Shannon Sharpe Reportedly Leaving Undisputed With Skip Bayless, Buying Out Of Contract | Pat McAfee

Everyone forgets Skip picked Shannon Sharpe to be his counterpart. Skip knew Shannon would take it seriously and he did. He took the opportunity given and ran with it. I enjoy Shannon Sharpe's opinion and delivery a lot more than Skips. I dont even agree with Shannon on a lot of his opinions but I enjoy hearing his reasoning for it,

I don't blame Shannon. I tried to listen to 5 minutes of Skip's solo show and that's when you realize that Shannon makes Undisputed tolerable and Shannon solo is superb! His solo podcast is crushing it

Props to Shannon for being able to put up with Skip that long.

Undisputed was a good show. Took me from First Take…but honestly it was Shannon who I watched for. Wherever Unc goes, I will watch. He is just as good a tv personality as he was the HOF player. Shannon, Pat and Colin, and Smith are the Mount Rushmore of sports talk

When Shannon took the opportunity when Skip went to back for him and did their first show I was hooked. It’s been amazing to hear Shannon’s opinion and bring entertainment to the show. It was a hell of Tun but we all have our feeling about Skip period.

Beyond the Damar Hamlin tweet, there a number of other things Skip said that Shannon got pissed about. One that was completely over the top is when Skip said the reason Shannon is so critical of Tom Brady is because he’s jealous that Brady had a better career. I watched that segment live and you could tell Shannon was really mad and hurt. Skip wasn’t joking either. That clearly wasn’t a work.

Let's get Shannon on the show. You know how electric a semi uncensored Shannon would be with the toxic table........ not gonna happen but this would be awesome

ill never forget watching that day of undisputed when skip practically called Unc a bum for criticizing Brady's bad season. everyone who has consistently watched, knew right then and there Shannon reached his breaking point and skip showed how low he's willing to go for tom Brady. I remember rewatching the video on Clip-Share and the comments being flooded with messages along the lines of "Shannon will be leaving undisputed mark my words". And now that day has come. RIP undisputed was a fun entertaining 7 years no matter which way you look at it or how you view either host/analyst of the show. Wish Shannon nothing but the best in his next ventures, cya Unc💪

Shannon Sharpe has often mentioned how Skip Bayless helped him at a low point in his career. I believe he hadn't forgotten this & is forever grateful to Skip. I am sure the two have remained friends & that he spoke about his leave taking privately with Skip before hinting at, and then making the big announcement. I will miss Skip & Shannon as a team although I suppose change was inevitable. Undisputed was an enjoyable show for me. I do hope both Skip and Shannon continue to prosper & have a good life whatever direction they take...

Shannon actually stayed longer than he should've. Skip has been so disrespectful and belittling to Shannon in more ways than one. What I couldn't stand is him always interrupting Shannon and never admitting when he's wrong. Shannon was the life of that show. All the best to Unc in his next endeavours.

Skip is polarized and can be difficult to like or agree with, but he has incredible talents that won’t be shut down by the exodus of an amazing co-host. He’s amazing at finding the exact right talent that fullfills the ying to his Yang. Undisputed is a well respected show that will continue as scheduled.

I think Shannon is bigger than just "sports media" at this point. With his personality and back home stories and sayings, I could EASILY see him going the Michael Strahan route and being a co-host on a morning show!

Shannon needs to do a live audience show.. whether it's as an analyst or interviewing. When they do live shows, dude just controls the crowd like others can't.

It’s about time Shannon. Proud of you brother. I’ll tune in whenever you go. This is the end to undisputed.

While everyone is looking for the tea on why Shannon is leaving, I'm just over sad, trying to cope with the fact that Shannon really won't be on television anymore. I always look forward to his takes. I've probably watched at least one segment from at least 75% of every show they've done.

Undisputed was a good show.

This is about one of Shannon's favorite topics - hitting free agency at the right time. He is a huge personality and he clearly thinks there's value in getting to the negotiation table right now

You can tell Shannon was definitely offended and kinda hurt when Skip started downing his career because Shannon didn't have nice things to say about Brady. Skip took shots at his coworker and friend. I was surprised it took this long. Could tell Shannon wasn't for that

I think most of us can agree that skips takes are ridiculous and annoying but it makes for great entertainment and Shannon was the perfect fit for the show. As amazing as Shannon is its hard to believe there will be a better show than undisputed.

It’s been 7 years, some things just run their course. They’re obviously tight off the air, Shannon has said that publicly many times even after the more heated on air stuff in the last couple of months and the Damar Hamlin disaster. But he’s 54 years old, he doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life at that desk debating Skip. He’ll be great in whatever he does next and Skip will continue to dominate morning sports debates.

Respect to Pacman for speaking up everyone else was acting delusional

I love seeing Pacman involved in the discussion. Keep going, fam.

How anyone worked with Bayless that long is beyond me.

It seemed to me Shannon wanted to have genuine conversations and debates instead of Skip playing the role of a disingenuous heel.

Undisputed was the show that got me so into football. With Pat and Undisputed both disappearing, Imma have to start reading the news paper

I personally really liked Undisputed. I think this had more to do with off-the-show type of stuff behind the scenes between the two. I know they had their issues on air, but that was also the point of the show, lol. Sometimes things got a little out of hand, but that was few and far between.

in my opinión it happened when skip tried to take personal shots at sharpes career saying he was jealous of brady couple months back but who knows . it was a good run but excited to see where Mr. sharpe goes from here

I think Shannon genuinely loved and appreciated Skip early on, as he has mentioned numerous times that he wouldn't even be in media if it weren't for Skip giving him a chance.
But Skip wore him down.

It was definitely when he called Shannon jealous of Brady's longevity. He went way too far and never really apologized for it.

Skip yelling at him and telling him "put your glasses back on" definitely played a part in this.

Shannon should gets his own show.

Definitely the damar thing was a problem and lit the fuse..but the blow up was when Skip tried to belittle Shannon's career and tell him he's jealous of Tom bradys success. That moment was the only moment I've seen between them that I thought breached sports debate.
You could visually see that inside Shannon wanted to CLOBBER skip..but knew better of it..remembering what grandma and grandpa told him.

To be fair to Skip, the whole country forgot how to read with that whole Twitter thing. Yeah, he worded it badly; but he was just genuinely curious on what the NFL would do. He wasn’t saying that they should keep playing. And no one else reads the good tweets that he put before hand on his timeline, only the one badly worded one that went viral.

I think Chris Broussard would be the perfect partner for skip because he can argue but will keep it respectful and isn’t a former athlete so it will be different. The only problem is I’m not sure about his football opinions but for basketball it would be great. Another option would be shady but the former athlete has already been done with Shannon

The day after the Damar incident, Shannon was a no show, then when he did come the day after that, in his opening monologue he explained about his brother when he was lying on the field when he suffered his career ending injury so that’s why Skips comments rubbed Shannon the wrong way, and Skip interrupted the whole thing to get something in and Shay just stopped and asked to start the show, a couple of other things happened before this too but it’s been building up for the last half year

Whatever happens is bout to shake the sports world. When Skip left first take nobody knew what would really happen. Then Undisputed became one of the greatest sports debate shows of all time. No tellin what's bout to happen now, unless Skip retires or something

Sharpe should get a Noble Prize for Patience for listening to Skip for as long as he did.

Shannon should do a similar show as "First Take" with his own brother Sterling. They both are extremely well spoken and have very assertive voices. Plus with it being 2 brothers they have built in chemistry off the bat.

I’m so bummed, it’s my favorite show after this progrum. But Skip absolutely deserved it…I just wish he would’ve realized before it was too late.
I hope and pray that Skip doesn’t replace Shannon with ANYONE on the current FS1 roster. Acho, Wright, Shady, Bucher, JMac…all terrible and unbearable. He better think outside the box if he wants to keep that show going.
Shannon will be just fine, he’s electric

There's been a lot of friction between Skip and Shannon the last year or 2. I think some of Skip's somewhat downright disrespectful takes really frustrated Shannon.
But it really started boiling over when Skip took a shot at Shannon's playing career, when he compared Shannon to Brady. I think Shannon took real offense to that.
Then the Damar Hamlin situation was the final straw.
You can tell they hashed it out the way Skip has pulled back on some of his takes, especially in regards to Lebron ever since. But too little too late it seems.

When Shannon first started doing the pre-game show, he wasn't very good, but he's become so great over the years on Undisputed. I look forward to watching his next show.

Shannon and Max on a 90 min show. The comedy would be gold, and they could chop it up with sports talk

Shannon gets to keep his podcast as part of the buy out. I bet he just puts all his time into that. I hope he does

They both Ride for their teams and their dudes. It’s the same I would do if I were there. Thanks 🙏🏾 to both!!!

I'm surprised it's actually happening, but I can't blame Shannon and would likely do the same in his position. Skip has been very disrespectful to him multiple times now and he will be the most coveted free agent in sports media.

love seeing Pacman involved in the discussion. Keep going, fam.

Shannon always said he owes skip everything for his post playing career and won't talk bad or bite the hand that fed him... I think that's genuine, and he is reaching a point where he resents skip and knows he won't be able to maintain that professionalism. It's not like he can't do it anymore, but he also has just had too many bad moments to feel like he can be grateful to share a stage with him and doesn't want to be in the position skip put him in if he can't

I been expecting this ever since the Hamlin tweet. Rewatch the clips from after that and it was pretty clear that Shannon was frustrated. Might have been looking for his buyout ever since.

Shannon has way more to offer his listeners than being forced to talk about Lebron, Brady, and the Cowboys every day. Can't wait to see where he lands next.

Skip had more respect for Baker Mayfield and that 11 game stretch than he did for Shannon or Mahomes. I don't know how Shannon held it together as long as he did.

Pac-Man couldn’t have been more right about Skip and Shannon in the first 20 seconds 😂

I know the ratings probably don't show it up but over the last 8 years Undisputed was thing I have always felt that the team was the better show than First Take was. Shannon himself gave so many culture moments that are still being used today. I do think that big cable sports entertainment will probably move away from giving journalists or journalists types shows and give them to former players. Not saying it won't be there but personalities like that will live on youtube or podcast and develop their own niche. Example Brandon Perna, Grossi, The Ringer, etc.

They are so different from each other and that is why the show worked... I really don't think either of them will find a counter part as great as they had in each other (differences aside)

Excelente show. Realmente lo disfruté muchísimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s about time ! I’m Surprised Shannon stuck it out this long . I gather Shannon will pop up somewhere else where he’s respected .

Skip and Shannon are both super hard workers and super entertaining personalities. I truly think skip is a good person, although sometimes his age shines through and he comes off as very insensitive even though that’s not really true. I do think he has a ton of empathy for people on a personal level, he just tends to either poorly word/time some of the things he says or he gets so invested in his opinion that in the moment he dismisses other people. But people forget, this guy is live on air every day for years and years and years and it is him straight up almost uncensored. Everyone gets hot or says something extra from time to time and he’s no exception. The crazier thing is Shannon’s ability to hold his tongue in almost every moment and carefully choose most of his words while still maintaining his charm, that’s a special ability of his and that is what helped him get so far. Shannon is super entertaining with a huge personality and a great energy while still showing he is both intelligent and prepared. And skip helped build him up and get him ready as a tv persona to be able to go off on his own and be super successful. Skip himself is already a staple in the industry and may be the single most valuable sports media member out there, right next to Stephen A and Cowherd. Im pretty certain those two are still on good terms and they both love respect and appreciate each other for all the help, support, and success they’ve brought to one another. It’s just a shame that it’s ending this way. Honestly if they had a better moderator I think it would have been much smoother

Yea if you watch days after the Damar Hamlin thing you could see the tension, even in the beginning monologue Skip interrupted Shannon and ticked him off, and the Dec 22nd show last year talking about the Bucs was the segment where Skip highly disrespected Sharpe's HOF career and really had him heated.

Yeah a few months ago Skip took a shot at Shannon’s career while arguing over Tom Brady

You could clearly see that the show was different since he insulted Sharpe on live TV and the Hamlin tweet. I mean I’ve never seen Skip agree with Shannon especially when came to Lebron James in the later half of the season so much in my life.. it just seemed like Skip wasn’t as willingly argumentative as he had been once before about everything.

I listen to their show everyday at work. And Shannon is the reason for me watching. They can be funny. And Shannon is more professional then skip. Skip takes the job very serious and I get it.

The issue with this breakup is that Skip is - from what we know - in a better position. Why? Because Skip, over the years with Shannon and even before with Stephen A., always took the "ridiculous" position on the show, which allowed someone like Stephen A. or Shannon to be the eloquent one, spitting facts, backing it up with stats. Latter is the "easy" one. People dont see how great Skip is for entertainment television. Yes, he will never be seen as a true journalist or respected by most professional athletes, yet he creates a show, he tells a story. It is amazing that he managed to be this tv persona for such a long time and somehow managed to make the most ludicrous positions and arguments look somewhat valid.

Im really curious what Skip Bayless will do now, definitely seems to be a tough situation. I just dont see any other formidable option besides for Stephen A Smith. Shannon will definitely be fine. Im excited for that.

Watched skip and Shannon since day 1. Shannon was great for entertainment but every episode it seemed he either disrespected other players and has even advocated violence on multiple occasions AND he’s the one who started throwing his career in skips face BEFORE skip fired back with Brady being better. Shannon also got butthurt with the Damar Hamlin tweet from skip that everyone misread and Shannon literally made a joke before about the Dolphins player.
Prime example of Shannon’s character, look at how he acted in public trying to fight an nba player and then bragged about it afterwards.
I enjoyed watching Shannon on the show for entertainment but overall he was a hypocrite.

If Pat McAfee and/or Barstool want to make a MASSIVE move, they need to back up the Brinks Truck for Shannon and get him on board. Would make the PMS audience even bigger and add a lot of entertainment to the show. Or could be a whole new show just for Shannon. He’s a top tier media talent.

congrats on your contract with ESPN PAT on potentially bringing your Clip-Share Show on live TV hopefully it won't affect the possibility of Ian Rapoport/rapsheet of being on the show as a guest appearance that would suck very badly if it did hopefully it won't come to fruition at all btw Pat don't worry i will try/trying to get caught/catching up on past shows on your channel so i can get caught back up because i am slacking/lagging on it very badly. also btw Pat congrats on 2.2 million subscribers on your Clip-Share channel that is absolutely absurd 🤯🤯😲😲😳😳😮😮👍👍🤟🤟🐐🐐🐶🐶🐕🐕

Damn, never thought all of that arguing over Baker Mayfield last season would end like this!

I’ve seen reports that Shannon felt he should have equal say so as skip and they told him no. Also seen Shannon like a tweet that said skip was jealous of Shannon success. Shannon also said on a recent podcast on Sirius xm that him and skip stopped being friends months ago

Skip opened the door for Shannon. Respect to both and their futures 💪👍

Wherever Shannon goes, I’ll be following. I am surprised by this news because it seemed like they’d made up & been professional with each other. Skip had even been complimentary of LeBron since like November

But without Skip picking Shannon to sit across from him, Shannon might have not got to where he is, or it might have taken him a lot to longer. But how Shannon talked about things and how he comes across I would have never guessed he do a buyout or something to get out of him contract, I figured he would have finished it then done something else.

I think Shannon learned from being on undisputed and used that experience to grow and expand his own personal brand, yes Skip was disrespectful but I think its about money and ownership.

Maybe Shannon couldn't get pass the last time Skip insulted him. That was the time Shannon accused Skip of calling him "a bum" and basically not a good player. He didn't come to work for a day or two. When he came back I guess he immediately started lining things up. Good luck to him. He had outgrown Skip so this timing is good.

There's no way they can get another level headed person like Shannon Sharp on the show without having the same ridiculous issues. It would have to be someone similar like Collin

Shannon needs to be on your show Pat. That would be great television

I knew tensions were high when Shannon brought up that things were tough and his brother was helping him through those moments with skip. One thing Shannon doesn’t do is involve his brother if things aren’t real.

Adam is right. It's one thing to disagree and debate with someone who respects you, but it reached the point where Shannon felt Skip doesn't respect his opinions as much. When things reach that point, it's time to leave.

The time skip went personal and said shannon was jealous of brady’s career was a ugly personal attack. He just unloaded with a series of personal insults. It’s the kind of thing you see from someone who’s either a complete a-hole or drunk.

Skirted around the topic regarding Shannon potentially moving to ESPN. It wouldnt happen, cant see Stephen A wanting to team up with Shannon and losing power on First Take. I think Sharpe will try to go for his own online content, similar to McAfee. Interested to see if it works in the long run, Sharpe has that pulling power to get top guests on his podcast but wont have the same media exposure now hes not on FS1 every day.

I thought Skips constant "tell me when it's my turn" whiny interruptions in the time prior began chipping away at Sharpe's patience, building like a powder keg and just blew up with that Brady thing. Though patched up, their working relationship was seriously damaged, but the Hamlin thing happened just seemed to reopen an unhealed wound and made things irreparable. It's clearly Skip's show, but he treated Shannon and Jenny Taft like they didn't matter...which is why I wasn't shocked she left, or why Joy Taylor never returned. Whoever takes Shannon's place better be ready to talk about the same, rinse and repeat topics of Skip's narrow focus, but congrats to Shannon for finally hitting that eject button and bailing out.

Shannon is like your real uncle , he talks like all the country boys I grew up with, he is smart and thoughtful, Skip is a blowhard but he did change sports media for better or worse

Nah bro there’s a lot of things Skip was wrong about but he was right for not taking back what he said about Hamlin. He didn’t say anything wrong…he really didn’t. People just read it the wrong way. And it kind of bothers me people think Skip is so bad of a human being that they can confidently say his tweet was implying he didn’t care about that man’s life on the field. We can’t live in a world where society is able to twist your words then demand an apology for something you never truly said.

Skip without Shannon is like temptations without Ruffin 😂😂😂😂

Skip has stood the test of time for a reason. People pretend as if he's some tag along. Might not like him as a person, but he is great for debate TV. You have to have someone to disagree with.. plus skip isnt over the top with the yelling and screaming. His reactions come off as natural compared to someone like stephan a. Or Irvin.

It started with Skip insulting Shannon's playing career and then the Damar Hamlin incident when Shannon took a day off after Skip's tweet. When he came in to explain why to the audience, Skip interrupted him rudely and Shannon got really pissed off and just stopped and told Jen to start the show. To me, that was the last straw.

Skip and Colin would be EPPIC 😂 but Shannon needs his own show for sure!

Skip definitely disrespected Shay too many times and I can see how he’d not be enjoyable to work with. I think it started to sour after that Brady debate. Skip and Shay - I thought - were buddy buddy back during covid when they continued the show through quarantine. But let’s not forget Skip put Shay on. I think the relationship just started to go downhill after that Brady debacle.

I'm genuinely interested in who skip is gonna cosign for again. Everyone he has brought into the fold has turned into a media superstar.

Man I barely discovered Undisputed last year and only got 1 full NFL season with them :( I’m really going to miss Unc.

Just to think the other day. I said Skips thoughts now are provably “ we’re behind the Hamlin deal, we’re good and moved on”. And now Unc says “I’m out! “ 😅😂😂😂😂

The tipping point was either skip's tweet about Damar Hamlin where Shannon was so pissed he boycotted the show for a day, or it was when skip called Shannon jealous of Brady and insulted his career.

The fact that Pat saying he thought Shannon anger about Demar,the Tom Brady disrespect by undermining Shannon’s HOF career was a work shows how out of touch and tone death white media is with us! (Not limited to just black people) I can honestly say while many others that share pats opinion thought it was just tv “a work”WE knew this was the beginning of the end of undisputed as we knew it. I say all that to say it Definitely didn’t come out the blue you just couldn’t relate to a black man being disrespected by his peer on National Television which is OKAY💯we could see it in his eyes body language nd tone this was Definitely not a “work”!

Skip did a lot for Shannon's career and Shannon helped skip stay relevant and even get bigger. They'll part ways and both be ok

Between the Demar tweet, telling Shannon he never understood what it takes to be a hall of fame player, the utter disdain for Patrick Mahomes, and the Brady or Cowboy favoritism it was only a matter before Shannon left. Good for him

You guys need to get Shannon on the show!

I am surprised with the notion that people are saying nobody wants to work with Skip. That's total BS. I agree that would apply for already established media members/personalities, but there are plenty of people (ex-players, HOFs, media personalities) that would view this as a great opportunity to gain experience and build their own brand.

Shannon has a lot of success going outside of undisputed, I don’t think he has any beef with skip I think it’s all about how much are they willing to pay him and if Shannon doesn’t think the moneys right he shouldn’t do it.

Skip will probably also be gone for awhile after the Finals since thats when he takes time off before the NFL season. They'll have guest hosts until then and I'm guessing they'll get Rob Parker in there once NFL season gets close. Skip's familiar with him and I think he also lives in Southern Cali.

The timing of Shannon leaving is also interesting. Nba is concluding, football is a few months away; nothing left but mlb and controversy... My guess is Skip will do the marry go round, with different guest, but they'll be short on quality content.

Shannon cracks me up. Every time.

I knew it was too good to be true, all these independent giants like Pat, Shannon, Stephen A…ESPN saw the writing on the wall and did the only thing they could, threw money at the problem, and can’t blame anyone in the slightest!! Stephen A will be next to be sealed up with new mega contract that’s probably why he changed his Clip-Share channel name to simply the SAS Show, I would do the same damn thing!!! I’ll still be watching, and nobody should be surprised by these events. ESPN showing they’re still the leader in sports entertainment 🤷‍♂️👏🔥🔥🔥🍾🍾