ESPN has a big, fat talent problem on its hands, and it's only going to get worse.
Thanks to the ratings success of Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith on ESPN2's "First Take," the network's on-air talent is encouraged to "Embrace Debate." ESPN should have been be careful what it wished for, because now it can't shut its people the hell up.
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ESPN talkers Bomani Jones , Jemele Hill and Michelle Beadle made national headlines this week with their controversial takes on MLB team mascots , NFL free agent Greg Hardy and even sacred-cow colleague Adam Schefter .