Stephen A. Smith won a new ESPN contract this year, which will give him some new opportunities for “First Take”, including possible appearances on the other major shows on the network
Espn’s head, Jimmy Pitaro, has opened the door to Stephen A. Smith unites The network football coverage, where it could be part of the “Monday night football”.
At the beginning of the year, Smith had signed a new 5 -year -old agreement to stay with espnbecome one of the most paid sports media personalities in the taste Tom Brady and Charles Barkley. The 57 -year -old received a ESPN increased $ 8 million after paying $ 12 million a year for ESPN In his last agreement after months of negotiations.
This agreement will allow you to explore other opportunities far from the first dam, your morning show next to Molly and multiple co-amfirs, Although it is likely to be presented in more political showsand potentially “Monday night’s football”.
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Said Pitaro Sports of the Office Front: “We are very open to Stephen get more involved Nfl. We have had exploratory conversations with him.
“We know that the league really likes Stephen. So there could be something to do. [NFL] Countdown, ” Monday at the countdown night ‘. We hear that we are in a good place right now. But there is always room for someone like Stephen. “
While Smith is an American football follower, being huge Pittsburgh They make steelers, it is fair to say that he is not so well known in the field compared to his basketball analysis.
Smith was a basketball columnist with the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he had been close with Allen Iverson, before incorporating in Espn i ‘First times next to Skip Bayless.
ESPN employs many NFL personalities that appear regularly in their numerous shows, directed by Troy Aikman and Joe Buck in “Monday night Monday.”
It is not clear if Smith wants to appear in its NFL programs. It has its own YouTube platform and has made appearances in other shows in recent months.
Speaking of his aforementioned program, ‘The Stephen A. Smith program“Smith explained how he wanted to discuss politics more often, but before he could not do it without the ASPN authorization.
He said, “I said I wanted to talk about politics, in case you didn’t realize it, that’s what I’ve been doing. I said I wanted to owner of my own production company; this is what I am doing. Hell, I even said that I wanted to participate in some performance; this is what I do.”
Smith has seen his name thrown in the presidential talks by 2028, even closing in JD Vance among the favorites to succeed Donald Trump.
“In recent weeks, I have had no choice but to put -more serious (president candidate),” Smith said. “People have approached me for Capitol Hill. People who are elected positions have approached me, whether they are rulers or mayors or what I have. People have legitimately asked me, really.
“I don’t feel like being a political, but I decided that I no longer close this door. I will keep my options open. I will entertain the possibility.
“If it arrives at the end of 2026, 2027, where I look at this country and I think it is an absolute disaster and there are legitimate reasons to believe … that I have a legitimate feature to win the United States presidency. I will not rule it out.”