Forced out is a bit strong. Michaels is coming to the end of a contract and there’s never a reason to take signing a new one for granted. Spending decades in any job means you see a lot of peers retire or even pass away and that bears an emotional weight in deciding whether to continue. Plus Amazon can really make him feel needed and give him the excitement of starting something new.
As for the experience of watching streaming live sports, I have been watching a lot of hockey and a little bit of soccer on ESPN+. It’s easy enough to watch a game live. I notice that they also offer an option to stream a replay of any game but they have no incentive to let you FF through the commercials. > On Feb 6, 2022, at 8:47 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That sounds about right. Though I’m still not sure what is in it for him to > go to Amazon, that would be going from doing the best game of the week to > usually the worst. If it is a fig leaf to cover the fact he was forced out of > SNF, it’s a pretty damn small leaf. > > I’m not sure what an Amazon TNF will be like - will it be available on > demand, or do you have to watch it live? If On demand, Can you FF through > commercials? It might take more than Al Michaels to get me to watch any but > the best games if conditions aren’t right. > >> On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 at 8:31 AM <[email protected]> wrote: >> My reading of this is that NBC doesn’t want him back and they’re letting >> Michaels control the narrative. If Tirico, or his agent, is making NBC >> choose, they’d rather keep Tirico for SNF for 10 years and see Michaels >> walk. If they choose to keep Michaels they will only have him for a year or >> two and they’ll lose Tirico to a competitor. >> >> Amazon has Thursday Night Football now and they can use Michaels for the >> short term to establish themselves. >> >>>> On Feb 6, 2022, at 8:42 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> >> >>> That is what he has been saying, but the “I have options” refrain kind of >>> sounds like somebody who is either looking for negotiating leverage or >>> cover for taking a reduced role somewhere. >>> >>> SNL really is the premier NFL telecast, why would he choose to go somewhere >>> else if he really wants to keep doing Play by Play, and has the option to >>> keep doing it? >>> >>>> On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 at 3:29 AM JW <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > I would think that what he would like is something like the Jimmy Johnson >>>> > role in a pregame show, which is high visibility but a lot less work. >>>> > Even >>>> > less work would just be adding him to the panel on SNL ore and half time >>>> > coverage. >>>> >>>> Sounds like he wants to keep doing what he's doing. It's just a question >>>> of where. >>>> >>>> https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1488943343400857607 >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOEUgsRHduiuYoCoagBGx5BKhruUgyZY66GMDJ9huq%2BpMw%40mail.gmail.com. >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKrsnMupSJkY9mEoapV0tjXmWk4xbCwsz%3DDTu2y5LORUw%40mail.gmail.com. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F7B060CD-1557-451B-A070-5EBB70BCA8BA%40gmail.com. > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLSXNXeSgySF0K24q60pnomVBvVUAWz9q8Jh2p9y313CQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/D86E7A5C-1A40-4BCF-BA4E-6CA460F21FFA%40gmail.com.
