ESPN pundit Skip Bayless is known for having some of the hottest takes in all of professional sports, and his opinion of Johnny Manziel and LeBron James is golden.
Bayless, who will soon be at Fox Sports, tweeted in May 2014 that the Heisman-winning quarterback would be a bigger superstar than LeBron James in Cleveland. (SLIDESHOW: This Gorgeous Woman Might Be The Sexiest Girlfriend In The NFL)
Johnny Football will one day be bigger in Cleveland than his buddy LeBron ever was.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) May 9, 2014
James is less than 24 hours removed from bringing the first professional sports championship to Cleveland in more than five decades. (SLIDESHOW: This
Meanwhile, Johnny Football washed out of Cleveland after two short seasons with the Browns. (RELATED:
The good news for Bayless is that despite this incredibly hot take being horrendously wrong he’s still making millions.
From a reliable source: Fox Sports is paying Skip Bayless in neighborhood of $5.5 million per for four years, plus a $4M signing bonus.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) April 28, 2016
Making millions and firing off the hottest takes in all of sports. Never change Skip, never change.