{"id":492,"date":"2024-07-16T11:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T11:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2024-07-16T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T11:26:03","slug":"skip-bayless-is-done-at-fs1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Skip Bayless Is Done At FS1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skip Bayless once had it all, but it fell out of his hands when he and Shannon Sharpe were no longer on the same show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<div id=\"med_rect_atf\" class=\"pw-tag\" data-pw-desk=\"med_rect_atf\" data-pw-mobi=\"med_rect_atf\" data-google-query-id=\"CJDlg5W5q4cDFcaxOgUdoFIHag\">\n<p>That one decision of him leaving Fox Sports has led to Skip Bayless making his own shocking decision this week.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2016, Bayless decided to leave ESPN to join Fox Sports and create his own version of the show: Undisputed. The ratings were great, the show was regularly going viral, and things were headed in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to 2024, and now, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Bayless is set to leave his role as co-host of Undisputed. His final show will be later this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the end of an era at FS1. Skip Bayless is leaving his role as co-host of \u201cUndisputed\u201d at the network after eight years, The Post has learned. His final show will be later this summer,\u201d Ryan Glasspiegel wrote for the outlet. \u201cBayless referred The Post to Fox Sports PR, which declined to comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Skip Bayless is leaving FS1, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nypost<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His last show will be later this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jm62C8cNwf\">pic.twitter.com\/Jm62C8cNwf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHoopCentral\/status\/1812993123313983549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His decision comes one year after Undisputed\u2019s long-time co-host Shannon Sharpe left the show and took his talents to ESPN to be on First Take with Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Once Undisputed returned from its hiatus, the struggles to keep the show afloat continued month after month.<\/p>\n<p>Not even the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0Draft and\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0playoffs could give Undisputed a boost as they earned its second-worst ratings since returning from hiatus in April.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported on April 25th that the Skip Bayless talk show averaged just 45,000 viewers on the morning of the first round of the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On the morning of the NFL Draft and a Lakers playoff game, the FS1 talk show &#8220;Undisputed&#8221; averaged 45,000 viewers &#8212; its second-smallest audience since returning from hiatus last fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sports Media Watch (@paulsen_smw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulsen_smw\/status\/1785003352499085709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-skip-bayless-learned-nothing-from-past-experience-as-he-and-richard-sherman-got-heated-on-undisputed\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skip Bayless Learned Nothing From Past Experience As He And Richard Sherman Got Heated on Undisputed<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/richard-sherman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Sherman<\/a>\u00a0was one of many faces that showed up on the revamped Undisputed show after Shannon Sharpe left.<\/p>\n<p>Sherman and Bayless have had issues in the past, but things seemed to be fine until one episode, when Sherman appeared visibly frustrated with Bayless.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the two of them, along with Keyshawn Johnson, were debating hip-drop tackles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-4\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>Sherman defended the practice during the debate and took a jab at Bayless, saying, \u201cYou\u2019re not speaking from experience, so stop raising your voice, Skip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bayless fired back by bringing up covering the league longer than Sherman played in it.<\/p>\n<p>Sherman wasn\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cYou\u2019re speaking on something you have no experience doing,\u201d Sherman told Bayless. \u201cYou\u2019ve covered the game? I\u2019ve actually played the game longer than you ever played! What we\u2019re talking about is something that actually happens in the game that you can\u2019t experience unless you play it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-5\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw_report_ad_container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Richard Sherman and Skip Bayless went at it on todays episode of \u2018Undisputed\u2019 \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>Round 2? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFQ6ER3Pq4\">pic.twitter.com\/kFQ6ER3Pq4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFM TV\u2122\ufe0f (@UFMTV_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFMTV_\/status\/1727094501477666957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Testy exchanges such as that were the sole reason why Shannon Sharpe left the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-container-logo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip Bayless once had it all, but it fell out of his hands when he and Shannon Sharpe were no longer on the same show. 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