ESPN is lowballing Stephen A. Smith with $18 million offer: Dan Le Batard

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ESPN is lowballing Stephen A. Smith with $18 million offer: Dan Le Batard
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If Stephen A. Smith wants to add another agent to his representation, maybe his former ESPN colleague Dan Le Batard would be interested.

, the host said that ESPN is low-balling Smith with its five-year, $90 million contract offer to remain one the faces of the television network.

"He can do this for more than $18 million on his own. He doesn’t need ESPN.” – Dan explains why ESPN is undervaluing Stephen A. Smith despite reportedly offering him $18 million per year.“And beyond sports, he’s got conquering ambitions because he is casting a wide net, going on Fox, making sure the audience is as large as it can be as he heads into the leverage of negotiations. Because he can do this for more than $18 million on his own. He doesn’t need ESPN.

First Take’s growing presence on YouTube and social media was responsible for much of the spike as Smith’s brash hot takes resonate with a younger audience. “Even though everyone listening to this would think it’s ridiculous for anybody to be making the kind of money for doing this nonsense that people can make.”Man, 64, who dated Bill Belichick’s 23-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, says she is ‘wise beyond her years’

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