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Michael Strahan took possibly the biggest swing at Bayless on the network’s top-rated “Fox NFL Sunday” pregame show.“I think Skip’s day is coming, and it may not be from a firing standpoint because we know white men in this profession can kinda get away with and do what they want.”

Barnes, who’s appeared on “Undisputed” and other FS1 studio shows, said Bayless has been acting increasingly “disrespectful and out of pocket” toward Sharpe.

Former NBA champion Matt Barnes said he’s had to talk an NBA player and coach out of beating up Bayless.

Get the f- out of here,” said Gottlieb on his podcast. And did Bayless himself forget he admitted Tuesday his boss asked him to “clarify” his Hamlin tweet? “Dude, I was born at night. How could Bayless not know his own partner disagreed? asked Gottlieb. Doug Gottlieb of Fox Sports Radio called bullshit on Bayless’ claim “nobody” at Fox had a problem with his Hamlin tweets. But that fear factor is going, going, gone. The unwritten rule at Fox has long been: No criticism of Skip.

Bayless is an intimidating individual to co-workers.

Plus, Jamie Horowitz, the former FS1 executive who recruited Bayless from ESPN, is no longer there to protect him (Horowitz now serves as an executive vice president at WWE). In December, “First Take” more than doubled the “Undisputed” audience, averaging 492,000 viewers vs.

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Smith routinely thumps his old mentor in the TV ratings. But now the apprentice has become the teacher. Bayless saved Smith’s career by bringing him on as his full-time debate partner at “First Take” in 2012.“I’m allowed to have an opinion, Skip!” she declared. Before leaving “Undisputed,” a fed-up Taft took aim at Bayless in 2021. If he leaves, he’d join a long list of TV cast-mates who stopped working with Bayless, including Cari Champion at ESPN and Joy Taylor and Jenny Taft at FS1. After starting as a mere debate foil for Bayless, the 54-year-old Sharpe has become nearly as popular in his own right. Losing Sharpe would be bad business for FS1.

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But the pressure on the network’s golden boy could be building up like Code Blue in the boiler room: Pressure Pointsįox touted Bayless as a fearless TV pioneer when it hired him in 2016 after 12 years at ESPN.

Bayless is reportedly under contract at FS1 through 2025. Wednesday saw “Undisputed” reach 227,000 viewers compared to “First Take” at 540,000.įox declined to comment on this story.