Michael Smith: "ESPN Muted Jemele & I, Ruined SC6"

[MushroomX]

ESPN puts on the "Disney Wax"; making sure they put minorities on television, and "support their opinions", but if you start to make it sound "too urban/hip hop" then you treated like shyt.

I stopped watching when Stuart Scott died, since it was downhill from there. fukk ESPN. They are losing money for some many reasons, not to mention they have no integrity.

 

[David_TheMan]

I hope he knows what he is doing venting this out like this.

 

[Still Got Tears]

@Pausebot

He came of as a c00n who I would have assumed married a white women when I saw him On AHT . Finding out he has a sister as a wife , coupled with speaking that real on air more times than not is impressive. But that transition to his consciousness/wokeness seems legit and really flipped me around about him . How’s that pauseworthy? fukking fakkit

 

[Rev]

How does Michael Smith think this interview is gonna sit with ESPN, though?Is he prepared to chuck the dueces?

I don’t think he cares. He sees the writing on the wall, and I imagine he doesn’t give a fukk about hosting a 6p SportsCenter by himself...especially since he obviously doesn’t fukk with the new boss.

And I imagine the new boss doesn’t give a fukk about him either. That dude Norby has been talked about as one of those corporate shills who has somehow managed to still be at the company 25+ years later. He’s a yes-man pawn that does the dirty work while the real decision-makers remain anonymous.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

They should've just negotiated more money for His & Hers, I tweeted Hill before they even started the show and told her shyt was going to go different. She was like "naw, what you think they hired us to be?" I told her it was going to be different because they were being paid more money, so the execs were going to change shyt.

Now how could I, ole barely middle class money making Black man could see what a Nationally recognized, millionaire, educated, "media savvy" Black woman couldn't see? They don't pay you money to stay the same, they pay you more to change you because they feel that they have a right to.

All that Ice Cube homages they were doing went fine with whitey....till they started talking like The Don Mega

 

[Thegospel]

When’s the next show Mike?

 

[cartierhoe]

Should've never ended His & Hers

 

[Dak Pickscott]

All that Ice Cube homages they were doing went fine with whitey....till they started talking like The Don Mega

when they started dressing jemele up as a man it was the beginning of the end

 

[42 Monks]

ESPN puts on the "Disney Wax"; making sure they put minorities on television, and "support their opinions", but if you start to make it sound "too urban/hip hop" then you treated like shyt.

I stopped watching when Stuart Scott died, since it was downhill from there. fukk ESPN. They are losing money for some many reasons, not to mention they have no integrity.

I think that's when I checked out too. ESPN had been declining across the board (on screen and off) for a while but when Stuart Scott died I just felt the connection go

I don't know how people watching anything past the actual sporting events anymore. Even the pre/post game stuff is hard to watch at times.

 

[obarth]

I don’t think he cares. He sees the writing on the wall, and I imagine he doesn’t give a fukk about hosting a 6p SportsCenter by himself...especially since he obviously doesn’t fukk with the new boss.

And I imagine the new boss doesn’t give a fukk about him either. That dude Norby has been talked about as one of those corporate shills who has somehow managed to still be at the company 25+ years later. He’s a yes-man pawn that does the dirty work while the real decision-makers remain anonymous.

That's what I'm guessing as well, it's just that I saw this:

Smith, who will remain host of SC6 even as Hill moves on, emphasized that he would continue “to do the same shyt I’ve been doing for the past 14 years at ESPN.”

http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/mic...l-months-together-sc6-frustrated-shyt-us.html

If he's cool collecting a check until the inevitable happens, more power to him, I guess

 

[horizon]

I remember when nikkas were acting like that sportscenter gig was a promotion

 

[Scott Larock]

Michael Smith: ESPN ‘muted’ Jemele Hill and I, ruined ‘SC6’


Smith went in on ESPN management during a recent interview on James Andrew Miller’s “Origins” podcast, saying the network ‘muted’ himself and Hill when a new executive took over “SC6” and that it “frustrated the s--- out of us.”

“There was a time we weren’t even talking to each other (during broadcasts) anymore,” he told Miller. “Like no more Michael and Jemele, not less, not here and there. No more Michael and Jemele talking. No more of their commentary. It’s just strictly live shots and analysts. That’s what pissed me off so much.”

Smith went on to say that prior to the “muting,” higher-ups at ESPN had made it known that one of the best things about “SC6” was the comradery between him and Hill, who has since left the show to write for ESPN's The Undefeated.

“I’m like, so wait a second, you all acknowledge that one of the strengths that we have going for us as a show is Michael and Jemele’s chemistry, but Michael and Jemele don’t f-----g talk to each other? How does that make sense?”

The decree to talk to each other less during the show came down from new ESPN executive Norby Williamson, who took over “SC6” after Hill was suspendedby the network for suggesting NFL fans boycott the Cowboys. That didn’t exactly sit well with ESPN management, seeing how the network has TV deals with the league.

“We knew we were gonna get s--- out of the gate... But we weren’t built to take it,” Smith said. “Immediately we started pushing the panic button. Instead of saying no, this is the vision for this show, this is what we’re doing.

“This show is about Michael and Jemele and their opinions and their chemistry, and they’re going to do ‘SportsCenter’ their way. Instead of sticking to that vision, we immediately tried to merge two things.”

While Hill has continuously expressed to angry Twiter egg heads that she left to work for The Undefeated and was not demoted there, Smith says ESPN “got what they wanted."
“It was very frustrating,” he said, “Behind the scenes and on camera. … They got what they wanted, which was Michael and Jemele being muted. And that frustrated the s--- out of us.”

He realizing when it goes past symbolic support cacs get scared.

Glad to see.

 

[JahBuhLun]

I hope he knows what he is doing venting this out like this.

He already has one foot out the door, that's why he's being outspoken now, before, he was more cautious and nuanced on twitter. He was throwing shurikens but Jemele was out there unloading full clips with no suppressor attached.

 

[big bun]

Shyt wasn’t that good to begin with honestly. Same topics covered as all other shows, except it was a breh and brehette hosting.

 

[David_TheMan]

He already has one foot out the door, that's why he's being outspoken now, before, he was more cautious and nuanced on twitter. He was throwing shurikens but Jemele was out there unloading full clips with no suppressor attached.

I feel for him, he needs to look out for his family first though before going out there half cocked like jemele