I just had a brief online conversation where I talked about how much better some of Bill Simmons’ articles might be if he didn’t work for ESPN.  And if you don’t know who Bill Simmons is, here is a link to his stuff.  He is an amazing writer that really hits home with the average sports fan.   He always seems to have some type of ongoing feud with ESPN on what he can and can’t write.

In 2006 ESPN extended Simmons’ contract to 2010 so I am not sure which negotiations will be more important.  Bill Simmons and ESPN or Lebron James and the Cavs/Knicks.  As a part of his extension Bill was going to contribute more on the TV end of things through ESPN Original Entertainment.  ESPN Original Entertainment is now gone along with ESPN Hollywood which Bill was a part of.  He has done some TV stuff but I would guess he hasn’t been able to get any projects he has truly liked off the ground.

Many people have pondered what it would take to lure him away but I decided to come up with a list of things that would get him to leave.

• High 6 figures (I have no idea how much he makes.  Maybe it needs to be 7 figures)
• Free rein (Simmons can write about whatever he wants)
• Ability to work behind the scenes in Television
• A hot assistant
• Give all his friends and cousins jobs
• No column deadlines (Bill writes a column when he wants to write)
• The company hiring him would not have a conflict of interest with sports leagues therefore Bill can say whatever he wants about all sports leagues