I must say….. the ESPN producers must have asked Skip Bayless to take it easy on Wayne, because he’s on the best behavior I’ve ever seen him thusfar. Wayne isn’t completely embarrassing himself, he’s tripped up here and there on a few parts but overall he can hold his own. Both of these guys seem really subdued compared to their usual selves so the results are kinda disappointing.

Boooooooooo… I wanted Wayne to stumble onto the set with a styrophone cup in his hand while quoting Shakespear. Skip kisses Wayne’s ass for a while, and even helps him out when he stumbles (the part about the Titans).

This will not end well.

Weezy will be appearing on ESPN the morning of January 6th for a mini debate with Skip Bayless. Those that are familiar with Lil Wayne knows that he’s liable to say anything (and the odds of you actually understanding what he’s talking about is a 50/50 crapshoot). Weezy writes a blog for ESPN.com and this will be his first foray into actually proving analysis on the air.

Much like Lil Wayne, Skip Bayless is also liable to say anything (and it’s usually something crazy for shock value)…. so the odds of their “Debate” being highly entertaining are great… I’m not missing this for the world.

Who remembers the time Skip said Eminem was underrated, yet was unable to name 5 other rappers?

Update – Jan 6th – We’ve got the full video HERE

I may talk a lot of smack about ESPN, but every now and then they put on some very entertaining television. Occasionally they team up Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith to argue with each other and I LOVE it.

The topic of Friday’s show was Pacman Jones and how black athletes tend to be under the spotlight for off the field troubles more than their white counterparts. Stephen A Smith raised the point that since white people make up the majority of this country, big businesses (including the NBA & NFL) have to cater to the viewing public (i.e. white people), and therefore black athletes must conform to what “the viewing public” finds favorable.

It’s a really good discussion, check out the video below. (lasts about 4 minutes long)

This issue is not as simple as “don’t get arrested”, because there are plenty of black athletes who stay out of legal trouble, yet face tremendous criticism (Floyd Mayweather, Chad Johnson).
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