Frank Michael Smith
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Well, I worked in sports media before 2020.
So I was kind of early on the trends and I could see original content was clearly what was winning.
So, you know, my company at the time wasn't really committing to it.
And I was like, you know what?
I have these skills.
Let me just try and do it myself and put some TikToks out there.
And, you know, that was the start of it.
Where are you from?
From Fox Chapel.
Fox Chapel.
His dad's a good golfer too.
Good golfer.
Miami, Ohio, undefeated right now.
College basketball, by the way.
I saw that.
Nice.
You don't hear it, and I'm really not sure why, because it's widely reported.
I put in the video that was attached to that tweet that here's an ESPN article where he claims full responsibility.
Everyone who really follows this stuff, and it's mostly the Pittsburgh market, really knows that he had almost full autonomy over everything that was going on.
There's stories of him negotiating with agents over contracts.