ESPN offered Skip Bayless mammoth $26.5-31m deal to reunite with Stephen A Smith

Skip Bayless signed a mammoth four-year, $32 million deal to continue with brocast giants Fox Sports. Bayless famously left ESPN back in 2016 when Fox Sports, as part of a new strategy targeting kind of sports debate content that ESPN struck rich with, offered him a reported four-year, $24 million deal. ESPN reportedly tried to correct ir mistake but inste me 69-year-old more wealthy while at Fox. 

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Skip Bayless new contract: ESPN tried re-uniting Skip Bayless and Stephen A Smith before Fox's mammoth offer 

According to a report by New York Post, ESPN offered Bayless somewhere in range of $26.5 million to $31 million as part of a planned reunion with former "First Take" partner Stephen A. Smith. report stated that Skip Bayless was pursued as a part of a strategy to bolster its new ESPN+ streaming platform. two, who still remain close friends, would have hosted a daily show on ESPN+ which would have promoted across ESPN umbrella, including weekly appearances during halftime of "Monday Night Football", with Smith w hosting First Take with Max Kellerman.

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brocast giants were desperate eugh to get 69-year-old back, offering an option even if Bayless decides to stay with Fox Sports. idea was that both Skip Bayless and Stephen A Smith continue to host ir respective shows and n collaborate on ESPN+, but idea was swiftly turned down. Fox Sports plan to launch a second daily show for Bayless in afteron, where 69-year-old will be solo host. Smith was said to be a big supporter of getting Bayless back on board, and negotiations lasted months before latter eventually renewed with Fox. 

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Skip Bayless joined Fox Sports in 2016 after 12 years with ESPN. During his time at ESPN, Bayless gained fame for his work as a commentator on  ESPN2 show 'First Take' with Stephen A. Smith. popular show featured debates between two and became a hit among sports fans. At Fox, Bayless began hosting his own show, "Skip and Shann: Undisputed". With Bayless secured, Fox will w work on a renewal for Shann Sharpe, with his contract set to expire in July. Sharpe bags half of what Bayless earned before his extension, and has become a star in his own right. Should Fox decide to move on from Sharpe, should he choose to leave of his own accord, or if two sides are unable to come to an agreement, former NFL player Emmanuel Acho could be a possible replacement alongside Bayless on Undisputed.

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(Im Courtesy: Stephen A Smith, Skip Bayless Instagram)