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🗓️ 5 December 2024

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Joe Ovies and Demetri Ravanos welcome you to "OG on Business", an every other week look at the sports media business. The Athletic is reporting ESPN and Stephen A. Smith are approaching a six-year, $120 million extension. Part of the deal would allow ESPN to have first look at any projects produced by Smith’s entertainment company, which begs the question - are we headed towards Stephen A. appearances in Star Wars and Marvel? The guys close out the podcast pondering former North Carolina head coach Mack Brown's future, which seems tailor made for the ACC Network. GET THE FULL EPISODE: http://ogtrianglemedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	OG.
0:00.5	OG.
0:01.0	O.G.
0:02.0	Let's stand on business.
0:18.5	It's OG on business alongside Dimitri Ravanos. I'm Joe Ovius.
0:23.9	Oh, hi, everybody. So let's get to the whole Stephen A. Smith contract situation.
0:28.2	I think it's all headed in the direction of he's going to be the highest paid employee in ESPN history.
0:34.5	The part that I found most curious was the involvement of Stephen A. Smith in Disney properties.
0:40.1	It's not just him on ESPN.
0:42.8	It's not just him on ABC.
0:44.6	It's not him for the marquee matchups, the big events.
0:47.7	I mean, are we within the runway, are we about to land this plane where Stephen A. Smith is moderating a presidential debate?
0:59.2	It would not be crazy. I'm not going to say, yes, we're there. I'm going to say it would not be crazy. I was just looking up. I know I had told you and a buddy of ours some inside information I had about the way this was going at one point.
1:16.0	I just wanted to remind myself what it was.
1:18.2	The report is that Stephen A. Smith is going to be offered around $18 million per year.
1:24.4	Yeah.
1:25.0	And Disney will get right of first refusal.
1:28.2	Remember, he owns this thing called Mr. SAS Productions.
1:31.7	It's where all of his ESPN Plus stuff comes from.
1:35.5	At one point, I was told that he, that ESPN was bracing for the ask of 25 million.
1:45.2	Okay.
1:46.1	From Stephen A. Smith.
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