FS1's Skip Bayless said he was "offended" by comments Warriors coach Steve Kerr made on Wednesday about sports talk shows while discussing the presidential election, according to Neil Best of NEWSDAY. Kerr noted people are "getting paid millions of dollars to go on TV and scream at each other." Bayless on Thursday said, "Do we raise our voices occasionally? Occasionally we do. Do we have what I think are very thoughtful, deep discussions of race or a lot of social issues surrounding sports? We do. Do we have deep discussions of what happened on the NFL field on Sunday or Monday? We do, and I’m proud of that." Bayless, referring to himself and "Undisputed" co-host Shannon Sharpe, said, "People like to hear two relatively smart people -- and I think we qualify -- disagree, and it’s all natural. In my 13 years doing this type of show, not one time have I ever contrived a debate. We don’t trick it up. If there’s a topic that’s a must-do and we agree, so be it." Fox Sports National Networks President Jamie Horowitz said that he would "like to have Kerr on the show to talk about it." As for the notion that the show is 2 1/2 hours of screaming over contrived disagreements, Horowitz said the fist bump between Bayless and Sharpe that opens the show is “supposed to be an immediate sign, to quote our President, that’s it’s an intramural scrimmage." Horowitz: "This is not a fight to the death. If you charted out our show, I think you’d see far more agreement than people realize" (NEWSDAY, 11/11).
