her

 

[Jplaya2023]

Nah, she went there. Very shytty on her end. If I was SAS, I'd cut her water off. Now you fukking with my bread because you in your feelings. Obvious she feels some type of way about something. Her even mentioning SAS and his negotiations dont even make sense here.

Monica McNutt calls out 'jealousy' in Stephen A. Smith contract negotiations with ESPN

After Stephen A. Smith called WNBA players jealous of Caitlin Clark, ESPN analyst Monica McNutt pointed the jealousy finger back at him.

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yea, I had just googled it, wild to say to about someone who was/is a "friend".

Good shyt Zeke

 

[FlyBoy718]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/19/monica-mcnutt-espn-stephen-smith/ - She said it in the Washington Post.

Non paywall if you don't fukk with WaPo - Monica McNutt calls out 'jealousy' in Stephen A. Smith contract negotiations with ESPN

“The numbers he’s going after because of [Pat] McAfee, [Troy] Aikman, [Joe] Buck, he might say they’re raising market value,” McNutt told WaPo reporter Ben Strauss. “But at the bottom of that is, ‘They’re not about to get paid more than me.'”

“Sounds like jealousy to me, but I haven’t seen Inside Out 2.”




If you don't read just say that. It would've been less effort for you to google this than to say this dumb shyt.

Damn We all know the cardinal rule is don't talk about other people's money. If she was keeping it real, she'd acknowledge she's still in her feelings over the CC phenomenon instead of disguising being a hater on some " bu bu bu all of these things were in the works" prior to CC being drafted.

 

[mastermind]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/19/monica-mcnutt-espn-stephen-smith/ - She said it in the Washington Post.

Non paywall if you don't fukk with WaPo - Monica McNutt calls out 'jealousy' in Stephen A. Smith contract negotiations with ESPN

“The numbers he’s going after because of [Pat] McAfee, [Troy] Aikman, [Joe] Buck, he might say they’re raising market value,” McNutt told WaPo reporter Ben Strauss. “But at the bottom of that is, ‘They’re not about to get paid more than me.'”

“Sounds like jealousy to me, but I haven’t seen Inside Out 2.”




If you don't read just say that. It would've been less effort for you to google this than to say this dumb shyt.

Nah, she went there. Very shytty on her end. If I was SAS, I'd cut her water off. Now you fukking with my bread because you in your feelings. Obvious she feels some type of way about something. Her even mentioning SAS and his negotiations dont even make sense here.

Monica McNutt calls out 'jealousy' in Stephen A. Smith contract negotiations with ESPN

After Stephen A. Smith called WNBA players jealous of Caitlin Clark, ESPN analyst Monica McNutt pointed the jealousy finger back at him.

awfulannouncing.com

Edit:

yea, I had just googled it, wild to say to about someone who was/is a "friend".

You should have used the full passage:

Please tell me what it means to protect the asset and compete at a high level,” McNutt said. “It’s like suddenly y’all don’t know how to talk about competition because there’s vaginas involved.”

There was also the idea of jealousy and the way Sharpe and Smith demanded she admit that other WNBA players were jealous of Clark’s money and fame as if it were an important revelation.

“You mean to tell me that nobody in the NBA and NFL is jealous?” McNutt asked at breakfast. “Why is this a thing that women can’t be?”

She compared those accusations to Smith’s very public contract demands, in which he often has declared that he deserves to be the highest-paid talent at ESPN.

“The numbers he’s going after because of McAfee, [Troy] Aikman, [Joe] Buck, he might say they’re raising market value,” she said.

“But at the bottom of that is, ‘They’re not about to get paid more than me.’”

“Sounds like jealousy to me,” she added, “but I haven’t seen ‘Inside Out 2.’”

To McNutt, there was a disconnect not just in how talking heads were talking about women’s sports but how they talked about women.

“You’re telling women how to exist,” she said. “If we’re going to talk about athletes, let’s talk about athletes. Let’s not tell women how to compete, because that’s something different.”

and whats gonna upset people is she is within her bounds to make this analogy since SAS been public with his negotiations. She also doesn’t say SAS is right or wrong with the demands.

He may get mad at her, but she right and don’t seem to need him/them anymore.

 

[EzekelRAGE]

and whats gonna upset people is she is within her bounds to make this analogy since SAS been public with his negotiations. She also doesn’t say SAS is right or wrong with the demands.

She can use the analogy all she wants, that doesnt stop it from being a dumb analogy. SAS and Shannon have both argued that WNBA players who are whining about CC getting all that shine is dumb because "a rising tide lifts all boats. More eyes on WNBA because of CC/Reese, the more money for everybody. SAS has said on more than one occasison how he is happy that McAfee has gotten his deal because that 1. Showed him how to move with the content shyt and 2. Will help in negotiations.

She just reached hard as hell trying to talk shyt, because she is in her feelings. Hell even in the big "blowup" SAS got her to admit that jealousy is at play with the CC hate.

 

[Po pimp]

She can use the analogy all she wants, that doesnt stop it from being a dumb analogy. SAS and Shannon have both argued that WNBA players who are whining about CC getting all that shine is dumb because "a rising tide lifts all boats. More eyes on WNBA because of CC/Reese, the more money for everybody. SAS has said on more than one occasison how he is happy that McAfee has gotten his deal because that 1. Showed him how to move with the content shyt and 2. Will help in negotiations.

She just reached hard as hell trying to talk shyt, because she is in her feelings. Hell even in the big "blowup" SAS got her to admit that jealousy is at play with the CC hate.

What players have whined about her getting shine? The most anyone has said is to acknowledge other players as well. A'ja Wilson has the greatest season in WNBA history and wins the second unanimous MVP, yet they spent a minute talking about her but 10-15 minutes talking about Caitlin.

It was the media that made national news out of get getting a flagrant foul, but when worse fouls happened to other players, nothing. No major stories about Angel Reese getting slammed by the neck by AT or Brittney Griner going after Rickea Jackson.

 

[mastermind]

She can use the analogy all she wants, that doesnt stop it from being a dumb analogy. SAS and Shannon have both argued that WNBA players who are whining about CC getting all that shine is dumb because "a rising tide lifts all boats. More eyes on WNBA because of CC/Reese, the more money for everybody. SAS has said on more than one occasison how he is happy that McAfee has gotten his deal because that 1. Showed him how to move with the content shyt and 2. Will help in negotiations.

She just reached hard as hell trying to talk shyt, because she is in her feelings. Hell even in the big "blowup" SAS got her to admit that jealousy is at play with the CC hate.

I haven’t seen a single WNBA player complain about the attention Clark is getting for the league. That’s been stuff that observers have put on to them. I’ve also seen many say they are happy at the attention for the reasons Smith said that about McAfee.

The analogy was on point because she used Smith’s own lines. He is competitive and wants as much if not more than McAfee. I’m sure A’ja Wilson feels that way too, but it’s not jealousy. That was McNutt’s point.

But I showed the whole quote because both of you ignored the analogy portion to only highlight the part that could be seen as salacious, even tho it isn’t.

 

[calh45]

You should have used the full passage:



and whats gonna upset people is she is within her bounds to make this analogy since SAS been public with his negotiations. She also doesn’t say SAS is right or wrong with the demands.

He may get mad at her, but she right and don’t seem to need him/them anymore.

Why even bring his contract up in this discussion at all? Saying the man is operating with jealousy is whole lot different than him wanting to get what he feels he's worth as the producer of one of ESPN's flagship shows. In fact, her statement probably impacts the negotiations negatively.

I read the full passage. Her methods of going about this battle with him is tone deaf at best and clout chasey at worst. It kinda proves him right. We all have eyes. For years prior, the WNBA was not worth the time that First Take's spot in the sport's world. First Take is all about what's trending or big. None of them should be offended if they didn't get time because people would've turned the channel before Angel or CC started getting people interested in women's basketball by way of college. The final four averaged 7 million viewers in 2023. The WNBA finals averaged 700k (and this was their MOST watched). The numbers dictate she shouldn't be coming at anyone at ALL about how they cover what. Why didn't he cover it before? As of last year people still ain't watching. If it's Aces vs Liberty again it'll probably be a repeat of that. Attacking other people's shows and "ego" ain't a good way to garner good will about a sport that clearly needs it.

 

[The_Sheff]

What players have whined about her getting shine? The most anyone has said is to acknowledge other players as well. A'ja Wilson has the greatest season in WNBA history and wins the second unanimous MVP, yet they spent a minute talking about her but 10-15 minutes talking about Caitlin.

It was the media that made national news out of get getting a flagrant foul, but when worse fouls happened to other players, nothing. No major stories about Angel Reese getting slammed by the neck by AT or Brittney Griner going after Rickea Jackson.

Y’all in here dense as fukk.

Do you want to know why there are 30 minute discussions on every radio station in the country when the Cowboys lose but the Titans only get a 10 second mention no matter what they do?

 

[mastermind]

Why even bring his contract up in this discussion at all?

Because it was an analogy

Saying the man is operating with jealousy is whole lot different than him wanting to get what he feels he's worth as the producer of one of ESPN's flagship shows. In fact, her statement probably impacts the negotiations negatively.

No it doesn’t and again, he has brought it up publicly. It’s fair game at that point.

Her methods of going about this battle with him is tone deaf at best and clout chasey at worst.

She isn’t battling him lol. The article is about women’s sports coverage.

For years prior, the WNBA was not worth the time that First Take's spot in the sport's world.

thats why she said that in that statement that made her a bigger deal. You agreeing with her.


My only point share the entire quote and have the convo instead of the part that can be spun as a salacious.

 

[Rayzah]

Why even bring his contract up in this discussion at all? Saying the man is operating with jealousy is whole lot different than him wanting to get what he feels he's worth as the producer of one of ESPN's flagship shows. In fact, her statement probably impacts the negotiations negatively.

I read the full passage. Her methods of going about this battle with him is tone deaf at best and clout chasey at worst. It kinda proves him right. We all have eyes. For years prior, the WNBA was not worth the time that First Take's spot in the sport's world. First Take is all about what's trending or big. None of them should be offended if they didn't get time because people would've turned the channel before Angel or CC started getting people interested in women's basketball by way of college. The final four averaged 7 million viewers in 2023. The WNBA finals averaged 700k (and this was their MOST watched). The numbers dictate she shouldn't be coming at anyone at ALL about how they cover what. Why didn't he cover it before? As of last year people still ain't watching. If it's Aces vs Liberty again it'll probably be a repeat of that. Attacking other people's shows and "ego" ain't a good way to garner good will about a sport that clearly needs it.

You preaching
The “long time” wnba fans hate that that league was irrelevant before CC and by proxy Angel Reese. They want the narrative to be that they should have been getting coverage but the truth is they didn’t deserve the coverage. Aja winning mvp isn’t as interesting as CC playing in the playoffs.

 

[EzekelRAGE]

What players have whined about her getting shine? The most anyone has said is to acknowledge other players as well. A'ja Wilson has the greatest season in WNBA history and wins the second unanimous MVP, yet they spent a minute talking about her but 10-15 minutes talking about Caitlin.

It was the media that made national news out of get getting a flagrant foul, but when worse fouls happened to other players, nothing. No major stories about Angel Reese getting slammed by the neck by AT or Brittney Griner going after Rickea Jackson.

I haven’t seen a single WNBA player complain about the attention Clark is getting for the league.

Idk what specific players. You may need to ask Monica, SAS, or Shannon. Im just going off what was argued.

Hell even in the big "blowup" SAS got her to admit that jealousy is at play with the CC hate.

I also read the passage and the analogy is still shyt. I think some of yall dont watch first take and only watch the clips fed to yall on social media. If you watched you would know that Monica admitted that some of the wnba players are acting out of jealousy.

 

[Rayzah]

They were speaking facts,
It’s ridiculous to think that CC didn’t deserve to be on that Olympic team. SS said it I eat she was then better than Taurasi and the one girl hadn’t even played that season.

All them excuses they gave was dumb and the way CC finished the season proved they were hating.

 

[calh45]

Because it was an analogy

No it doesn’t and again, he has brought it up publicly. It’s fair game at that point.

She isn’t battling him lol. The article is about women’s sports coverage.
thats why she said that in that statement that made her a bigger deal. You agreeing with her.


My only point share the entire quote and have the convo instead of the part that can be spun as a salacious.

You can't skip the analogy like it ain't nothing though. There's extra context after the earlier shots on his show. She had a ton of different ways to go about that and I've seen you post enough that I know you know how interviews work. They probably gave her a chance to clean it up and make sure she was alright with it in print especially if that's supposed to be her real life friend.

Do you think people are going to talk more about the WNBA after this reading article? Do you think her analogy made people want to watch the sport or watch for SAS's response? I don't think she did herself or WNBA favors with how she went about it.

 

[Negro Caesar]

Shannon sharpe is so full of himself, now he dont even realize how crazy he sound when hes just trying to be the contrarian