STEPHEN A. AND THE INQUIRER ARE GETTING DIVORCED

by Simon, SimonOnSports

I have a handkerchief in my hand covered in Cheese Doodles for one Stephen A. Smith. Apparently he is upset that while everything he says is important some disagree amongst them are his now former employees the Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the course of the past few months the Inquirer came to their senses and decided that Stephen A. no longer deserved his column at the Inquirer and demoted him. Smith really had this coming considering he was spreading himself well too thin with ESPN having him contribute to radio and TV shows about sports he knows nothing about.

Everything probably would have gone smoothly, Stephen A would not have accepted the demotion and would have resigned on his own, if only the Inquirer didn’t attempt to rub it in with a column on why he was demoted when Stephen A was on vacation no less. No amount of Cheese Doodles would make Stephen A not pissed off while reading the column. So how pissed is Stephen A. about the demotion and the Philly.com article, so pissed that he’s lined himself up a massive lawyer team and has not spoken about the topic.

On one hand I understand how the Inquirer is tainting his name by forcing him to go back to his roots and well embarrassing him. The only thing he really is knowledgeable about is basketball; he should not be allowed to freely write about any topics. In addition he spends most of his time in New York, this he can be out of touch with the Philadelphian topics. The way they handled it however was piss poor, how about approaching him like a man instead of posting it online for public conception prior to Smith’s knowledge.

On the other hand I understand why Stephen A. is pissed. They are stripping him of some of his credibility and the manner with which they did so would piss off any man. However, collecting a massive lawyer team to sue the Inquirer seems like sour grapes. Just accept the consequences of the bed you have made. You are on every ESPN show known to man and have a two-hour radio show, you do not have much disposable time to write a consistently solid column. So unless you want to look like a Big Whiny Bitch, just walk away and take the whole situation like a man and simply continue to pollute our television shows and radio broadcasts.