Back in April, the New York Post reported that Stephen A. Smith was going to be an even richer man when is was said to be in line “to become the highest-paid on-air person at ESPN by potentially boosting his salary to $10 million per year.”
On Monday, it has now been reported that Smith and ESPN are nearing a blockbuster long-term extension that would see him signed with the Worldwide Leader through 2025, according to The Big Lead.
“The deal, in total, will be worth tens of millions of dollars. A source cautioned that the deal has not been 100 percent finalized.
Smith’s contract is up in the next year, and by the time new deal goes into effect you can expect to see more deliberate usage of Smith’s time on television. Where in the past several years it has been a guessing game of when and where he’d pop up — Get Up, SportsCenter, NBA coverage, you name it — there will be a more regimented schedule for him on TV. You started to see this already with the announcement, made by ESPN today and reported by The Big Lead in August, that he will lead SportsCenter before NBA games on Wednesday nights.”
Mike Greenberg is paid $6.5 million to host “Get Up!,” which is the network’s highest publicly known salary.
