"I think it’s a bummer to see a show that I really always believed in kind of end that way, but I know Shannon is going to be doing something incredible.”
"Adding people into the mix, is one thing. Changing the complete makeup and formula of the show is entirely different. And that ain’t happening, for anyone."
"If you liked that show in whatever incarnations that Bayless did it in, who do you put opposite him right now that you'd want to watch it the same way?"
"While Sharpe's future as a sports debate host remain unclear, the Super Bowl champion tweeted that his following should keep an eye out for what's coming next."
"If that included him wanting to come on First Take, the bosses at ESPN know that is something I would support. Not every day, but one of those days every week.”
"We're not even at ESPN. But we're gonna be there, and if Shannon Sharpe is to be there and you start talking about what a day could look like, that's f--king awesome."
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."