Skip Bayless thinks Jalen Hurts leaving Lil Wayne’s firm had ‘one thing to do’ with Donald Trump picture
Skip Bayless seems to be in his emotions over Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts not too long ago parting methods with Lil Wayne’s Younger Cash Sports activities illustration company.
Throughout a current installment of his Fox Sports activities podcast, the “Undisputed” host claimed Wayne is “crushed” that Hurts reportedly left the agency — and that it was allegedly over a previous picture of the rapper with Donald Trump.
“That is about my brother Lil Wayne and a quarterback I’ve beloved, Jalen Hurts,” Bayless said.
“Just lately Jalen Hurts left the illustration company that Wayne oversees… Nicole Lynn, who represents Jalen, additionally left Wayne’s company to hitch Klutch Sports activities. Wayne was crushed over these developments. Wayne loves Jalen Hurts as a lot, or perhaps greater than I do.
“For a number of years, Wayne has touted me on, has advised me to control Nicole Lynn as a result of, in line with Wayne all alongside, she had celebrity potential as an agent.”
Bayless went on to say that he’s uncertain precisely why Hurts and Lynn left Younger Cash Sports activities, however was conscious of a well-liked principle.
“… There was some hypothesis that I’m vaguely conscious of that it had one thing, perhaps just a little one thing or lots one thing, however one thing to do with the image that was taken of Trump and Wayne, when Wayne went to speak to Trump about that $500 billion package deal that was geared toward creating jobs for the black neighborhood in October 2020,” Bayless mentioned.
After the assembly, Wayne posted a photograph on social media standing subsequent to Trump whereas they gave a thumbs-up to the digital camera.
“Simply had a fantastic assembly with @realdonaldtrump @potus moreover what he’s achieved to date with legal reform, the platinum plan goes to provide the neighborhood actual possession,” Wayne wrote on the time.
“He listened to what we needed to say right this moment and guaranteed he’ll and may get it achieved.”
Individually, Trump later pardoned Wayne in January 2021 — after the rapper pleaded responsible to a federal weapons cost the yr prior, stemming from an incident in 2019.
Wayne met with Trump in October 2020 in Florida, the place the 2 mentioned an initiative referred to as the “Platinum Plan,” which will increase entry to capital in black communities by practically $500 billion, creates 500,000 new black-owned companies and three million new jobs, according to Fox.
“I don’t know a lot about politics,” Bayless mentioned, including he’s not political and “didn’t” vote for Trump.
“All I do know for positive is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. has as huge and good a coronary heart as any human I’ve ever identified. His coronary heart was harm over this.”
Bayless appeared conflicted on his podcast over the matter due to his shut relationship with Wayne and Hurts being a “quarterback I’ve beloved.”
Finally, Bayless sided with Wayne.
“I’ve all the time been such a fan of his [Hurts], that it made it just a little onerous for me final yr when my Cowboys performed Jalen’s Eagles, it made it just a little tougher for me to root in opposition to the Eagles due to Jalen,” Bayless mentioned. “That can not be the case.”
Lynn’s departure from Younger Cash isn’t current.
Lynn joined Klutch Sports activities Group from Younger Cash APAA Sports activities in 2021.
Final month, it was introduced that Klutch Sports activities Group named Lynn its first President of Soccer to guide the division at giant, which represents greater than 60 NFL participant shoppers.
Two weeks after her promotion, Lynn negotiated Hurts’ record five-year contract worth $255 million with $179.3 million assured — making the quarterback the highest-paid participant in NFL historical past.
It got here weeks after he led the Eagles to a Tremendous Bowl look in opposition to the Chiefs in February.
Bayless congratulated Hurts and Lynn on the large extension.
Lynn additionally announced final month that she’s anticipating a child in July 2023.