Shannon Sharpe’s media profile has grown almost as big as his personal fortune made in a Hall of Fame NFL playing profession.
Nowadays Sharpe could be found alongside Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson delivering hot takes on every little thing from the NFL and NBA to the WNBA – plus an entire lot more besides.
The previous NFL tight end has made his mark within the media world along with his ‘Nightcap’ podcast alongside Johnson frequently pulling in greater than 50,000 viewers and the channel has 1.8million subscribers.
That is an element of his own media company, Shay Shay media, which also features the Club Shay Shay podcast – a part of Colin Cowherd’s The Volume stable and with 4 million subscribes of it’s own on YouTube.
Having earned $22.3 million during his Hall of Fame NFL profession, Sharpe had been in talks over a brand new $100m media deal to stay at ESPN, but in April he stepped back from his duties with the network.
Sharpe is being sued by a girl for $50 million, alleging sexual assault, harassment, and battery.
He vehemently denies the allegations, and released a statement through his attorney on X denying anything nonconsensual happening between him and a girl identified as Jane Doe.
Up until April he had also been an everyday across the network having left Fox Sports 1’s Undisputed in 2023 where he built his media profile over a near 10-year run alongside Skip Bayless.
On a recent episode, Sharpe used his Shay-Shay podcast to deliver a story of missed opportunity in conversation with billionaire and former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban
Had he trusted his instincts and invested in Google a few years ago, a $300,000 investment could have yielded billions.
“I remember when Google got here out and so they thought the shares were going to open up at about $85 a share,” he said.
“And I remember saying to my financial guys, ‘ what, I’ve just signed with the Ravens, I even have some money, man I’d wish to buy $300,000 price [of Google shares].
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“Well, it opens up at $115 [a share], and my guy says, ‘it’s overpriced!’
“That motherf*****!”Cuban and Sharpe burst into laughter as the previous Shark Tank investor joked he wasn’t the one person to make that mistake.
“It’s [Google] price over $3 trillion now,” Cuban identified to a crestfallen Sharpe.
“$3 trillion!,” he reiterated as Sharpe shook his head.”I’d have been a billionaire with you!” Sharpe exclaimed.
“You f***** up,” Cuban joked, to which Sharpe agreed.
“I did, I f***** up bad! I had the cash to do it but I let anyone talk me out of it.”
Sharpe is best often called a Hall of Fame tight end who won three Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens, and has a reported net price of $14 million – a way wanting what a Google windfall would have delivered.
While he may live to regret the choice, 56-year-old Sharpe did greater than OK due to his pro football profession.
He was was chosen to eight Pro Bowls and 4 first-team All-Pros during his profession and is well known as one in all the best tight ends in NFL history.
He eventually retired and moved into sports media where he made a reputation for himself on Fox Sports 1’s Undisputed alongside Skip Bayless, which he co-hosted between 2016-2023.
Now he frequently features on First Take alongside Stephen A.Smith in addition to his own shows, and says he hopes to be back offering his opinion in time for the brand new season.
“At this junction I’m eliciting to step aside temporarily from my ESPN duties,” Sharpe said in April when announcing his decision.
“I shall be devoting my time to my family, and responding and coping with these false and disruptive allegations set against me. I plan to return to ESPN firstly of the NFL preseason.”
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NFL teams return to training camp in mid-July with the season underway in September when the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles tackle NFC East rivals the Dallas Cowboys on September 4.
Cuban, meanwhile, co-founded video portal Broadcast.com in 1995 and sold it to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in 1999.
He also launched Cost Plus Drugs in 2022 with the aim of lowering prescription drug prices.
The billionaire businessman joined popular reality series ‘Shark Tank’ in its second season in 2011.
He announced his decision to depart the show last 12 months, but still has an estimated net price of $5.4 billion, in keeping with Forbes.
Cuban initially paid $285 million to accumulate the Mavericks. Nonetheless, he is not any longer the bulk owner after selling 73 percent of the franchise to Miriam Adelson for $3.5 billion in late 2023.
Meaning he made around 12 times what he initially paid for the team nearly 25 years ago.
Despite selling his majority within the team, Cuban still serves as the alternate governor for Dallas.
He retains a 27 percent stake within the franchise and continues to be in command of basketball operations.
Crucially, though, he is not any longer the Mavericks’ president of basketball operations – that might be Nico Harrison, who angered fans when trading away franchise superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Harrison felt the wrath of Mavs fans for the move, which saw Dallas acquire Anthony Davis in addition to a bunch of draft picks.
Lakers fans couldn’t hide their delight, chanting ‘Thanks Nico’ when Doncic played against the Mavericks for the primary time in February.
Dallas used their very own first round selection on generational talent Cooper Flagg after the NBA Draft saw them find yourself with the primary overall pick via the lottery.