Shannon Sharpe has weighed in on his former broadcast partner Skip Bayless’ impending departure from FS1.
Sharpe, who was paired with Bayless for the first seven of those years and left last summer, said on his “Nightcap” podcast that he kept in touch with a lot of the goings on at FS1 since his exit about a year ago, but rattled off some names of people behind the scenes in makeup and production who he missed.
“But when people say it’s luck, that’s what happens when preparation meets opportunity. I was prepared when the opportunity presented itself, and I took full advantage of that. So, I’ll be forever grateful for Skip giving me the opportunity. I want Skip to win. I wanted Skip to succeed at ‘Undisputed’ and just because I’m not there, that doesn’t mean I don’t want him to succeed. I just realized that me and him couldn’t succeed at the same table.
“I don’t know what Skip’s going to do. I wish him the best, but I don’t make the call. ESPN and Stephen A. said what he said. But at the end of the day, ESPN’s going to make a call. Shannon don’t call the shots at ‘First Take’.”Sharpe said that the only people he’s ever really spoken to off-air at ESPN were Disney CEO Bob Iger, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro, president of content Burke Magnus and head of event and studio production Dave Roberts.
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