John Skipper: WBD president David Zaslav’s salary ‘shockingly high’
"...if that is the correlation, he is quite overpaid."
"...if that is the correlation, he is quite overpaid."
After a time of great uncertainty and transition, Meadowlark Media has secured its future by inking a new deal with DraftKings.
"Tried to convince him that it could be his show on ESPN."
"Didn’t realize you guys were still around."
"It's going to be good business."
"I’m so grateful that our Skipper has navigated today’s turbulent media seas to get us into much safer waters."
According to Front Office Sports, "It was not immediately clear what the new leadership structure will be for Meadowlark’s business."
"If you believe he can make your team and start next year, and your team will be better, they would take him. They're interested in getting better."
"We proposed immediately taking the tournament to 96 teams."
"Colleges, athletic departments, college presidents have demonstrated that to get more money, they will do pretty much anything."
"Nobody’s turning on ESPN to watch this."
"Ask anyone associated with the NBA, would you rather have the ratings go up 20% or the media rights go up 300%?"
"I think you'll see him on Inside the NBA at some point."
"I'm still proud of the gesture while not particularly admiring the recipient."
Lupica also called former ESPN president John Skipper a "chucklehead" for canceling the show in 2017.
"Rigorous reporting with a sense of humor is the most underrated commodity in sports media. I believe it is also the antidote to America’s lazily predictable culture war."
"I like how this is the part of the show where we become aroused by press releases."
"The writing was on the wall with Skipper and ESPN parting ways."
"The NWSL – which is clearly not as valuable as the WNBA – got $60 million a year in the open and free market."
"I think it's a bargain to get the WNBA for those prices if you're one of the networks that gets them."
“I would think that every major company that has a sports media component will want to look at this."
“I am puzzled and don’t understand how they could have a right to match."