Is Simmons really going to come out of this looking like a badass?
Unfortunately, he produces more NBA material than NFL material. No one gives a shit about the NBA, especially watching millionaires yuk it up in a man-cave built into their pool house. I like his writing. And I respect his NBA knowledge...I just don’t want to read about him comparing Lebron’s 4th quarter the other…
YEAH RIGHT. If he’s at 6 million a year and we’re in May with a contract ending in Sept. so maybe thats another 3 million left...
He has almost 4 million Twitter followers. Even if 1/4 of them listened once a week thats one million unique listens. How you don’t monetize that is insane.
Oh, this is absolute fucking war. Skipper is fucked. He’s a suit trying to show power to a pretty savvy media expert. He’s playing with serious fire.
Thats not Simmons fault they couldn’t monetize the podcast, I would LOVE to see those downloads/listens. I’m betting it’s higher than most weekly network television.
By doing this publicly, ESPN hurts their own ability to negotiate contracts with superstar talents in the future. How do you negotiate with Skipper if you can’t trust him to keep things quiet? Sure, ESPN is the big fish and holds the cards on most deals of this type, but who wants to negotiate with people who would…
“..he’s functionally cost Simmons six or seven figures wherever he lands.”
Re: his contract, how likely is it that he has some sort of non-disclosure kind of thing in there? I need a Simmons ESPN hatchet job so, so, so badly. Dude knows where some bodies are buried for sure.
To be honest between Grantland and 30 for 30 I’m sort of convinced these days that what Simmons is best at is cultivating talent and using his clout to give them room to operate outside of the machine.
He’s going to slay him.
WOW. Not even a “we (ESPN) decided”—he went straight to the “I decided”.
Who wants a smugstache ride?
Do you have John Walsh’s phone number and the ability to call him before the news broke at 9? What was the last time you broke a story like that to him? How about any VP?
THIS GETS MORE INTERESTING WITH EACH POST!!!!
Prediction: The two Simmons’ gesturing wildly in unison on the related stories is going to give someone a seizure.
Wonder if NBA TV will come calling...?
I pick Grantland as a prime Ewing Theory candidate.