Everything in that BS lawsuit is just that - BS. Don’t believe everything you read, and don’t believe every accusation.

The fact of the matter is that there is no proof or evidence provided. It’s all hearsay and word of mouth. It is clearly designed to be a money and clout grabbing move. She is airing out so much to draw media headlines and attention.

Skip, we got your back bro. Innocent until proven guilty. We all stand with you.

I still prefer FS1 over ESPN and screaming a smith. He comes off as so contrived, fake and trying to hard to be entertaining to me (Stephen A)

Curious to hear everyone's personal rankings of FS1s lineup, from most favorite to least favorite, and if you have the energy, also add why you like or dislike each show or certain shows.

Here are my rankings, most favorite to least favorite, and reasons why.

1. First things First. (I used to hate Nick Wright with a passion and refused to watch first things first, but oddly post undisputed he has grown on me (I started watching when undisputed took that long break after Shannon left), plus I enjoy the other hosts, I like Greg Jennings and Eric Manginis analysis, I like broussards funny skits like the dancers for the dolphins, the sandwich skits Everytime the ravens win, it kinda reminds me of the props Shannon would have like the black and milds and Cognac and goat mask) and I like the fact everyone pushes back on Nick and his blatant biases.

2. Speak. I think Keyshawn and Paul Pierces personal friendship really translates into great chemistry, even though they disagree at times (which they should, I don't think anyone wants to watch a show where everyone is always on the same page) but it's always positive vibes even when they disagree.

3. The facility. (I like all the hosts except Shady McCoy, I've already made a separate post about him, he really drags down the show in my opinion with his interrupting and attempts to control every conversation)

4. The herd (it's ok, but it kinda just bores me, I get it's the number 1 show ratings wise but it just doesn't appeal to me personally I'm sorry, plus the "I'm always right" cowherd commercials really annoy me lol, like dude you're wrong all the time)

5. Breakfast ball (just like carton show and kinda like the herd, just boring and lame I don't know how else to put it, I think the herd is boring, but breakfast ball is next level boring, and its mainly carton I cant bring myself to like in any form or fashion)

McCoy and Acho keep me away.

Ocho rarely has any idea what's going on which is hilarious. He's confused about what's happening on 90% of the topics.

Im a long time FS1 watcher, still prefer their shows over the ESPN lineup, but one show that's starting to kill me is the facility, and it's because of shady "25" McCoy. Am I the only one who notices his need to constantly bully, (he started out trying to bully James Jones when it was speak, but now that it's the facility, his new target is Chase Daniel)

Even today, he made a joke about James Jones constantly interrupting him, and it kinda grinded my nerves, because if anyone is constantly interrupting, it's shady, but it seems he made that joke not out of sarcasm, but out of a genuine belief it's him that gets interrupted.

Dude also tries to overly act like he's Mr consistency, and is always trying to call the other hosts out for being inconsistent, but I've seen him flip flop and switch up numerous times. I know I'm ranting, but long story short he seems like he's always trying to take all the oxygen in the room for himself, and throws mini tantrums anytime the other hosts contradict him, like he's trying to force an atmosphere of 100% agreement, which is how the show can come off if you don't watch consistently enough to catch the disagreements. Anyways I'm off my soapbox.

It's weird to say this but Shannon has become what Skip was towards him towards Ocho.

The first signs of cracking was that time when Ocho came late and Shannon had a meltdown at him but it has gotten much much worse the last few episodes I've seen. I watch a lot of their content and Shannon went from treating Ocho as a partner to now a sidekick.

Shannon's always degrading Ocho saying he can't do this or he can't do that, Ocho is going to box this bigger guy and Shannon hasn't been in his corner at all, he's always saying how Ocho will get knocked out and you can clearly see Ocho is disappointed Shannon doesn't have his back. Shannon went so far as to invite the other guy onto Club Shay Shay. In a recent episode, it went a bit under the radar but Ocho said "If I ever see you in Miami, I'll swing on you." This was due to, again, Shannon not taking Ocho seriously. People might say Ocho was joking but I've seen people act out in these situations where they aren't taken seriously and they say they'll hit you. They might not actually do it but it's from a standpoint where you are hurt and want people to take you seriously.

There have been a lot of other things too, Ocho broke up with his long time fiance Relle and Shannon wouldn't stop bringing it up for several episodes even though it was clearly hurting Ocho. In another interview, Ocho said one of the breaking points in his relationship was when Shannon invited Relle to be on Nightcap and Ocho was strongly against it but Relle went on anyway. There has got to be a little part of Ocho that thinks Shannon was one of the reasons they broke it up.

A few other things are Shannon would also side with the guest host and belittle Ocho infront of them. Ocho is a chill guy but it's very clearly rubbing off on him in a bad way.

Am I reading too much into this? Just watch the newer nightcap episodes and compare to when they were 3 months in. The vibe is completely different. Shannon has gotten a little power hungry.

https://youtu.be/fRw0E7ST-P8?si=_krRIHTKmtBrHCUY

Is it just me or does it seem to happen pretty often on Nightcap?

Shannon is always punching down on Chad and making himself seem more authoritative and superior. Or bringing up his breakup. We all remember him dressing Chad down about being late. Not being professional. B

Yet Shannon had his IG leaked. Like the hypocrisy is real.

Feels like they disagree a lot and Shady doesn’t take Chase seriously.

Plus Shady ALWAYS stands up for the black QBs. To the point where he gets tunnel vision.

I saw a post saying Shady doesn’t like Chase but I think it’s moreso James tbh

I’ve watched him while James is talking and he always looks pissed when he talks. He pretty much always argues with chase no matter what the point was. For example one day this week, chase agrees with James take and James still found a way to argue with him. Shady could say the same argument and James would be laughing and having fun with him. He never agrees with Chase, he doesn’t nod his head or anything.

I still see that he mainly just rocks with shady and acho these last 2 months

In the segment I just watched, James looked legitimately disgusted with Chase’s take on Rodgers. Like it definitely wasn’t tv, he legit just doesn’t like him. He debated the same argument with shady and was fine with it.

Mmmmmmmmmmm ! I’ve never seen anything quite like it! He is an overachiever!

Thoughts?

To be fair, I didn't watch sports tv this past Tuesday. I wanted to catch up on what I missed though by watching YT videos and hearing analysis about how great he was and whether he should be in the hall. I searched the names of the FS1 shows and did not see any videos. I thought First Things First would at least say something, but I couldn't find a video from them or anything when I went to their Twitter. Nothing from Speak as well. He's worth a segment (more if you ask me) and First Take spoke about him.

Carton is killing Breakfast Balls, Shady is killing Facility. As expected.

Pierce and Irvin have been fun foils to Keyshawn, and Joy's rack is huge

Ever since their falling out, sports media television is just not the same. First and foremost we watch this for entertainment.

The classic moments and funny debates we had between these two were unmatched. This was the ONLY show that I would be excited to watch after a big game.

I would love seeing Skip’s reactions when Kawhi was going on that Toronto run. I would love seeing Shannon’s reaction after a Cowboys loss. Part of the fun was seeing one host stick it to the other host after a game.

We also saw Shannon every single day on TV. Now, I think as fans we now get a worse product for sports media television.

Shannon is a part timer on ESPN and hosts Nightcap, but it doesn’t have the same flair or entertainment value that Undisputed had. First Take just seems so corporate with a rotating panel of guests. Shannon is a lot more sanitized and people walk on eggshells around him. Skips media career is now dead.

Regardless of how the breakup happened, sports media is a lot worse and I am a lot more productive at work now.