Clay Travis vs Stephen A Smith: Debate shows respectful discourse, like Charlie Kirk would have encouraged

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OutKick founder Clay Travis and ESPN star Stephen A. Smith capped off the day at the Front Office Sports Tuned In summit on Wednesday with a lively, respectful debate that covered a wide range of topics, including politics in sports, the NBA, the Trump Administration's plans to send the National Guard to US cities and even their respective political aspirations.

The debate went on for a little under an hour and started with an acknowledgment from moderator Baker Machado of Front Office Sports about the tragic assassination of activist and media personality Charlie Kirk, a champion of respectful public discourse.

That was exactly what was on display during the entire debate between two guys who, while they may not agree on everything, clearly share a mutual respect.

That's good stuff, and we need more of it.

So, let's take a look at some of the bigger moments from the event.

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Obviously, the focus of this debate was politics, sports and then the middle of that Venn diagram. So, it was fitting to start with a question about whether sports are more political or if the media and people like Clay and Smith have made it that way.

"I think we're making it so, to some degree," Smith said. "That's not to say that there's not politics involved. There's politics involved. There's politics involved in everything, and we understand that."

He went on to discuss how athletes in previous generations felt more compelled to speak out because of pressure from