Undisputed is unwatchable-will it survive?
 

Skip Bayless has always been a fool but the show is nothing more than a daily bitchfest or ass kissing session on the Lakers or Cowboys.

I no longer watch as it is complete shit.

Is it time to cancel? :hmmm:

I say yes......

Those shows are unwatchable. It’s unbelievable the salary those guys command. A lot of those guys you see kissing Lebron’s ass are getting their talking points directly from Klutch sports.

Bayless has been unwatchable for DECADES.

I did some serious introspection. Searched really down deep in my soul. Couldn't find a single **** to give.

The hell of it his brother is Rick Bayless, who is a legit chef. He has a YouTube channel and I could watch him all day. I can take all of 0.068 seconds of Skip's dumb ****ing ass.

I really can't believe people yearn so much for shows that feature the sports opinions of others.

It's almost as bad as internet message boards where people seek the sports opinions of others.

I hadn't watched a full episode in years, when it became clear that Bayless was clearly just trying to be a heel to Mahomes' success. His arguments were so ridiculous that there was simply no way he believed the bullshit he was saying.

And then once Sharpe left, i haven't even bothered to watch a small Youtube segment or anything. I've completely tuned it out at this point. Even when the topic is tempting im still like, "nah, **** that guy".

Once Sharpe left it became an even shitter product. Sharpe was donkey scum but at least he was logical about Mahomes talent.

Well you are just the smartest guy out there so I guess you can't learn a unique perspective or different angle no one else thought of.

I like some and others are just a commercial for guys favorite teams.

They are very popular so obviously many of us lesser experts watch and like, unlike you.

Stick to the soccer......

You’re the undisputed hooker king

Skip should've been off the air a long time ago.

There are good shows out there. McAfee, First Things First, etc (I even hate to say it, but Cowherd has even grown on me a bit). But once Shannon left, Undisputed lost any value it had IMO.

Also, relevant, from Perna at ThatsGoodSports:

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PTI has been the only show worth watching for like 15 years. Although Scott Van Pelt isn't bad when he is on SC.

How did I not know this??

Love me some Ricky B. Used to see him out walking the neighborhood in Chicago. You can peer down into his backyard garden from the elevated trail cutting through town

Skip don't deserve any of his food

These shows stick around for too long based on the bad contracts the networks sign with their talent, so it just depends if Fox has something to go in that time slot, can sign another talent cheaper, or if they just want to buyout of Skips contract. I never watch those day shows anymore so I've been gladly contributing to their lack of audience for years now.

Skip isba clown and a proven liar from years ago. He thinks Mahomes isn't that great but Tebow was awsome. Thats what he is. A dipshit.

You just now figuring that out?
All it took for me was listening to one of his football takes years and years ago. Once in a while I'd listen to him for a minute or two and he's always been the same. It's so obvious he's completely full of shit I can't believe he still has a show.

Sports talk ended when Rusillo and Van Pelt parted ways.

Escort King.

Hookers are street walkers. Lol

Accidental thumbs down.

You are correct

Knowing the difference is why you’re the king

Very important difference obviously.

Yeah, I'm sitting here wondering the same thing. I've never lived in Chicago, but I'm familiar with Rick and I've been to a couple of his joints (Frontera and XOCO). I would've never connected the two. Wild.

Exactly. Haven't watched once since he left.

Even if i wanted to, i probably couldnt get past the horrid intro music any more.

I told myself years ago I'd never watch that awful show ever again. Well, I admit that I broke after the LVIII. It was in my youtube feed, we were the champs (again) and I couldn't resist clicking on it and soaking up the haterade.

To my surprise, I was expecting the usual dumpster fire of crazy and stupid shit, but the new version with Irvin is just... boring. It was legitimately awful TV. Oh sure, Skip is still a hater, but he seems tired and old. Michael Irvin takes up so much goddamn screen time and won't ever shut the **** up. He takes like 3 minutes just to string a single thought together.

FS1 has a real problem on their hands. They gave Skip too much money and power, and now I don't think they can get rid of him. And he's built up such a reputation that nobody good wants to be his partner. Thus, they get a babbling coked out geezer to match wits with ol' Skip.

I also checked the ratings. FS1 brought in Skip to headline their daily lineup of sports talk shows, and he's underperforming Cowherd, Nick, and that show with Joy Taylor on it.

It's an act, when the Chiefs drafted Mahomes over Watson Shannon Sharpe and Cris Carter declared it a reach and Patrick a bust Skip said he was good.

By the way, his podcast is ****ing awful, too. For being on TV for so many years, Skip clearly doesn't understand how to do production. The weird long pauses, the slowness of his speech pattern. I'm not saying he needs a bunch of fancy shit... just make a plan of what you're going to talk about and ****ing spit it out without making it sound like you're reading a goddamn book report to the class.

It was never watchable in the first place. PTI was really good but Wilbon and Kornheiser are really showing their age now, which isn't surprising as the show has been on damn near 20 years.

Hey it is just a differing opinion don't lose an eye over it.

Skip has to be the most punchable guy ever I’ve ever seen.. Gosh it would be so satisfying to clock him right in the nose..

Undisputed became unwatchable while Shannon was still there. Most of that was Skip, but some of it was also Shannon. I've only seen one episode of it with Irving, and they had another co-host, and that was just a lot of yelling at each other, which I find unwatchable.


Honestly surprised it's still on.

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I haven't watched it since Shannon left. Skip cannot anchor a show on his own. He needs his equivalent on the other side, that's what makes people watch. Neither Keyshawn nor Sherman have that IT factor. They are just there. You need a sparky personality opposite Skip for it to work.
He also had chemistry with the fraud Stephen A. Myth.

I really like Keyshawn and he has awesome insight plus he is not hyperbolic.

He is underrated to me.

Every time I watch First Things First, I can't believe how much better it is than all these other shows. The chemistry between the personalities, and the personalities themselves, are just the best right now.

I would sometimes watch Sharpe and Bayless, but I couldn't make it through one episode of Bayless and Sherman. And I don't watch anything with SAS, because I just don't want to be screamed at, plus he has some really dumb takes.

There's no one likeable on Skip's show. Shannon was likeable.

Keyshawn is not likeable. Richard Sherman is not likeable. Michael Irvin is not likeable.

It's like watching a movie with absolutely no one you can tolerate.

Undisputed is unwatchable-will it survive?
 

If it just goes away, will anyone miss it? I've only watched a handful of times. Bayless is useless, and the other personalities don't offer too much. When Sthannon was on, it was mildly interesting for a few clips, but that's about it for me.

It was never a great show to begin with but got markedly worse once Shannon left. Skip insulted Shannon when he said Brady was the far better football player than him (nevermind the fact that Brady's team cheated but I digress). I think at that moment the writing was on the wall for Shannon and he bolted.

Skip is too arrogant to save himself, too.

When Shannon left, he loved the smell of his own farts too much and figured it didn't matter who they brought in because he was still there. And maybe he tried to entice the best people, but they all turned him down because either their current gigs were far better or because they didn't want to deal with the on-air insults and complete idiocy.

So he got his Cowboy buddy (who he says is better than Jerry Rice, btw) and ****ing Lil Wayne.

Great idea, Skip. Lil Wayne is totally relevant these days. Huuuuuuuge draw, man.

Who the hell likes Bayless? My best friends in NJ are diehard, and I mean diehard life long Cowboys fans, and even they hate him and don't watch.

he sucks bad...like really really bad. i wouldn't take money to watch that shit. i have no problems with sports debates but he just comes across as a guy that is making shit up solely for the purpose of pissing people off. I know everyone says your choice to watch...damn straight it is....id rather watch two midgets ****ing while wearing a cowboy hat and singing happy trails.

Question: I see some dislike Keyshawn, why?

I think he provides great insights.

Keyshawn was great with Kellerman at ESPN.

The issue is Skip and Irvin. They're a giant drain on the energy. Irvin can't talk and when he can talk he doesn't make sense, and Skip is a total rambler. He can't just say, "Here's what I think" throw out some stats and call it a day.

Unless you do or say something that gets those guys shouting, it's the same stupid show it always was, except now it's also hella boring.

Yet you lap up every word some random limey says about soccer ROFL

Keyshwan, J Will, and that turd Zubban was the worst thing on in the mornings from ESPN radio for years. Damn...it was AWFUL

See above. He was part of the most awful sports talk radio team I've ever heard

I never listened so I'll take your word for it

Jason McIntyre has that crown for me...everyone knows what Skip is, he's a caricature and an act.

McIntyre is just one dumb mother****er that actually thinks he's smart and has good takes.

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For the "Why do you care what talking heads say?" crowd, I'm going to leave this clip here as an example of how this kind of stuff can be really fun and entertaining. It's not meant to replace or compete with the actual games. And it's not supposed to be about "rooting" for certain guys with certain takes like it's some WWE bullshit. And right now FTF is the absolute king of this kind of media right now. It's three guys having an ACTUAL conversation, and none of them are trying to score points or own the other guy. And this particular one isn't even FTF's greatest work, but it's a terrific example of what on-camera chemistry can do for a sports show.

It doesn't have to be "Okay, I'll be Pro-X and you be Anti-X, got it?" like Skip's show always was with Shannon. And you don't have to solve big problems or provide hard-hitting analysis every freaking segment. It can be as simple as talking about nothing, which in this case is Kyle Shanahan's resume and legacy if he loses another Super Bowl. You engage each other with your honesty and your actual opinions, and you frame stuff in a somewhat unique way (the way Wildes framed the topic) and this kind of stuff will keep me entertained for hours on a car trip.

I feel like that does not really happen with any segments at all though. I am sure if I clicked on this link it would be fine but there are endless shows just endlessly yelling for attention. "People and their opinions on shit" has taken over such a big percentage of programming.

Honestly it is like comic book movies...there is nothing inherently wrong with them but I sure do miss the days when they were not every other movie.

Who exactly do I listen to who talks about soccer? Feel free to be specific.

It's funny how people are perceived. I think he is not bad but I'm always good with people willing to make a strong comment, stance or prediction and stand by it, which he does.

He is also a good young foil to the older Cowherd.

I have little issue with him but everyone is entitled to an opinion and I respect your dislike.

Alexi Lalas?

That's what Stephen A Smith has made a career of. I don't think the man has ever made an accurate prediction and his "opinions" are about as dead wrong as a person could be.

And frankly he doesn't know squat about the sports he chooses to give his opinions on. (Edit: Perhaps he's a savant about the NBA or MLB - I hate them and don't watch them.)

When you comment on everything, you comment on nothing.

He seems to voice opinions on too much IMHO so any stupid or wrong shit is amplified.

Anyone who thinks I like to listen Alexi Lalas simply has no idea what they are talking about.

The question mark implies I don't know. It's a question.

I enjoy the guy. Always had...

No segments at all have hard-hitting stuff? No, you're wrong about that. There's plenty of good stuff out there, but if you're only looking as deep as First Take with Stephen A and follow it up with a bullshit cocktail from Skip, then yes, you're going to roll your eyes pretty hard and come away unimpressed.

Even if I hated the Chiefs and Nick Wright, I'd still be into First Things First. You can't beat the chemistry that team has. If the debate ever gets heated or shouty, they find ways to diffuse it with some good humor so not to take themselves so seriously. You would never see a moment on that show where it's shout shout shout shout, and then the clock runs out and Boobs McGee chick host says, "Well, that was great! Coming up next... Lebron v Jordan for the 8000th time!"

It's not my job to get you to like something, and I'm not trying to do that. I'm merely expressing what I enjoy about a few of these shows and why I'm into them particularly after the Chiefs are successful. I'm also being real about these shows as nothing more than entertainment, and how when they're done correctly, they add to my experience as a Chiefs fan, not detract. And for the ones that aren't done correctly, I usually don't bother watching them. Pretty simple.

My dislike of endless talking head pontificating is not single sport centric.

But following American soccer I do have to run into Lalas' dumb face a lot. He had a good career and he has been around for a long time but his schtick is really tired. He wants to so badly to be some contrarian edge lord at every single turn.

He also has this habit of reducing every single thing to "well we scored and they did not" and its like.....ok man but you are here to talk about the game but you keep pointing to a thing we all know and shrugging like "it is what it is"

I just stick to the games when I can.

Hey man glad you enjoy it. I find it incredibly boring a constantly bottom of the barrel. But it is on all the time on a million channels so I am in the minority.

Skippy out at FS1:

https://nypost.com/2024/07/15/sports...fs1-bombshell/

Just call me Nostradumbass

Best news: Skip is gone

Second best news: FTF is getting expanded by 30 minutes

Happy day

RIP all your horrible mahomes takes

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Skip Bayless is leaving FS1 and his role as co-host of “Undisputed” after eight years, per <a href="https://twitter.com/sportsrapport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sportsrapport</a>. His final show will be later this summer.<br><br>More: <a href="https://t.co/umjtevj03s">https://t.co/umjtevj03s</a> <a href="https://t.co/7VYKfokDDj">pic.twitter.com/7VYKfokDDj</a></p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1812992008547647836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Good bye GTF out Shit Paysless!

Obligatory "Bye" gif....

It’s a really hard for old women to find work these days.. I see some at the grocery store or Walmart working the check out counters.. Maybe that’s where she should apply…

I hope he's one of those people whose entire life was so wrapped up in his career that he just kind of gives up living and dies now that he's unemployed

He can still hate on LeBron on social media for life

Well, that's OK since LeBron is the most overrated player in the history of the NBA.

He became the most annoying **** out of all sports commentators. He only had two things to talk about everyday; Cowboys and Lakers.

Day after day after day after day the same horrible shit.

Any chance Whitlock can join him?

He says that about Mahomes too.

Both are, of course, lies.

Never watched this show.

Whitlock and Bayless? Those with the worst takes ever, on one show. LMAO

I mean join him in being fired

Why wait?

There's gotta be a clip somewhere of Skip saying, "My career will outlast the career of Lebron James."

Good riddance old man!
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Nice, maybe i'll watch it again.

I hope Skip’s TV career is finished.