Talents with substantial audiences don’t need network attachments anymore. Whether at Meadowlark Media, Spotify, Crooked Media, or some other place - Jones will be on his own.Īnd that’s challenging. A podcast company cannot place Jones behind its biggest star or in a block with PTI. He will likely head somewhere that requires him to bring or find an audience by himself. Unless ESPN foolishly gives in and goes all-in on Jones for the fourth time, it seems Jones is ready to move on. This is a more strategic approach for ESPN. Should the person then part ways with the company, the departure appears mutual and Keith Olbermann is less likely to comment on it. Whenever a network stops promoting a talent, he or she will likely feel underappreciated and underutilized. So rather than cut Jones’ large salary entirely, the company has to encourage Jones to leave by giving him fewer and smaller platforms. ESPN’s top executives know that if they let Jones go, Twitter will come after them. ESPN daily programming decisions are as much about PR as the bottom line. But for now, ESPN continues to stick to its plan.īecause its executives operate out of fear, they can’t simply release Jones or refuse to offer him a new contract. Never rule out the possibility that cowards will mess things up again. Perhaps ESPN will give Jones First Take with Smith, boot Tony Kornheiser off PTI so that he can take over, or debut SportsCenter with Bomani Jones. To its credit, the network has not caved. Can he be a star at ESPN?,” the entire article paints Jones as a victim. H eadlined “Bomani Jones thrives where race and sports collide. Right on cue, in comes the Washington Post to write a sympathetic, dishonest puff piece about Jones to try and strongarm the network into bringing him back. The Left can’t believe ESPN’s decision-makers haven’t given Jones a fourth or fifth opportunity and that they dared to bring his salary below the $2 million annual mark. Now that his second contract is set to lapse, the like-minded sports media bubble has publicly expressed sympathy for Jones and his terrible plight. Got that? He got over a million dollars a year for three straight failures. Anyway, ESPN re-signed Jones, this time at around $1.4 million per year.
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Jones’ previous contract conveniently expired at about the same time that ESPN canceled his TV show.
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After the network had given the show its full support, ESPN eventually had to pull the plug in 2020 after the show could not find an audience and began to sink surrounding programming. Not to worry, ESPN quickly moved High Noon to a friendlier 4 pm time slot. ESPN first placed High Noon immediately following First Take, then the move tanked the network’s midday base audience. It turns out Jones isn’t a lead TV talent either. Unlike HQ, where he was a sidekick, Jones was the lead on High Noon. Following his radio failures, ESPN rewarded Jones with a new contract worth over $2 million a year and a TV show, High Noon with Pablo Torre. T he Right Time recorded the lowest ratings in ESPN Radio history. In addition to a seat next to Dan Le Batard on Highly Questionable, the network gave Jones his own afternoon radio show, The Right Time. The network handed Jones the resources, platform, support, and money to elevate him to the next level. Smith, Scott Van Pelt, and Mike Greenberg. Smith to a fill-in host who’s trying to run out the clock on his contract.Įven though there were clear signs that viewers didn’t want him, ESPN treated Bomani Jones like Stephen A. Jones went from the groomed heir apparent of Stephen A. And according to the New York Post, industry experts expect him to leave. So where does that leave Bomani Jones? Sources tell OutKick Jones’ contract is up in March. Spain is failing on radio, and Torre is hosting an irrelevant podcast. Last week, Katie Nolan announced her departure from ESPN. This woke, angry, and unpleasant new wave included Pablo Torre, Sarah Spain, Katie Nolan, and its leader, Bomani Jones.Ĭollectively, they’ve had little success at the network and are dwindling. This group was far less enthusiastic about sports than Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon, Chris Berman, and Dan Patrick, though they were more popular on Twitter and supposedly appealed to some unknown group of sports fans. In 2015, when the network was still under John Skipper’s command, ESPN handpicked Bomani Jones to usher in a new era of on-air personalities.
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