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

In one of the most infamous moments in the history of sports debate television, Rams QB Jim Everett attacks ESPN host Jim Rome after disparagingly calling him “Chris”, in reference to women’s tennis player Chris Evert. “Up For Debate” is now available to stream on ESPN+.

[@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.

[@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

[@chrislewis5069]

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

[@farerse]

your name is Chris ?

[@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

[@sjadev]

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

[@CigsRBadMmkay]

😂😂😂😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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 🤓😂

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@elbob17]

He was all schtick too.

[@cafesmitty]

Amen to this!

[@joshsherwin337]

@@elbob17 for sure and I loved it hahaha Booyah!

[@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

[@osas5211]

Stood on business

[@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

[@robertmaloney567]

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

[@a.siphrodias2867]

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

[@eddiemunster8634]

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

[@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.

[@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...

[@eddiemunster8634]

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

[@Lboogs7]

Mad dog is also a 🤡

[@meherenow793]

also agreed

[@michaeldodd6864]

Rome could not carry Mad Dog's jock strap

[@alexlindsey6446]

yes

[@michaelluccketta5838]

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

[@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.

[@blackknight9558]

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

[@SherrieLujan]

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

[@jdfagen]

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

[@Natedawg38]

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

[@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd]

Dana really having an opinion on this 😂

[@lexis4490]

Disrespectful to Jim and Chris Everette

[@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.

[@oldfarmer9004]

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

[@Movieshd2006]

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

[@wegotlumpsofitroundtheback5065]

Between Rome, Mike Francessa, Skip Bayliss and Craig Carton, when have ANY of these guys played a second of any pro sport they cover to put then in them in the position of being so-called experts? I went to fim school, have worked in the film industry for years but I have no credibility to be in a position to criticize the work of Scorsese, Spielberg, Kubrick or any other genius.

[@JNDRFL1]

It was a publicity stunt.

[@alexlindsey6446]

no

[@tomace4898]

"I bet you I do. Chris!"

[@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

[@earlhildebrand]

Everett looked good to me.

[@samuelsellene]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

Im surprised stephen a smith, Charles Barkley and skip Bayless have bit gotten whipped on live tv 😂

[@DukesVerrill]

Facts.. I know ppl saw Chris Bosh as "soft" but I thought he'd do it when Skip kept calling him Bosh Spice.

[@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.

[@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.

[@fjosephgonzales6870]

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

[@markwhitman9029]

I would have just LOL at the name calling BECAUSE it is CHRIS EVERT not Everett! EVERETT should have laughingly pointed that out to Jim Roman!!!

[@johningle1]

In retrospect, it looks kind of staged.

[@alexlindsey6446]

no

[@justincasillas8728]

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

[@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.

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.

[@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!

[@ADMAFIA210]

That was weak....no wonder jim thought chris was weak

[@tylercunningham4311]

Was this scripted?

[@alexlindsey6446]

no

[@trapdoorfloyd]

Fine me I ain't talking to no media.

[@silverado0938]

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

[@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.

[@donnygonzalezz]

What year was the Jim Rome incident?

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

1994

[@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.

[@COYSsince61]

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

[@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.

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

Rome got what he had comin’

[@SpaceGhost-wx9sw]

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

[@Mike-19940]

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

[@tomgreene9025]

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

[@andrewgrove1691]

I have

[@deesee2051]

Why’s it called a take instead of an opinion

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

Take it or leave it?

[@bigmarshall1058]

RIP Stuart Scott. He was the best!

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

Jim Rome became my favorite sports guy after this.

[@Dan-od6zx]

I have no problem with what Everett did.

[@marksinger4415]

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

[@Romans219]

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

[@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...

[@ddwalker3744]

That was so great

[@farerse]

this is when Jim Rome became Chris Rome

[@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.

[@TheWestAspen]

And the punk Rome would have gotten his backside kicked if there was no intervention... Who's the Chris now Rome.. Haven't listened to Rome since, punk's are punk's.

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

I saw plenty of time for Chris to throw punches.

[@GuitarPlayer3-m5k]

If Everett wanted to hurt Rome he could have but just a soft little exchange. Even the table flip was soft! P..S Jim Rome is a joke!!

[@wilpow4678]

i hadnt heard of either of these gentlemen before this and i doubt seriously i ever will again.. but my big wonder was always: what does chris evert think of this? when i was a kid she was the best and toughest tennis player in the world.. she beat all comers on any surface for years.. im the first to admit i dont respond well to ultimatums, why would mr rome? as for mr everetts reaction, not only is it illegal (under any circumstances) but its also stupid.. lets make our little jokes and have our fun with this (15 or so years later) but i see this is just another bully beating up on someone who is no match for him.. i expect more from a guy who has an MBA

[@thomasx0824]

In a time now where everyone hides behind social media or hides on their little tv show, you gotta give Rome credit for saying it to that dudes face. Now a days guys like skip and Stephen A switch up their energy when confronted, they back track on their word and things they said once they’re sitting across from the person they disrespected. At least Rome had the guts to stand on his word, even if it was disrespectful and immature.

[@xxKLFxx]

Those Oakleys are fire

[@laartwork]

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

[@michaelsutton5643]

who is Jan rome? nobody should ever pay her ever again. she is terrible and hated by the public,

[@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.

[@RobbieWilkinson-f9l]

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

[@spunks8906]

Rome is Burning🔥

[@NicholasGurney-l2l]

RIP Scott

[@surfhark3230]

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

[@RaiderX948]

Jim Rome is a nerdy cheap shot artist.

[@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

[@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

[@caramelgirl6962]

i really want the first guy's glasses classy

[@MaybeDHitHim]

First guy? That's Dennis Rodman.

[@DRE383]

is cannabis legal yet? or are sports just/only for alcoholics and tobacco-addicts?

[@CPIVCR]

That was the wil smith Mac b4 the wil smith smack

[@johnny6610]

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

[@russreed1529]

Even today Jim Rome is a punk.

[@Wideout4]

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

[@DerekThoms]

Jim Ev was wild😂😊😅

[@raymondcwhite8552]

Funny we could even read I to what the difference between a man and a woman was way back then.

[@pauljackson1744]

Jim Rome is a duesh

[@mackadousha]

Matt Barnes on point

[@thereegstah]

Stuart Scott based af