Awful Announcing
Smith's defense of "I was sitting across from Bart Scott and Dan Orlovsky, who both agreed with me. You and I were arguing, so that might have something to do with my intensity level" tells us a whole lot about debate shows like First Take.
Smith will reportedly surpass Mike Greenberg's $6.5 million annual salary under this new deal.
“We’ve grown past ‘embrace debate.’ I think we’re a more mature network now. I think we have some shows with a little more element of debate and others that are smart, entertaining and interesting to sports fans.”
Investing in high profile personalities might be a thing of the past.
"54% get news or information about the NFL from sports TV channels (i.e. ESPN), 41% from sports news websites, and 38% from social media."
Jaworski took some shots at debate shows, and said his status with ESPN is still "in limbo."
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