Shannon Sharpe has taken his last bow as the cohost of Fox Sports’s “Undisputed.”

Weeks ago, the NFL Hall of Famer announced that he would be moving on after seven years of cohosting following the conclusion of the NBA Finals. His absence will leave a massive ripple on the basketball analysis scene.

Sharpe’s running mate, Skip Bayless, has been known as the main proponent of anti-Lebron James sentiment, while Sharpe is one of James’s closest supporters and friends. Their banter surrounding the Michael Jordan versus James (greatest of all time) debate, was known to be humorous for the most part, but fans noted feeling uneasy or tense during some of their most heated debates.

Despite rumors that Sharpe and Bayless had grown quite hostile towards each other off-camera, Tuesday’s episode of “Undisputed” showed they either never had this rumored hostility or had moved past these sentiments.

A teary-eyed Sharpe looked straight into the camera and sincerely thanked Bayless as well as what felt like the entire crew at FS1 for “giving me this opportunity, for believing in me.” Bayless thanked Sharpe for dedicating himself to “Undisputed” and never taking a sick day.

“You were a worthy adversary,” Bayless said.

Sharpe’s absence from the sports talk television scene means a significant reduction in the GOAT debate that consumes so much FS1 airtime. Sharpe and Bayless were the perfect duos and the face of the debate as they complimented each other’s argumentative styles in incredible ways to engage the masses.

Sports Talk television has had a problem recently. Sports Illustrated recently covered the lost art of the sports television anchor as “SportsCenter” introduced the 24-hour sports news cycle, relieving the sports anchor on your local news station of most of their duties.

Nowadays, the 24-hour sports news cycle won’t even cut it, so TV personalities have to make more extreme claims to gain viewership. Because sports news is so readily available on the Internet, the viewer wouldn’t learn anything new by watching “SportsCenter," so analysts have to conduct broadcasts with opinions rather than news. This has spelled mass debate about the absurdity of the comments that analysts make nowadays to gain attention and the role of sports television in a social media-dominated society.

Sharpe’s last few moments on “Undisputed” showed us why sports talk television should continue to exist: debating about sports is one of the most human things we do, and the respect people gain for each other during supported and healthy argumentation should continue.