When Jim Everett vs. Jim Rome CLASHED over disparagingly calling Everett 'Chris' | Up For Debate

[@davidroseman4917]

The only negative about this is that Everett didn't get in a clean shot and knock Rome out cold.

[@michaelshepherd8299]

Absolutely right can't stand that punk rome.

[@MyDarling572]

Right

[@nilcesoares9708]

Exactly -- how did he not curbstomp him? Rome was always such a hemorrhoid

[@Will-sq8bn]

Yea I think he showed some restraint

[@lancewadethomas8709]

That's what happens when one guy only can run his mouth and the other guy is ready to do something about it. Everret came out looking good...totally in the right

[@blackphillip564]

Jim Rome doesn't have a punchable face; you actually want to crush it with Thor's Hammer.

[@Staypuft1981]

Great comment, read the first part and was like what! Then was like oh, right on! Hahaha. We all wanted the moment to last a little longer.

[@Lboogs7]

Jim Rome was always a 🤡

[@meherenow793]

agreed

[@uppercaseLOGO]

he’s such slime I liked when David Stein asked him if he still beats his wife during an interview lol

[@yeags1383]

Hes a changed person now though. Although he's still pretty bold with his takes...I think today he would tell you that could have been handled differently. He does a podcast now called the reinvention project.

[@thestainNY]

"Romey is That Dude....stop it SMH in disagreement, that played out just like it was suppose to & Nick "The Human Condiment" Wright is next😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😭😭😭"

[@jordanflores5687]

Romes awesome

[@xman777b]

Everett didn't look bad at all.

[@edguyrocks5865]

agreed

[@davidgraham2673]

I agree as well. Jim Rome was a sports shock jock trying to make a name for himself. If he had thanked Everett for coming on his show, and said "I respect you for coming on my show, and I'm done wirh the snarky comments", he would have looked like a man. Everett likely would have buried the hatchet. Instead Rome looked like the mouthy schoolboy that opened his mouth once too often. It's a disgusting way to gain notoriety in my book.

[@dandastardly2792]

If you keep assaulting people who disrespect you, you are in for a long life.

[@lvxtu3472]

@@dandastardly2792if you keep using an anime profile picture well into your 20s, you’re in for a long life

[@flelite3994]

True

[@chrislewis5069]

I'm glad Jim stood up for himself. Jim Rome was a dirt bag

[@farerse]

your name is Chris ?

[@mikey7189]

was?...lol

[@farerse]

@@mikey7189 was ist das?

[@kylegoodreau2170]

seriously though who is jim Rome to call anyone soft lol

[@WilliamMunnyIII]

Dude ended up on his back without a fight.

[@kylegoodreau2170]

@@WilliamMunnyIII yes he did lol

[@Ošæs]

Stood on business

[@robc9599]

Rome “said it to his face” because he didn’t think Everett would do anything. You can see the look on his face change drastically lol

[@XavierCoolDude]

It’s all fun and games until a 6-4 230 lb elite athlete wants all the smoke with you

[@joes4194]

Or that athlete wants to fight you.

[@XavierCoolDude]

@@joes4194 my point

[@joes4194]

@XavierCoolDude Oh. Well why didn't you just say that? What does smoking have anything to do with anything?

[@XavierCoolDude]

@@joes4194 it’s a slang term for wanting to throw down

[@popap1995]

@@XavierCoolDude it’s sad when you gotta teach street to white people 🤓😂

[@602Dallasfan]

I can’t believe this never happened to skip

[@Staypuft1981]

He’s a dusty old skeletor but my god so many would love that. Charles Barkley would have to be the guy, only bc he would be so sad if it wasn’t him who got to do it…DNA testing needed after haha

[@pushslice]

Still plenty of time for him to receive his destiny

[@sjadev]

I worked with a guy named Chris Everett, we used to call him Jim Everett. True Story.

[@CigsRBadMmkay]

😂😂😂😂

[@atlantic_love]

Lie

[@johnnybgood7442]

If anybody saw this back in the day, you could hear Rome screaming like a little girl. Pretty cowardly to erase the audio.

[@hetmanjz]

I think that was just you screaming with delight over watching one guy feeling up another guy with his fists.

[@johnnybgood7442]

@@hetmanjz oh wow, the level of funny is too high… I can’t take it. Please stop being so hilarious.

[@davidgraham2673]

​@@johnnybgood7442, I remember the lead-up and then the interview. I didn't really have an opinion of Jim Everett before that day, but I liked him after that.

[@ericperry27]

That "screaming" audio was FAKE and Edited. Come on bro

[@johnnybgood7442]

@@ericperry27 so then why is the sound cut in every video you see?

[@dustina.6732]

Rest In Paradise Stuart Scott🙏🕊️

[@robertmaloney567]

Rome was a punk and he got punked by a very large angry quarterback. Lucky not to lose teeth.

[@mshell1959]

A shame actually!

[@rankoorovic7904]

Jim Rome was the sport equivalent of Jerry Springer

[@bobzotzman5253]

is

[@Ascared]

This is a great video. Love seeing the breakdown and also first time I’ve seen this video in perfect quality

[@detective___mcnulty]

Jim has always been a clown.

[@Lboogs7]

Always. When we say Always, since way back when... 💯💯

[@detective___mcnulty]

@czonerx66-vc1wz I sure would.

[@Shabbado55]

@czonerx66-vc1wzClown is like 5’9” 140 lbs, don’t think that would be an issue.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Everett should have decked him. 100% How do you “invite” a man into your show and disrespect him like that? How did Rome expect the conversation to go?? Rome wouldn’t last through one play in the NFL.

[@lancemanyon7645]

he thought he was under the protection of being on TV and Jim wouldn’t do anything. He thought there was really no consequences to his actions.

[@JK-br1mu]

The stats behind the story........Jim says he's been calling Everett Chris for 2 years, but this happened in spring 1994 and 1992 was actually one of Everett's best seasons statistically as a Ram.....59.2% completion rate, 22 TDs and 18 picks. He only had 1 season with a higher completion rate as a Ram (59.6%).......the next season was bad 1993, but he may have been hurt. Only started 9 games..............then AFTER this fight, Jim Everett tore it up for the Saints, passing for 64.7% completion rate and 3,855 yards that fall.

[@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.]

We need this match to happen at WrestleMania, no holds barred.

[@AttilatheThrilla]

Well this wasn’t fake Ballerinas dancing around so it wouldn’t hold up to wrestlemania

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Stuart Scott really was cooler than the other side of the pillow. Refreshing to hear him bring an adult perspective.

[@detective___mcnulty]

Everything he said was so true.

[@joshsherwin337]

Miss Stu and the guys and girls on sportscenter from the 80’s and 90’s. Great show

[@cafesmitty]

Amen to this!

[@joshsherwin337]

@elbob17 for sure and I loved it hahaha Booyah!

[@michaelknapp8961]

I’m a house painter and I listen to sports radio all day long. When Jim Rome comes on I change the channel. I can’t stand the guy!!!! His inflated ego is out of the stratosphere!! He reminds me of a cocky high school punk who never made it in athletics but hung out with the real athletes because it made him feel cool. He’s sooooo into himself.

[@SherrieLujan]

I remember when Rome said one of the Serena Williams sister's looked like Predator!! 😮 Brutal man.😂🎾

[@eduardomorales5185]

Jim Rome was Skip Bayless and Craig Carton before Skip Bayless and Craig Carton

[@dallastexas5653]

Craig carton?

[@eduardomorales5185]

@@dallastexas5653he’s a guy on FS1 who talks trash and criticizes athletes and teams harsh

[@LatrellSprewell15]

I was watching this live as it happened on tv. I could not believe it. I immediately called my friend who was also watching it. The show was called Talk 2

[@rdmez1]

Like yestersay...

[@blackknight9558]

1:48 "Mainstream media loves to disrespect." Matt Barnes

[@a.siphrodias2867]

The only thing “shocking” is to refer to Jim Rome as a journalist

[@Movieshd2006]

You can tell that Everett held back when pushing him - if he went full force he would have completely over powered him

[@Lboogs7]

Mad dog is also a 🤡

[@meherenow793]

also agreed

[@michaeldodd6864]

Rome could not carry Mad Dog's jock strap

[@miggs80]

Rome bringing Jim in to antagonize him isn’t the same thing as staging. For something to be staged both people have to be in on it.

[@Doatello1991]

@miggs80 Staging wasn’t the right term. He meant it was a set-up.

[@eddiemunster8634]

If you bait somebody into violence, then you are the guilty party,

[@mikey7189]

yep Rome is a Master Baiter.....lol

[@Erinski]

Y'know, I always think I'll respect people more, when they talk the same mess to people's faces that they say behind their back, but I never do. Being proud of being a disrespectful punk shows tremendous lack of character, talent, and empathy. If you make a career out of it, that's just sad.

[@jdfagen]

We noticed Aikman's comments. Would have been interesting to see Aikman across from Skip Bayless in a similar scenario?

[@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd]

Dana really having an opinion on this 😂

[@michaelluccketta5838]

All of these individuals who foster, shelter and love abandoned animals are not just heroes but are also total Earth Angels. Thank you 😊

[@Kwijiboz]

Matt Barnes knows a thing or two about disrespecting athletes. Ask Kwame Brown

[@2H2521]

@Kwijiboz Matt Barnes is a scumbag, just an absolutely disgusting person. Total f*cking loser.

[@edubb1luv100]

​@2H2521 🤣🤣🤣 what did Barnes do to you? Barnes is a g!!

[@shaunphillips3236]

Stephen A Smith disrespected Kwame Brown

[@2H2521]

⁠@@edubb1luv100A “G,” yeah right! He’s a punk, I’ve despised him for years.

[@robertfarrell8607]

Everyone calling it shocking is what i dont get. You call someone, an nfl quarterback mind you out their name enough they're gonna check you on it eventually. TV kept Jim Rome out of the hospital.

[@ChefDuane]

I saw this happen live and the look of total fear and desperation in Rome's eyes was real and authentic. Lil' Romie had the sch!t scared out of him.

[@juandixonformvp]

I remember this like it was yesterday, and it was pretty shocking at the time, this was the early internet/cable days and shock radio had not really hit sports yet. This was way before shows like First Take and Undisputed, Jim Rome was somewhat of a trailblazer in that regard. Jim Rome was not well-known at the time, and it's obvious he pulled this stunt to get his name out there.

[@ahhcmon9604]

I lost all respect for Jim rome after this and never watched or listened to him again, now he's floundering on some random sports network

[@MP-tf7cc]

Rome did it for the show and publicity. Everrett could have just walked off, or could've slapped him in the mouth too.

[@JNDRFL1]

It was a publicity stunt.

[@lexis4490]

Disrespectful to Jim and Chris Everette

[@Natedawg38]

One of my favourite internet videos and as a result im a massive chris everett fan. I mean, Jim.

[@tomace4898]

"I bet you I do. Chris!"

[@samuelsellene]

Thanks to Jim Rome, we know who Jim Everett even is today.

[@Romans219]

I watched that on that day and Jim Rome loves provoking and had it coming.

[@dashriprock3165]

It's been a long time. I wonder Chrissy is doing?🤣

[@tylercunningham4311]

Was this scripted?

[@OperationChicago]

So he does it on camera where he knows someone will break it up and he will get money from a lawsuit. It's real hard dealing with these nerds as they weren't acting like this in high school. Even harder because tha government protects these nerds and let them say what they want.

[@eddiemunster8634]

Jim Everett turned Rome into Chris Rome, and Jim Everett did not come out looking bad at all,

[@mrhollister8520]

Skip Bayless takes this approach present day

[@ChaunceyBennett-l8o]

Because he knows nobody is going to come on live tv with the world watching rough him up and get sued

[@zeaferjones1404]

I feel like even in those days Skip is more antagonistic but he was a writer and wasn't on TV until Cold Pizza.

[@zeaferjones1404]

There is more to it. Skip from a distance looks like a little weasel but he does work out and is pretty jacked. Plus he has covered boxing for years. You do not want to be the NFL player or NBA player that is beat up by Skip Bayless.

[@keefriff99]

@@zeaferjones1404 Oh please. Skip is definitely in great shape but compared to an NFL or NBA player? Zero chance.

[@zeaferjones1404]

@@keefriff99 There is a slight chance. Even if it is a back and forth fight Skip will look like the winner. That is what nerds don't understand about bullies the risk of fighting a nerd and it being a decent fight are just too high for the bully so he'd rather use mental tactics without it getting to physical.

[@deesee2051]

Why’s it called a take instead of an opinion

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

Take it or leave it?

[@mikestephens8314]

Jim Rome isn’t huge. He’s just another talking head in sports media. Nothing more

[@silverado0938]

What did you expect him to do. He has to respond somehow.

[@donnygonzalezz]

What year was the Jim Rome incident?

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

1994

[@PNL_King]

Jim Rome is just like all the kids who wished they could be their high school's qb. It's the precise personality type we've all seen.

[@danecranberry6025]

As bad as Rome looks in the affair. ESPN looks bad for not punishing him.

[@tonywalters732]

I don't think many outside of SoCal knew who Rome was until that show. Total publicity stunt.

[@johningle1]

In retrospect, it looks kind of staged.

[@SpaceGhost-wx9sw]

This is what Chris Bosh should've did to Skip when he was calling him Bosh Spice 😂😂😂

[@godsnobody2915]

It was repeated later again with Vince McMahon and Bob Costas...and way back to the studio buildup skirmish between Ali and Frazier with Howard Cosell...

[@JohnNiemsMusic]

NIEMS here watching ROME get SACKED! If you have listened to ROME for a long time then you should have heard my song MICHAEL"S DAD back in the 90's also get the ROME disrespect treatment too! I'm 72 now and have not listened to ROME in probably a decade or more! Have a nice night folks!

[@trapdoorfloyd]

Fine me I ain't talking to no media.

[@justincasillas8728]

"Mad dog" is a 🤡 also... Rome thinks he's untouchable even today

[@edguyrocks5865]

Rome knew what he was doing....plus the crew knew ahead of time. Easy to just backpedal when you have stage hands ready to come to the rescue.

[@tomgreene9025]

I swear I never heard of this I’m a sports junky

[@andrewgrove1691]

I have

[@marksinger4415]

What a dork! The last time I bothered watching him, he was on his back with his legs gapped, kicking and squirming.

[@jotac87278]

Saying it in the setting they were in was cowardly. Saying it to his face, knowing there are people around who would step in and stop them doesn't take courage. Jim Everett did the same thing that a large majority of men would have done. Rome was a joke then, as he is now.

[@ericfrost7517]

Athlete vs a ….writer? Reporter? What can possibly go wrong?

[@oldfarmer9004]

The thing is, chris everett was a very good tennis player, so…

Don't be so gullible, it was preplanned by both----they ate lobster together afterwards w/ the cameras off and made a wine toast.

[@commonsense3921]

It wasn’t preplanned Einstein, I bet you think Trump won the last election.

[@fjosephgonzales6870]

For the record, EVERT and EVERETT are NOT the same last names, of course. Only casual tennis fans would think otherwise.

[@Chize41]

Jim Rome isn’t proud of this, at least from what I’ve heard and read. The time and context is like 90% the story

[@COYSsince61]

This is the exact moment that Jim Rome jumped the shark !

[@Wideout4]

Can you imagine these Big mouth like Nick Wrong doing these types of interviews today

[@frankbridges2171]

😂😂😂 he called his bluff

[@farerse]

this is when Jim Rome became Chris Rome

[@ddwalker3744]

That was so great

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

Jim Rome became my favorite sports guy after this.

[@Mike-19940]

He took a page from Skip's book. Doing it for the clicks, shameful

[@laartwork]

After getting punked Rome grew a goatee and dropped his voice an octave and added rasp. Still a dork

[@xxKLFxx]

Those Oakleys are fire

[@caramelgirl6962]

i really want the first guy's glasses classy

[@MaybeDHitHim]

First guy? That's Dennis Rodman.

[@ericcarter74]

Jim Everett is 6'4'' and 230'ish lbs. He may have been a QB and smaller compared to NFL Linemen....But he was a NFL level athlete and had the kind of size that would make just about anybody 2nd guess taking him on out on the street.

[@richschneiderman613]

JT about to go postal if they don't win the Chip 😂😂😂

[@earlhildebrand]

Everett looked good to me.

[@nicolasstaudt5714]

Cry me a river Matt Barnes. Great addition to the conversation. Powerful statements. This is the same guy talking about "Running up" on Skip Bayless last year when he didn't like something he said.

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

Rome got what he had comin’

[@JaimeMartinezJr-k5v]

This made Romeys career lift off..

[@fooglies]

I don't get it. Was the entire joke really that Rome was calling Everett a women's tennis player's name? That's all there was to it? Man times have changed lol. The whole thing is just bizarre. Rome is weird for the joke, and Everett is weird for getting enraged by it.

[@Mr.johnson-zw3jd]

Back in the day we had Jim Rome and we had the big nasty Joel MacDonald those guys knew how to get to the core of the individual athlete

[@bootneyfarnsworth2844]

Yeah he said it to his face. But, Everett held back. He could've got in a couple of shots before dude came over there

[@CPIVCR]

That was the wil smith Mac b4 the wil smith smack

[@RobbieWilkinson-f9l]

Poor Crissie couldn't take the joke....

[@RobertUrbasek]

Chris did IT very carefully 🙂

[@davidcoleman958]

I still think this was scripted. It made Rome a superstar in sports talk radio!

[@surfhark3230]

Someone should've advised Rome to do something like that to Mke Tyson. He's a good sport.

[@NicholasGurney-l2l]

RIP Scott

[@johnny6610]

You want Skip Bayless attacked over Lebron 😂….yall wild